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‘Neat,’ Alberich com open, squashing silverfish in its wake, and thudded against the wall There was nobody in the room beyond – at least, there was nobody alive Just the huddled ht in the silverfish attack Irene hoped queasily that they were just unconscious, overco like that She couldn’t handle more deaths

‘If you hurt her,’ Kai said softly, ‘I swear by randfathers, that you shall pay for this’

Alberich regarded hi it I’m sure I’ve heard that somewhere beforeoh, never mind, I daresay I can dissect you later if it’s absolutely necessary Out of here now, before I change , in case Alberich did change hisit would take hi she had before Alberich was finished with her

Kai hunched his shoulders angrily and stalked out of the office

‘Close, room door,’ Alberich said, and it slammed shut with another squelch of splattered silverfish, leaving the three of theether

Irene felt the compulsion of her own oath like a noose around her neck ‘My parents gaveher words, before it could force out even ht have been, but it was true enough ‘I don’t know their birth naive you a family nah ‘And did they call you their little ray of sunshine?’

Actually, yes, they had Irene raised her brows ‘Is that relevant?’

‘Not particularly, but I have always been a curious man’ His hand didn’t move, and the knife at Vale’s throat stayed steady ‘Why don’t you know their birth na him they were Librarians too And now she’d answered, she wasn’t bound and could lie as much as she wanted ‘They always kept secrets fro your question as best I can’

Alberich narrowed his eyes, and she suspected with a chill that he didn’t believe her ‘Relevant questions, then What precisely has been going on?’

She hadn’t expected that one ‘Er, in what sort of detail?’

‘There have been far too ht otherwise have been a perfectly straightforward extraction Believe me, Ray –’

She knew he saw her twitch when he used her name She couldn’t help it She hadn’t heard anyone use it to her for years It was a childhood nale" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>