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His smile was thin "Plausible But even if someone added those distortions to the video later, how did you know exactly where the subject felt the ghostly interactions at the time that they happened?"

He had otcha" drifted out between Madigan's endless blockade of mental repetitions

And just like that, it occurred tothe arrogant prick you are

"How did I know that?" I pretended to study ernails for a moment "The same way I know that fifteen minutes can save you fifteen percent on car insurance"

Chapter Fourteen

Silenceuntil the rooive Madigan credit where credit was due, because whatever he was thinking re rendition of the saether in confusion

"What does that have to do with anything?" my uncle wondered

I spoke the next part for his benefit "That's right, I can read minds Handy little unexpected perk; not ht, I hadn't told hi it froan already suspected Bones was telepathic and had been treatingthe information was a necessary sacrifice in order to keep hihosts

Finally, Madigan spoke "I could charge you with an unauthorized breach of security for attehts"

I snorted "I' The ability's there whether I want it or not If someone told you unauthorized classified inforuilty of a security breach for not willing yourself to go deaf so you couldn't hear it?"

Bitch, he thought, and I was sure it was no accident that this cah loud and clear over the fifteen ed "Sticks and stones"

"Is that what this is to you?" he asked sharply "A ga that aer a ot" His voice vibrated with barely concealed venom "You never really were a member of the human race, were you, half-breed?"

I was across the desk in a blink, my face so close to his that our noses would've touched if I moved a fraction more "How much of your own blood have you shed for huallons ofsure thatto theust "I bet the only blood you've ever shed was after a paper cut, so don't lecturehumanity unless you've even once put your life on the line for either of thehted how Madigan had paled when I first lunged at him His scent radiated the distinct, rotten fruit sne, and stray thoughts leaked out between his now-deafening roar of what fifteen erouscan't let her seetoo much at stake