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Glass exploded outward as a piece of porch furniture hurtled through the bedroo and al my cat, who huddled in terror behind the re in the s both hands, but when he saw the dragon, he froze just like Kraer ed!"
"Don't just stand there, throw the sage," Bones ground out
Ian shook his head as if to clear it, then he threw the sage at the ghost, who howled as he finally tried to whoosh out of the way
More plaster and wood showered the rooe hole he'd made in the wall by the blocked-off bedroo Helsing before the bed-and-furniture barricade collapsed on top of hi dragon that Krah, and the two vae the flying plantGerman, he disappeared
"What in the holy hell is that?"
Tyler peeked around Spade's bulk, ape in disbelief at the dragon His thoughts careened froon's foran to shrink, then finally cul but a few spatters of blood
Ian appeared to have recovered froave Spade an almost accusatory look
"You're shagging a woon? Blast you, Charles, I a off his shirt and placing it over Denise I tried to yank the blanket off the reed in with the other furniture, and I only ended up tearing off a long piece
"Kitten, this first," Bones said Then he began to pull the knives out of me where Kramer's blades had found their , the silver feeling like it tried to take hunks of rab a blanket fro my attention to the silver still ean to pull h I knew it hurt hiet the blanket,under his breath that this was the craziest shit he'd ever seen Spade cradled Denise, who looked a little woozier than normal after a shift Maybe it was the blood loss froh they'd already healed Oraa thousand-pound , it had even scared the pants off a hohed as he came back in and passed a blanket to Denise Smoke filled the roo to se thrown onto it
"Fire," I noted, brushing off Bones's atteet the last of the silver out ofable to dodge the blades more efficiently than I I ran into the bathroom, quickly soaked several towels under the shower, then threw the spots Bones, Spade, Denise, and Ian were sta out the s only so on nonflaments of the bed frame and the hunks of the bathroom countertop that had served as my and Bones's temporary shields
I looked around at the destroyed furniture, broken glass, holes in the ceiling, wall, and bathroom, multiple silver knives strewn about or embedded where they'd landed, and the charred carpet before shaking my head
"Spade, you should never, ever let us stay with you again This is twice now that we've ended up trashing one of your roo sure we had enough sage burning in safe places than in the disrepair of his house
I heard a car pull up in the driveway Looked like h, a few seconds later she was standing in the large hole in the bedroom wall, her expression a e
"Catherine, what happened?"
"Is everyone all right?" Fabian called out from what sounded like the yard I went over to the ruined , seeing hie s out
"What happened?" Bones repeated, his voice hard as he joinedemerald "What happened is the two of you were followed"
Chapter Twenty-One
I wrinkledroom of the town house The for scent of tobacco perarlicky ganja aroma we'd surrounded ourselves with at Spade's Not that it had done any good Kramer was obviously too powerful for that to be a deterrent But, since I was supposed to be looking on the bright side, last nightfor Italian chefs and drug dealers in order to layer up this place with a bunch of garlic and weed Hoas that for a Glass-Half-Full perspective?
The first thing I did even before lettingit on solass jars we'd acquired on our trip frootten any sleep between the drive, picking up supplies, and arranging for our acco some winks at Spade's had been out of the question after Kramer's visit Spade and Denise packed up just as quickly as the rest of us Guilt stabbed ed to capture Kraht decide to pop back in for another extree in every rooht hi with us, and I expectedas well, but I was surprised when Denise and Spade insisted on co to Sioux City, too My question of as met with pointed stares Guess Kramer had made t eneon host a second tiot over his initial terror at seeing one, he'd re with the co better to do, and he wanted to see Denise do another "shapeshifter trick," as he called it In spite of my personal dislike of hiht Too bad all that came wrapped up with the conscience of a barracuda, but he was loyal in his oay to Bones and Spade Ian ht claim he was here only because of boredo unusual, but I knew better The Inquisitor had fked up when he tried to kill Bones That, Ian cared about