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"Probably no one in the world knows houl queen of New Orleans What if there's a spell that could boot Kraht off this plane of existence?"

"Then Marie would want too ic is against vampire laas his i law-abiding?" I scoffed

His dark gaze was steady "Since I fell in love with you and assumed Mastership of a line If it was proven that we practiced black ic-and I don't trust Marie not to mention it-the Law Guardians could sentence us to death That's a chance I'reed that Marie would tattle on us, but I remembered all too well how lethally efficient Law Guardians hen it came to death sentences I'd briefly been under one of those, and only so co company with my shoulders less than five minutes after a Law Guardian pronounced that sentence

The only other way Marie could help us would be to give lass full of her blood, but forpowers had run their course held its own set of unacceptable consequences

Da to catch someone as made of air and for all intents and purposes, immortal You don't have a chance in hell, an insidious inner voice whispered

Fuck you; pessiht," I said, forcing a s the women and let Kramer or his accomplice come to us once we do"

And if they do, that relentless inner voice continued to taunt, you're going to need a helluva lot e to save the day

Yeah, I knew that, too But I'd resolved to believe that things would work out, and that hat I was going to do

Chapter Twenty-Two

On October 14, while all of us were in the fa a , my new cell phone finally vibrated with a text I al it wouldn't be a wrong number, then let out a whoop

"Elisabeth sent over an address! Let's move"

Bones was already on his feet, Spade and Denise following suit, but Ian shot me a piqued look

"You don't mean all of us, do you? The movie's not over"

"You've seen this one before," I replied in disbelief

He shrugged "Watching Snape make fun of Harry is my favorite part"

"Let hione You can rouse yourself to do that if need be, right, mate?"

Ian's mouth curled at the heavy irony in Bones's voice "Probably"

"I'hts indicated otherwise Ian, watching overup!

I rolledhere with Ian Try not to let it upset you too e," so erator and grabbedthe up on plants instead of silver before a potentially dangerous situation