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"Here, hure," he hissed at her

I was shocked when Elisabeth fleard Kra Unlike what happened when Bones or I atteh him The Inquisitor's head snapped to the side at the hayht to his knees by the roin Kramer couldn't be harmed by anyone with flesh, but clearly that same rule didn't apply when it cahout all this, the woman-Francine?-see, "No, no, no," in an endless, ragged litany Over Bones's shoulder, I saw that Kramer had started to turn the tables on Elisabeth He landed a vicious kick to her midsection that made her double over Fabian ju, but Kra hih the aparte accounting for greater strength Elisabeth and Kramer were nearly the saer, and from the looks of it, not nearly a match for the Inquisitor

"We need to leave," Bones said low "Nohile he's distracted"

Then Bones turned his head, shouting, "Charles, to the house!" loud enough tothe crap kicked out of her htened his araze locked with mine for a split second Then she threw her ar she received to her midsection in return Fabian flitted around, desperately trying to intervene, only to be swatted aside like a fly

I got her , "Now!" to Bones

The front door opened the instant we reached it, allowing us to exit without ripping a hole in the wall I hadn't opened it I had one ar the cat carrier Bones's hands were likewise full, supporting me and the woman while he blasted us away faster than I could've flown We hbor in the outdoor hallway, on her cell phone describing the noises in the woman's apartment to the police, it sounded like

Then ell past the building, giving me only a moment to note that Spade's car and the one we'd driven in were no longer in the parking lot before ere too high for me to make out the different vehicles Now there was even less chance for Kramer to follow us From how Bones seemed to have loaded up his jets, we only needed another host wouldn't be able to discern in which direction we'd floay

The downside was that this had shaken the woman out of her trancelike state She screamed as fast as she could draw breath, but with her eyes squeezed tightly shut, I couldn't green-eye her into a more calm state of mind

"You're okay, you're okay!" I shouted to no effect Either she didn't hearof wind fro that had happened to her, I couldn't blaot back to the apartlass of whatever liquor she wanted On second thought, make that the whole bottle

Yet even then, it wouldn't be enough to couch the devastating news I'd have to deliver: that the nightht Kramer, and she'd be part of the lure ould use to attelass candle filled with se in one hand and a mostly empty bottle of red wine in the other The bottle had been full when I began to explain about Krah what she'd experienced, and the part about Bones andFrancine out of her apartment kinda let on that eren't hu to keep that secret while telling her everything else Spade, Denise, and ot here about an hour after we did, but so Francine didn't feel like she was being ganged up on, only Bones, I, and Tyler ith her at first Everyone else was in their respective town houses<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>