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"His attacking you first the past three out of four tie to his tone
"What can I say?" Wry smile "I'm irresistible"
Bones shot me a look that said lasses full of already s the other two lit containers in the car Both of us had hters, but this ti to flae to whoever opened the door, but that was the least of our concerns
"Hear anything interesting?" I murmured, as alked to the door I had my mental shields lowered ash unfa a busy business district
He closed his eyes, his power flaring for an instant "Whoever's in there is asleep," he stated
That hbors watching us, theninside No such luck, the drapes were drawn I tried the nextSa Bones picked up on my intention and circled around the back of the house
"Here," he called out after a moment
From his tone, he'd struck pay dirt In the few seconds it took lass door open Either he'd used his le; either would've taken about the sa at the destruction inside that Lisa had tried to conceal with her tightly drawn drapes Bones followed the steady sounds of a heartbeat to Lisa's bedrooain looked so similar to what Kramer had done at Francine's that we didn't need to wake Lisa and question her to get our confirmation Besides, speed was of the essence
Bones put down the burning sage to place his hand over the sleeping wo her instant screauilty about the sudden frantic race of her pulse and the terror that spiked across herher ere taking her somewhere safe, and ouldn't hurt her, her heart rate had slowed to alestions he'd iaze
When he picked her up and the covers fell back, I saw she earing a nightgown that was so ripped, more flesh was revealed than covered Bastard, I silently swore at Kra off my coat
"No," Bones said, voice low but sharp "She can wearwith him would only take more time, and Kramer could show up at anyit to Lisa She put it on, still aze I hated the necessity of highjacking her will, but at that moment, her immediate compliance was in her very best interest
I handed Bones a few extra packets of sage and a couple lighters that he put into his pants pockets before picking up the lit containers again
"Straight to the car, Lisa," he instructed her, gaze warily flicking around as alked from her bedroo one of the broken pieces of furniture or dishes suddenly to levitate and sla happened
We opened the front door and allback and bash into us, yet only the bright sunlight waited on the other side The car looked untouched, twin lanterns of sage still burning in the front cup holders and filling the interior with a light veil of s down theenough that she wouldn't choke fro shborhood fast enough to cause a couple hon of Kramer
My relief was mixed with suspicion "Do you think he's off soet away unscathed because he wants us to lead hi back at ht back to the town house"
"No?" That was news toto turn the brights on in your gaze and tell her to remain really calm, else in another ten minutes, she'll scream our bloody ears off"
We left the car at the end of a cornfield, and Bones flew us the rest of the ith the explanation that ghosts couldn't follow after about the half-ht marker Now that he host I'd seen had always kept pretty close to buildings or the ground when they traveled, unless they were hitchhiking on an airplane or soh as Lisa could take without it being too cold or oxygen depleted At that height, it would be harder to spot us against the clear ht blue sheet that rapped around us for even better ca, I'd treat it with the sa well if I didn't crash when I landed
Once we got Lisa settled and explained all about Kramer, her story turned out to be eerily sis, and while her father was still alive, he was in poor health in a nursing ho her well-paying job severalinto the early stages of foreclosure Working two part-ti at all cut off her unemployment Add in a botched robbery where her cat was killed, and Lisa's friends thought her clai her at ho in the forlad to h she was sickened to hear that the appartition who'd tor to other women Still, I understood why it was a relief for Lisa to meet someone who not only believed her but who knew exactly what she'd been through
The saive wasn't the saot when she spoke to Lisa They were survivors of a battle that we could try to ih like they had, so our understanding was limited
After we'd answered all her questions, Bones went next door to update the rest of our group, and I escorted Lisa upstairs to Francine's roo for her Later, I'd order both of them some new clothes, but for now, I left them alone Francine had only slept a few hours, and Lisa looked like she needed a nice long rest, too I didn't ieted thehtstands, two pets capable of sounding a warning, and two vampires here to protect the to get