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Tyler wandered into the kitchen, wearing a pair of sweatpants and a sleeveless shirt From the faint creases on his cheek, he'd just rolled out of bed Since staying with us the past feeeks, Tyler's schedule of when he ake and when he slept had drastically altered

"M'n," he h it was after two o'clock in the afternoon "Want some coffee?"

I drank it with him to be sociable, but I'd never liked the stuff even before Bones's blood becae of choice

"Not this ti, so we're about to catch a few hours' sleep Oh, and we have a new guest"

A wide grin slid across his face "You found another of the woot Lisa's infor him e left, we'd just had rinned back, feeling hthearted than I had in a while

"Her name is Lisa, and she's upstairs with Francine"

Tyler stuck his fist out, and I touched it with mine "Nice work, kitty cat"

"I didn't do it alone," I protested, but I was pleased by the co headway Elisabeth and Fabian were still trying to track Kraet was, but in the meantime, we didn't have to sit on our hands and watch the days ominously count down on the calendar Police reports weren't the only e could search for the last woman We could check recent burials in pet cemeteries, veterinary offices, animal cremation companies, hell, even county records of rabies vaccinations to help narron our list So to her

Upstairs, Dexter let out a half whine, half bark Fro e fro back into the town house

"Where is he?" he dee aloft

"I don't know," I whispered, charging up the stairs to Francine and Lisa's roo those women after I'd just told them they were finally safe!

"Cat!" a male voice called fro open their bedroohost, it wasn't any of the ones I'd expected

A door's banging open only punctuated the effect of Spade's words "Cat, your uncle's in the yard"

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Iinto their room and ran back down the stairs almost as fast as I'd climbed up them

"Charles, wait inside with the woo outside I did the sae into the nearest candle on the way out

Don floated above a set of bushes, rubbing his aret that stuff away froe "It burns Couldn't even go inside the house because of it"