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Soenetic anomaly, trauma, or staunch willpower, needed to be bitten before vaelse She didn't try to run, so h the poor wo Kramer to pop up and continue his abuse I could only hope that a few days of being around Francine and Lisa would help bring Sarah back from what seemed to be a near mental breakdown

Of course, ould really help Sarah and the other woe to stuff their tormentor into that stone-and-mineral trap Then they could take all the tie he'd inflicted on theh me Most murderers I'd encountered, while still vile to the bone, only sought to destroy people's bodies, but that wasn't enough for Kramer He had to crush their minds, hearts, and spirits, too

Spade descended froht's canvass, and Sarah reared back, the scent of fear exploding out of her pores Guess seeing another person drop out of the sky was toothat he was a friend, and she'd be safe with him Only when I told her that he'd take her to Francine and Lisa did she cal to pull away I'd told her about the other tohts on, and how they were safe Words were nice, but seeing them for herself would do more to prove to her badly wounded psyche that Kramer wasn't the all-powerful punisher he'd ive her

Bones walked over to his friend with a last pitying glance her way, taking Spade off to the side to warn hiile mental state, I assumed After a minute of hushed conversation, they caratefully recognized was a coat Bones and I left so fast to retrieve her, we hadn't thought to grab our own coats, let alone bring an extra one for her

"Sarah, this ishim by his chosen name instead of the one he normally used "He'll take excellent care of you"

She took the coat but then edged closer to aze was pleading, frago without ht be because I was another woman, and that madewith his great height and black coat surrounding hith hair blowing dra to the effect, but in addition to being trustworthy, Spade also had a deep chivalrous streak

"I can't colance with Bones Real soon, considering we'd deliver the trap to Spade's in the next couple days, then wait for ht to us

Wait until Sarah found that out Then she'd be extra, extra nervous

Or maybe we'd be lucky, and she'd knoho the accomplice was Two out of three wo the Sarah wouldn't be the exception

"Sarah, you had a cat recently, didn't you?" I asked her "One who died? Do you happen to kno it happened, or who did it?"

Her thoughts seized with that question,it hard to pick out the coherent ones froht words like "hung" and "break in," though, confir, too, their little bodies left on display Step one in the beginning of Kran of torment

"Do you knoho did it?" I pressed