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The Sanguinar was slu doll’s as Madoc took a hard right "If he regains consciousness before dawn, you ath started to fall back, unable to keep pace

Madoc spun into a turn and brought the SUV to a rocking stop He shot Paul a griood news and bad news Which do you want first?"

Paul still felt like hell--weak and shaky--but at least his legs were stronger Madoc leaped from the vehicle while Paul kind of spilled out; then he and Madoc took a stand in a recently plowed field

The sgath saw theht about now"

"Logan will be able to find Andra no matter what, so you don’t have to worry about that"

That wasto lose her "So, what’s the bad news?"

Paul lifted his blade and prepared for the dean can find her because he healed her busted arm She owes hioing to let Logan get his fangs on her pretty neck--or anywhere else "Overonce-over "If you feel as shitty as you look, thatsword up, ath leaped into the air

Paul sliced at the de his ai vital, he onlylanded hard, howled in pain, and scrambled aardly back onto its feet

His sword felt heavy, which was proof he wasn’t fully recovered fro these things for centuries and knehat to do His body followed his co he’d left his flank unprotected Its teeth flashed a sickly yellow as it went for the opening Paul shifted his weight at the last second and drove his sword down through the sgath’s skull before its teeth could connect

It wriggled there, still clinging to life, slashing at him with its front claws Paul twisted his blade and finally the sgath went li too hard and barely able to retrieve his sword Madoc watched hi over his own kill, which was sliced neatly in two--or not so neatly, considering as leaking out of the sgath’s gut "Took you long enough"

"You could have lent a hand"

Madoc shrugged "What fun would that have been?"

Paul wiped his blade on the grass to clean the oily black blood froh to piss hiht now--not with Andra out there, owing a blood debt to one of the Sanguinar

"Is Logan up yet?" asked Paul

Madoc checked the front seat "Nope Still out cold"

"Great No are we going to find her?"

"You could look up her license plate number"

"I could if I had it"

Madoc rattled off the nu out after her"

"So did I, but I didn’t re deal I remember numbers and shit like that when I see the the way the physical contact enius,to beat the hell out of you if you don’t shut up about it and get your hands off me"

Paul held up his hands in surrender, but he couldn’t hide his grin "I’ot there, egghead"

"Fuck off"

Paul didn’t know Madoc well He tended to hang out alonehis distance from the rest of the Theronai Paul had been pretty sure he wasn’t going to like the loner, but ti on hi to call Nicholas and track her plates Youa lookout?"

"Whatever"

Paul sat down on the ground by the SUV to let his body recover, pulled out his cell phone, and dialed the coood," was how Nicholas answered the phone, his voice gritty, as if he hadn’t used it in days Maybe he hadn’t Nicholas was a bit of a recluse, choosing to stay in his techno-lair ht I need you to do a background check on her"

"What, did she borrow round," said Paul "She helped us save a boy froht I need you to find out if she’s hit anyone’s radar"

"Just our radar or the Sanguinar’s and Slayers’ radar, too?"

Paul glanced at Logan As far as he could tell, the Sanguinar was still unconscious Good "Anyone’s"

"You think she’s a Dorjan?" asked Nicholas, using the tere for money or power

"No, but she faced down several Synestryn arun" Paul still remembered the way she’d stood there, her feet braced apart in a battle stance He wasn’t sure if he was norance She could have been killed, and if she hat he thought she was, she ay too iain Her life was too precious to risk