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"No shit" Nicholas let out an iutsy hue than brains You said there was a boy involved A lot of people can do as when there’s a child at stake"

"Maybe, but so tells me there’s more to it than that" He wasn’t about to tell Nicholas that he’d bargained with Logan to hunt her down, and that he knew she was blooded, at the very least Most of the Theronai were suspicious of the Sanguinar, even though their races were currently at peace with each other His bargain was binding and not the kind of thing that would go over ith the other uinar and made him a liability if that peace didn’t hold

"More? Like what?" asked Nicholas "We’d know if she was one of ours She’d have been wearing the ring of the Gerai Did you see one?"

"Maybe she forgot to put it on, orresized" The excuses sounded ridiculous even to his own ears

"Or maybe she just did one hell of a snow job on you and she really is a Dorjan Tell et away before you could question her or at least put a bloodot her license plate nuet far"

"What’s her naave Nicholas her plate number

Paul heard a quick series of keystrokes and waited for Nicholas to do his ic He had access to more information--both human and Sentinel--than any other man alive

A few seconds later, Nicholas let out a soft whistle "She’s not hard to find, that’s for sure The woman’s name is plastered all over the newspapers She’s a finder of lost children--one of those people that parents hire when their kid goesand the police and FBI can’t help Apparently, she’s pretty good at it, too So good that the police have a tag on her name to keep an eye out for her It looks like they think she s"

"Because they can’t find the kids, but she can," guessed Paul

"Sounds about right Says here that she only takes certain cases"

"Can you get a sense for what kind of cases she takes?" asked Paul

A few more quick keystrokes and a moment of silence followed before Nicholas said, "Paul, ot a problem"

"What?"

"You’ve found yourself a bona fide Synestryn hunter A human one with no connections to or support from any of the Sentinels as far as I can tell Which oing to walk into a situation that et her killed" Paul had no more time to waste He forced himself to his feet

"We can’t have that now, can we?" said Nicholas Paul heard soround; then Nicholas lowered his voice so Paul could barely hear it "You’re not going to believe who just walked in"

"Who?"

"Hold on a sec She wants to talk to you I’ll text you that address"

There was a scratching sound as Nicholas handed the phone to soh and childlike but imbued with an un his people gifted with the ability to see into the future When she spoke, everyone listened

"Theronai," said Sibyl "We must speak"

Paul barely hid his shock She’d spoken to hi now, and both of those times had been within the last ood thing "Yes, my lady"

"You’ve found her" It wasn’t a question

"Her? Do you nizing the na her to me"

Paul debated whether or not to let Sibyl know that although he’d found her, he’d lost her once again He’d definitely find her, but it , "I’ with me"

"Then bind her Render her unconscious Do what youher to me"

"May I ask why?"

"Ineed her"

"For what?" asked Paul As ift, he wasn’t about to lead Andra into soly