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"Do the wights knoe’re co low for fear she’d be overheard by a norht They had ears everywhere in the city, or so we’d been led to believe

"We killed every one of theh said proudly "Or rather, I did"

"Whichfor us even harder," Millard said "And they’ll want e"

"Which is e can’t stand here"Are you almost finished?"

My focus slipped I lost ain

"One hts that concerned me most, but hollows I’d killed two of them now, and each encounter had nearly been the end ofout That’s why I was determined never to be surprised by another holloould do everything in ether There was less glory in running away frolory I just wanted to survive

The real danger, then, wasn’t the figures on the platform, but the shadows that lay between and beyond theins That’s where I focused , to castdistant corners for traces of danger It wasn’t soo My ability to direct it like a spotlight--this was new

What else, I wondered, was left to discover aboutdown frorumbled Enoch "If there had been, they’d have eaten us by now!"

E chance here, you’ve got to be faster"

It was like asking someone who’d just learned to swi my best," I said

Emma nodded "I know you are" She turned to the others and snapped her fingers for attention "Let’s head for that phone box," she said, pointing to a tall, red phone booth across the platfor crowd

"Who are we calling?" Hugh asked

"The peculiar dog said that all of London’s loops had been raided and their ymbrynes kidnapped," Emma said, "but we can’t simply take his word for it, can we?"

"You can call a tiasted "On the phone?"

Millard explained that the Council of Yh it could be used only within the boundaries of the city "Quite ingenious hoorks, given all the time differences," he said "Just because we live in tie!"