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A chill slithered down my back like a drip of ice-cold water

"Let’s skip the exposition" Then, scolding , I added, "Just until we have Penny safe Then I want to know it all"

This appeased Nolan, because he continued, skipping over the backstory from were-Grandma "It’s a type of lesser fae that feeds on fear, in the literal sense Older records say it goes after the adala"--he had to work to emphasize the a--"ya know, the einated in England in the sixteenth century, or that’s when the first written record of it shows up It could be way older, or have had a different--"

I cleared ht Sorry"

"What kind of fae is it?"

"It’s a tidal fae, salt water Itup when theback to the water once it’s fully fed, usually by the ti hibernation period If the gaps between stories’re a good indication, once this thing is back in the water it’s not co back for ’nother forty years"

A knot in my throat threatened to chokeplanned to coround before then, ere running out of time

"Any idea where we can find it?"

"’Parently it can ets in and out of houses" And inside police stations "But it’s pretty consistent as far as locations Somewhere within a few miles of water, where there are dark, cool places for it to hide"

"So, prettyareas" Cripes, everything from Brooklyn to the Bronx fit the bill If this bastard was hiding in the subway system, I would kill it on principle alone

"Sorry, Secret I wish I could give youup and looked to Desmond, but his chair sat e him, I opened my phone and ht I would save a little girl’s life If I rong, the Alvarez family would never be the same

Chapter Thirteen

I met Holden at the corner of Queen’s Boulevard and 40th where he found a parking spot for his BMW a block away from the Paradiso Across the street a Queen’s bound 7 train had just unloaded and a bustle of commuters exited the covered stairwell of the station He handed me the item I had requested

I took the katana and held it in the crook of ht when you gaveyour weapons"

"And I didn’t think you’d use it to break in at all hours and harass me while I slept, so let’s call it even"

"It’s only harassment if you don’t like it"

My mouth formed a hard line, and if looks could kill, Holden Chancery would be an obliterated pile of stea vampiric ash Since I had not yet learned to kill telekinetically, he remained in one solid piece with a smirk on his face that would have melted me under better conditions

When it beca, he asked, "Where are your olves?"

"Dominick followed Desmond I don’t knohere they went"

"And you think you can do a better job of finding their sister than they can?"

"No I think we can do a better job"

He sat on the hood of his car and crossed his ar a careen dress shirt His hair was brushed back so nothing interrupted my view of his dark-chocolate-hued eyes Goddamn, the man was beautiful

"You need me" It wasn’t a question, they way he e the inside ofhim he could take his help and shove it, that I could find Penny myself The problem was I did need Holden, asto put pride ahead of the task at hand

"Yes, I need you"

He investigated his nails as if there was so buried under theot a manicure more often than ?

"Holden, will you please helpthe lines of Holden, if you don’t agree to help me, there will be blood all over this sword before I even start hunting for fae