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"We got a bug guy back at HQ I’ll give you a call when he sorts it out" Luther pondered the corpse "The cross-phylum metamorphosis bothers me"

It bothered me, too

The sketch artist waved his sketchbook "Done"

"Okay,it, and chain it up"

The crew began rolling out plastic

"Hey, Luther," I said "You guys didn’t hire any new ghouls, did you?"

Luther spun toa drop of blood in the water "You know sohouls on a road to the east," Curran said "We had breakfast with the Beast Lord and he mentioned it"

Luther pondered him "Sure, I’ll buy that Oh wait, I have a brain Sorry, cohouls were found in pieces Someone ripped them apart with claws and cut them to pieces with a sword And here the two of you are, one has claws and the other has a sword"

"We’re not the only people in the city with swords and claws," Curran said

Luther squinted at us "What are you two up to?"

"Right now, nothing," I said

"I don’t believe you"

Derek jogged up the street He wore a gray hoodie and a pair of old jeans, and he was running in that particular wolf gait that looked unhurried but devoured miles Nineteen, just under six feet, with dark hair and a muscular athletic body, Derek turned heads Then people saw his face A couple of years ago he tried to save a girl The creatures ned her caught him and poured molten metal on his face He recovered, but his face looked different now His features were rougher, their once-handsoone His eyes made it worse They were dark and hard, the kind of eyes that belonged to sorinder of pain and suffering and coainst our Jeep and slouched

"Fine," I said "We have ato find him We could use soht there Shapeshifters are Pack business Unless they request our help in writing, I can’t do anything I don’t even want to hear it"

What a surprise Hold ives out from the pure shock of that surprise "Wow, so nice of you to care"

"The Beast Lord is an asshole," Luther said "I’ve dealt with his representatives before, and let me tell you, I don’t want to piss him off"