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"The problem with our theory is that Eduardo doesn’t fit," I said

"Why not?" Derek asked

"They didn’t kill hieted because he was a h the trouble of kidnapping him? What’s so special about Eduardo?"

"We won’t know until we pull his other jobs fros: for the Clerk to help us, and for the rest of the Guild to look the other way Everything hinged on the Guild, one way or the other

Curran turned onto Phoenix Drive The top floor of the Guild was in ruins, its roofline ragged and broken, but all of the debris froone The wrecked cars and chunks of the building had vanished An inch of silvery powder covered the street

"The MSDU did a shake and bake," I said

Curran glanced at round and salted it"

Salt was a universal detergent for all things ic you were dealing with, you had two options You could set the contaminated object on fire or you could bury it in salt MSDU usually opted for both, which was known as a shake and bake They had excellent flamethrowers and there had to be truckloads of salt on the street If anything ical survived that, I would be surprised

"Okay, put your garabbed the bag Barabas had given Derek for our show-and-tell at the Guild Curran got out of the car and swung his cloak on The cloak was Barabas’s idea Big, black, and edged with black feathers, it was gathered on Curran’s right shoulder The Pack had od’s head during the flare He never wore it Barabas had sent it in via Derek with e of clothes and a note for Curran that said, Wear it, please It forced you to focus on his face, and you didn’t want to look at that face or to see the power in his eyes Curran the Godkiller

The Clerk caught up with us, his expression stretching as he surveyed the daet close The authorities had the place cordoned off"

"We’ll put it back together," I told him "Like new"

"Better," Curran said