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"Dah his hair "He stabbed , bypassing all of the security measures, and broken into Luther’s lab If the press found out that Biohazard, the repository of all things strange and dangerous, had had a security breach, there would be no end of heads rolling

"This way!" a woes spun and gave chase The guy in the biocontainment suit shoved the nearestopen Flames burst over his fists He punched the air A fireball broke free of his hand, streaked down to the street, and exploded

Oh boy

Everybody except for the firebug ran for the staircase I decided to run too, just so I wouldn’t be left out

We collectively burst out the front door The street lay e but five-foot-wide scorch o?" Luther yelled

Nobody answered

"Where is Fluffy?" a woman asked

"Jana took her on a job," aif she’s never here to track?" Luther threw his hands up

A fireball tore over our heads and splashed flas on fire?" Luther roared

"Sorry!" the man from thecalled "It was an accident"

I put ether and was h

The door of Biohazard flew open and Patrice Lane, the head of the Infectious Diseases departht, where is he? I’ed with Staphylococcus Give me two seconds, and he’ll be covered in boils He’ll tell us everything"

"He got away," a dark-haired woman explained

"What?" Patrice blinked

Julie bent in half and began snorting

"Stop that," Luther told her

A man walked out of the shadows He wore jeans and a brown jacket with a hood that right now rested on his back Of htly curly hair and a pleasant, friendly face with hooded blue eyes, a big nose, and the stubbly beginning of a uely familiar about his eyes

He caain Oops Shouldn’t have called you that" He had a light Irish accent

"She ht not remember you," Julie said "She--"

"Jardin," I said The last time we had met he was in his wererat form and I almost stabbed him He worked for Robert, Alpha of Clan Rat and the Pack’s current security chief

"Ah," Jardin said "You remember I am so flattered"