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"No Not yet," he agreed, but his words were no longer s heated and waiting Bruiser returned his eyes to the old book and started reading, his eyes going back and forth across the page

Iout with relief, but my skin felt hot and prickly Beast purred inside of me, oddly satisfied Upstairs, Alex started a shower and thu s have existed for thousands of years There are nu racial, ethnic, and faht to be due to travel restrictions and inbreeding in prehistoric tribal tienetic or racial difference that denotes ability or power levels The writer see that all witches are equal But not really"

"Helpful Not"

"Man after the fall of Atlantis"--his eyebroent up together--"in the year 5,000 BC, following a great ide flood That o A flood that killed off The People of the Straight Ways"

"Say that again"

Bruiser looked up at ht Ways?"

"Yeah That could tie back with the l’arcenciel--the light-dragon that bit Leo and Gee Back with stuff I heard when I orking south of Chauvin, hunting that escaped prisoner" Bruiser inclined his head "I was told that they built lots of the ancient canals found in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, New England, and all over the world Do you know about them?"

"L’arcenciel, or the arcenciel The L is the article" I gave a nod of understanding, and he went on "I’ve come across the term once or twice, but not with any particular emphasis or related to any flood Or related to the flood" He closed the book and pulled off the white gloves "You look tired When did you last sleep?"

I thought about that for a while and sipped my cold tea "I don’t reht I’ve been on vaeted by a boot cut up by a master swordsman"

"And broke his neck"

"Yeah That too So I don’t know" I added, by way of ambush, "What do Satan’s Three ith Leo? And me?"

With a faint smile, he said, "You’ll have to ask Leo that" Bruiser held up the book and asked, "May I take this with o and send it to you via e-mail The contents don’t sound as if they need immediate attention"