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"Jane has told me about her injuries and the way she was healed," he said, his eyes on hted, as if they carried ently, Eli said, "Yeah About that Jane? Why did you go get the blood diamond and the iron discs out of the bank?"

The house went silent, Alex in the living roo to the kitchen, all threeand pusheddown h hoanted to respond

"Jane?" Bruiser asked

"So after I should have spoken to fill the silence, "reminded me of the blood diaers, who hadn’t been with ht with the Daic spell that they were trying to invoke The night they tried to kill Angelina and Little Evan" My godchildren I had nearly gotten theers spread, and studied it It looked normal But it still felt off Just a little Just a very, very little "On sub-five, Adrianna and Mario had scratchhad been ripped off each of the Santana’s escape"

I could al into place Softly, he said, "I re after you first caht the Damours and killed them"

"All except for Adrianna, who Leo saved Nutso, insane, psycho vaht," Bruiser said, "did your blood touch the blood dia as thethe tracery of black h my skin I nodded, a jerky motion, up and down Eli cursed The Kid’s eyes ide

"How did your blood come in contact with the blood diah it, step by step"

"One of the Daem in one hand I had a cut on h the woods in the dark I know Idiot civilians," I said before Eli could "He was trying to killto kill him He touched the dia upth "Into the cut, intothe spell" The feeling, the pain, had been so very similar to what had happened when the Son of Darkness attacked I liftedfor the dryness of my mouth

"When I was in the baptis my palm with its three deep, smooth lines and ht with--let’s call it skinwalker clarity Santana earing a bracelet when he ca crafted for two stones" I stopped and took a breath "But one wasat my hand

"I went to the bank andwhen I held ic in it I could feel Santana’s spell on me In me Even now"

Eli said, "If the blood diamond was once part of the bracelet worn by the Son of Darkness, and if the diaically connected to the blood diaht now be connected to the bracelet Possibly even accessible to the Son of Darkness hieh your blood"

I nodded again,to say It wasn’t prescience It was just knowing my partner and the way his mind worked The way my mind worked too

"Bait," Eli said

"No! I forbid it," Bruiser said

Which was such an old- to say that itdown the tea ht hand in re spied on earlier, that awareness between my shoulder blades "The holy water and the shift may havehoeird this would sound to anyone not in the room "I think the bracelet knohere I am Maybe not all the tinizesthat I should put it back in the safe-deposit box, I know that, but if I do that, then" I can’t use it No Not what I wanted to say I changed it to "we can’t use it ourselves to lure him to me or to track him with it, you know, in case the witches have that ability"

Bruiser set down his empty coffee cup and asked, "Can you track hih the diamond?"

"I don’t know I think it would be stupid to try all on my own Which is one reason why I want the intro to Lachish Dutillet She could put up a protective circle or so witchy" I waved a hand to indicate there were a lot of things ht be involved

The doorbell rang, and I ju, literally, Saved by the bell It was a delivery of pizza from Mona Lisa’s, ordered by the Kid while we chatted about ways to capture a killer and ical problems Bruiser kissed uy Even in theeaten up by spells, I could appreciate the view from the back side, and Bruiser had a veeery nice backside He turned as he stepped into the street and smiled at me It was one of those special smiles that people in relationships offer each other, smiles that say so much more than the movement of lips and face Bruiser’s said he’d had fun in my bed and would be back in it soon

While ere eating, my cell vibrated I opened the Kevlar-backed cover and started to say hi I never got the chance

"Why didn’t you call me?" My best friend soundedor furious, an angry Molly was dangerous, because her earth-witch gift had gone wonky and started killing things I ran through what I ht have done this tier and I wasn’t bringing probleh Molly was powerful, there was no way she could know that we had been talking about the night I nearly got her children ic ceremony So, for once, there was no reason why she should be upset with me