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"Roger that Leg wound it is"

Bruiser looked from Eli to me to Molly and lifted one eyebrow, just the one, and smiled "Capital idea And what is my job?"

More softly I said, "Throw the cat at her"

"I’ll try that right away," he said, his tone wry, "theLessva in the circles and the location and the weird storerous and probably stupid It looked all wrong Lightning flashed between thunderheads, brightening the sky I did not like it at all

"You in a Latin triple circle itches and a priestess of the Mithrans, objects of black ic, the creation wood of all the vampires, and a death witch at the trap to the door? What could go wrong?" Bruiser asked softly, reading ht? Easy-peasy"

"I have a bad feeling about this, Jane Make thelanced at hirill at his back He was dressed in Enforcer garb and loaded eapons, his strong, slightly Roman nose proud and beautiful, his jaw almost square, upper-class British lips thin with disquiet "Questions, Onorio One: Does this look like it , "Yes Perhaps If it doesn’t blow up everyone in the rings"

"Two: What kind of honor would I have if I ran away?"

He shook his head, refusing to answer

"Three: I know you can enter the Gray Between and fight beside me What would happen if you crossed over an active witch circle or three in the ?"

Bruiser tilted his head down and smiled at ued, he said, "I have no idea"

"Well, if it looks like it’s going to hell in a handbasket, and throwing Molly’s fa her doesn’t work, pull a couple blades and try it"

He leaned over to me and pressed his lips to my forehead, hishim close with one hand on the back of his head "Be safe," he ic flutter over les of sparklers from a Fourth of July celebration "Please"

"I’ll do ripped it in one hand I tucked the iron discs in a Velcro pocket at ht hip Overhead, the ruh the ce of ozone and rain Shorter strands of ling inMolly, I tumbled the blood diamond from its lead-lined pouch into my palm Her eyes found me instantly, and the stone went from icy cold where it touched me, to a pleasant warmth in my hand, to fiery, as if it had been heated by a flame It felt as if it wanted my attention, even as I watched Molly It was just a stone, but it felt like more It feltinterested