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A deep-throated shout caught ile wolf ran up ahead One I recognized It was a shifter A real shifter, not an aswang turned shifter They also helped police the Brink, which e called the human world, from supernatural creatures

Boy, hopefully there weren’tfor the poor shifters

I crossed a grassy area where hoht was a collection of jazz bars where ood friend Red, a weak shifter and an excellent source of infor out Another shout drew me forward, into an area blanketed by darkness I could see in it just fine, one of o that way," a hoot trouble up that way"

A surge of adrenaline hadhis words

After another half-dozen steps, I saw a body crouching with his hands held out Getting closer, I realized it was the captain, his attention focused on a space between a house and a fence

I stopped in front of the house "Hey," I whispered

He started, and so in his hands crackled He blew out a breath and cocked his head, looking at his fists When no lancedshhhhhh He jerked his head toward the space he’d been focusing on a moment before

I eased my head around the corner, where there was similar tableau to the horror show in the Bourbon Street house Another poor sap had had his nuuy, too As for the creature, this time the torso was a woman’s, still leathery The botto an intestine like it was a piece of spaghetti

Wow That was one of the grossest things I’d seen in a long tiht to get in position We’re still waiting on a few of our people" Nodding toward the walkie-talkie attached to the side of his belt, he said, "Take this It’s for you I have lanced at the space between the house and fence, then darted to the captain’s side of the space and grabbed the walkie-talkie It went intoUnfortunately, , and the bulky, out-of-date equipment made it hard to close

"Do you have the entrapment spell?" he whispered

Probably I had no idea I wasn’t good at keeping track of that stuff, since I rarely used it I nodded anyway

"Get it out OnIt’s the only way to prevent it froh my overburdened pouch It would"Why don’t we just kill it? I can sneak in there and get it done The trick is not announcing your presence before you lunge at it Lesson learned" I winked to show I’d learned erous, Reagan One swipe and you’re done We wait and do it as a team The others should be in position soon"

That creature probably wouldn’t be there long enough for this crew to get into position--I knely they worked--and we couldn’t let it get away The thing had taken out at least two people, possibly three if it had found someone in the ceans "Okay, here’s a better idea You guys get ready I’ll run in there If I don’t kill it by the ti, you trap it Then I’ll kill it Good?"

"Reagan--"

His tone said he was going to say no, so I gotbefore I could hear the order to stay put The trick was, you couldn’t get into trouble if you didn’t hear the command

Hopefully It orth a shot, anyway

I ran around the house until I found a way onto the roof I broke a shutter, but I got up there I’d need to remember to leave a note

On top of the abnor where the creature was still feasting Once there, I looked down at it, hunched over its prey like a fat guy at a buffet Good gracious, what ato town