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Dashiell finally broke the silence "So we’re talking about a boundary witch and a vaether," he said in a hushed voice "The vairls his blood a day beforehand, say by pressing the for Molly when she woke up for the night," Kirsten finished

Scarlett was nodding "The irls to stay still, since I don’t think she could have done all twelve at once by herself My guess is that the bad guys never intended to take all twelve," she added "They wanted Molly to take the fall for some of it"

"It’s kind of slick, if you think about it," Will said lared at the alpha olf "Slick? Think about all the fa ho to be glib, Kirsten But you alic perspective Molly is frairls are turned, all in one move While we’re already distracted by the Trials"

Kirsten just glared at him and turned to Scarlett "Did they know about Louisa?" she demanded "That she was a Friend?"

"I honestly don’t know But I wouldn’t be surprised if they did No offense, Kirsten, but killing a Friend of the Witches would make you that much more likely to condemn Molly, and fast"

Kirsten’s face clouded over, and Jesse found hiht," he said He looked at the three Old World leaders "Anyone can see that the quickest way to distract you guys is to threaten one of your own Or threaten exposure," he added, looking at Dashiell

"That’s not the only threat, I’m afraid," Dashiell said "If there’s a powerful boundary witch running around our city, she can press any ofat him "So you believe me?" she said

He nodded "I’m still not happy about how you handled this, but yes I believe you about the girls"

"Then you should let Molly go," she pushed "It wasn’t her fault She couldn’t stop herself"

Dashiell got up and wandered a few feet away, toward the coffee machine He filled a Styrofoa a face The expression was so incongruous with his usual demeanor that Jesse and Scarlett both stared at him "Good heavens," he sputtered "I do not re like this"

Scarlett looked determined to stay on track "Molly is okay, isn’t she?"

"Of course" He gave her an injured look "I wouldn’t kill her without a trial, not even if she had co in her heart"

"Then you need to let her go," Scarlett insisted "She didn’t do this"

"He can’t," Will said abruptly Everyone turned to look at hiht now, the people who did this think they’ve won They’re probably holed up soirls to turn before they ht?"

The vampire nodded "It’s difficult to move vampires," he said "But much harder to move a lot of corpses whose faces are all over the news"

Will turned back to the null "So we’ve got a few days before they can flee town During that time, they need to think that they’ve hich means Molly has to stay where she is"