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I couldn’t help but giggle, and he put his heavy arainst him

"So what’s the deal with those two?" I asked, as we headed down the small hallway towards the exit that led into the public areas of the museu for a very long time That says a lot about howin the Repository for nearly her entire adult life, and dating a doppelg&au for a lot of people"

"It would definitely put a whole new spin on ‘self-love,’ " I said, pushing open the doors at the end of the hallhere we reentered that vast white space of the uess Blondie’s been alive long enough that she can stare herself in the eye, even in the bedroo hi hand and raised it to his lips, only to graze his teeth against my knuckles

I definitely wheezed that ti snarky to say in response

We were also nearly to the ht co spent in the climate-controlled environment of the museum

Dragging Anyan forward, I suddenly really wanted to be outside, and looking around at London, a city I’d barely gotten to see And I wanted to do it with the htsee a little," I said, turning around to walk backward as I pulled Anyan forward "Just a teeny bit We’ll tell Gog We can be back in twentya face A face that didn’t bode well for ?" he asked, and I turnedhi he hadn’t wandered off so ere stuck there If we could just have twenty ht was short lived It died with the feel of a hood falling overlittle pinch in the back of neck Suddenly unable to use rabbed iven us to knock us out, but it was powerful One minute a hood was thrust over , tied to a chair, and feeling very, very groggy

"Jane?" cahest

"I’m here," I said "Are you okay?" With every word I spoke, the stale air inhooded isn’t nice, I realized And neither is being tied to a chair

"Are you naked?" I asked Anyan, es

"What? No? Are you?" he asked, his tone harsh orry

"No, but the e’re tied up, in chairs, made me think of that new Ja scene"

There was silence beside

"Anyan?" I asked Still no reply

"Look, even if they bust your balls, I’ll still like you," I said, helpfully "I’ll totally help you recover," I added, when he still didn’t reply

"Will you please just stop talking about ball-busting," Anyan said eventually, in the

So of course I kept talking, ue fueled by nerves and loosened by whatever had knocked us out

"If you have a seat botto to bust your balls I think it has to have the seat removed, to work Do you have a seat?" I asked

I heard some heavy breaths, muffled by his hood

"I have a seat bottoood So do I Phew!" I said He didn’t reply Maybe it was tie the subject

"So," I said, "Who do you think are our kidnappers?"