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Ashley didn't awaken until someone pounded at the door She jerked, surprised by how little she was able to fight Jonny's sleeping spells It was evening, and dusk rendered the lighting of her bedrooh to see

I really, really hate you, Jonny She rubbed her face, furious he'd knocked her out when she had shit to do "Coravelly voice and pushed herself up

Charles opened the door "You co Natural?" he asked with his usual abruptness

"Like you'd be successful without me!" she retorted so full of clothes into her rooht hallway

Despite the day of sleep, she felt ic Ashley refreshed herself the best she could in the bathrooy and unhappy She hadn't planned on sleeping so an to suspect a raid was the only chance she'd have of escaping Jonny likely had wards like Xander's that weren't going to let her ride coet her when she needed it if she tried to leave from the headquarters

She chanted the coordinates in her head over and over to keep them fresh and left her bedroom for the hallway She followed the sounds ofissued out to the open foyer of the mansion, where Charles the va the equipment of the raid parties

Ashley needed a cell phone in order to figure out where the coordinates Valon provided her led to and to find a ride She watched the va for souarded for the split second it'd take for her to grab it The vamps were too disciplined to set down their solewith their commanders, but several carried theirs where she could reach theo pockets or tossed in the outside pockets of backpacks

Narrowing down her target, she h the va an apology, she snatched the phone visible in his unbuttoned cargo pocket and slid it deftly into hers

"Natural!" Charles called

"Co!" she said and rolled her eyes She approached the table where he stood with several vaht"

"We're doubling up with Tasha's team to take out a warehouse," Charles reported "Hector, with the Natural"