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"Hey, we ai to do about Gabriel?"

I shifted my hands restlessly on in"

"Well, if you are interested in my two cents"

"Which usually turns into two dollars," I said

Beezle pressed his lips together briefly in annoyance and then continued on as if I hadn’t spoken "I think you should start with the wolves They were there on the scene and they had the motivation to take him"

"What motivation would the wolves have? Their alpha had just stated that Maddy was a friend to them and vice versa If they were truly interested in reestablishing relations with Lucifer, then ould they jeopardize that by taking Gabriel?" JB said reasonably

"That’s assu the wolves actually do want to treat with Lucifer, which I doubt," Beezle said darkly "Wolves generally keep a minimum of contact with the fallen"

"Why are you always so suspicious of everyone’s motivations?" I said "Maybe the wolves want to e of the opportunity"

" ‘Take advantage’ is the operative phrase here," Beezle said "You have to stop trusting everything you hear or the fallen will eat you alive"

"And so will the faeries," JB said "Believena&iu annoyed Sure, I needed some help with interpersonal relationships, and I was astonishingly sheltered for a wo her thirty-third birthday, but I wasn’t du treated as such

"I think I can handlebut pointedly stared at my face, the very visible site of most of my injuries