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The kobold sed "I-I ht have seen Ivo and Lothaire about earlier"

"Where are they staying?"

When it hesitated, Murdoch gave it another violent shake

"Outside the parish! In the bayou Near Val Hall"

"Near Val Hall?" Daniela repeated in amazement "Have they no fear?"

"They're different," the kobold said "You can't fight the Deshazior had told them

"How do you know this?" she asked

"Heard it from a rat demon who heard it from one of the crocodilae shifters That's all I know - vow it to the Lore!"

"Toss hi the kobold back into the garbage heap, and it skulked aith a gurgling hiss

"Okay, va her breath from her earlier sprint "Dawn's only a couple of hours away, so I think this is where we" She trailed off when she saw hie," she said, but her skin was reddened, her face pinched

He sed "Daniela, your breaths aren't s"

CHAPTER 21

The vampire stared down at her with alarmed eyes

"I'll be fine," she assured hiht before and had exerted herself too " If she could get back to the h How rabbed her hand "What are you doing?" she demanded

"You'll see"

Suddenly she was in a cold, dark room He traced nizant, and itship She warily darted her eyes around theone She and the va room with sheet-draped furniture Extensive ht into her bones Delicious "Where have you taken e in Siberia"

"Siberia?" The very word connoted cold andhot"

"It happens, you know You didn't have to traces, taking in details as she crossed the spacious interior

She could tell that Murdoch wasn't actively living here, but the lodge was clean and in good repair It was also opulent, with gilt walls and s adorned the doorways and the great hearth

This place was a time capsule, like a tsar's hideaway preserved froazed out, then inhaled sharply at the night scene

"If you'd rather go" he said from behind her

Snow Everywhere Danii adored rounds - as it should "Is this property yours?"