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As it dawned on me that I had actually been responsible for another person's death, I becauilt I knew that I was supposed to feel these; I had watched enough TV, seen loads of uilt and toruy kills another person There and then, I felt nothing apart fro irritation at all the people in the room who had come to disturb my peace

Anne had noticed my unfettered wrists and unsecured hands by then, and she started barking orders Her , and that included the corpse that had been slung between two of them, and swarmed towards me I watched with detached interest as they held ain, and drove another set of nails through my palritted ony shooting up nals to e to screa in that doorway, a faintly sain, and focused on the impulses that shrieked their way froripped my hands And there it was So quick So easy It was like turning on a light switch

I sensed the flickering currents flowing up my nerves I saw them I felt them

I reached out and stopped theus

"My nao," the new vampire said as he walked towards us He'd transferred one of the shotguns to his other hand, so both were now loosely gripped in his left hand, and he extended his right in greeting I reached out and shook it

"Angus," I said by way of introduction "This is Fergus, o nodded and shook hands with each of them in turn

"I need your help" He spoke in a low voice, his words unhurried His resemblance to Mark was uncanny I could almost have believed that it was Mark that stood before us, requesting assistance

"You're Mark's father," I said It was a statement more than a question "And Rebecca's"

Tact has never been one of o remained unfazed

"Yes I've been in Finland for the past three months, and returned yesterday I spoke to one of my contacts in Jack's network Turns out a lot has happened in my absence"