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Careful to choose one without silver (with her current luck, she’d probably stab herself), and big enough to put a nice-sized hole in an eneripped the handle and headed out of the private rooms

She half-expected to be halted as she retraced her steps out of the lair, but while the vampires watched her pass in creepy silence, not one leaped out to try and block her exit

Thank God She didn’t think her dagger, no ainst the her senses alert for any scent of Jagr

If the ie halfway across the world, but Culligan had taught her that the flighty demons were content to leap first and consider later If ever

Of course, hoping she ht find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow Still, she had to…

Regan halted, suddenly struck by a crazed thought

Why search for a needle in the proverbial haystack when she could go directly to the source of her troubles?

If she could track down the cur that had ordered Gaynor to capture her in the first place, then eventually the ian was certain of was that the i

And she suddenly realized that shethe urge to race as fast as possible back to Hannibal, Regan forced herself to maintain a steady pace that allowed her to continue her search for Jagr, as well as to keep guard for any lurking danger

There was no use getting herself killed for what oose chase

As she jogged, the sun crested the horizon, bathing the landscape in a soft haze of pale peach and rose The light glittered off the dew clinging to the grass, frag until it appeared the world was drenched in pastel

Regan barely noticed the dazzling display Or the da to the he to distract her

Choosing a an hid in the bushes and studied the pretty structure for long hborhood A woman dressed in a power suit climbed into her Lexus and roared down the street An elder ainst the

All htened and dashed across the street, knowing it was now or never

Skirting the house with all its froufrou trellises and cheesy birdbaths, she allowed her nose to lead her to the kitchen , using her considerable strength to shove up the sash a few inches and breathe in the various scents

She grir hadn’t been wrong when he accused Gaynor of hexing his food Even with her i in response

Da through the various teas, pastries, and candies At last, she caught and held the scent of peanut butter fudge

As she had hoped, the smell was distinctive Rich, creaic

Which e that see the tea shop one last ti it was a futile effort to discover sor or the da toward the east

Gaynor had adr hadn’t detected a lie, she was going with the hope the cur would still be near it