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"Tap water," she lass off to the side "I should have guessed "
Yes, Salina was good, but I recognized theto buy herself a few seconds to decide whether or not to lie to me about what had happened on the Delta Queen Apparently I wasn't worth the trouble, because she just shrugged, instead of denyingthe blame on Kincaid, like she had with Owen
Salina seemed a little put out that I wasn't ot down to business "Tellto stop by the riverboat this afternoon, but I was in such a hurry to get over here that I just didn't have the time "
I didn't knohat she meant by that, or why she had come here in the first place, but I kept my face just as smooth as hers was Salina wasn't the only one who could play this sort of game
"Kincaid is doing just fine," I replied in an even tone "Despite your attempt to kill him "
Salina shrugged again, as if the fact that I'd just accused her of attemptedto her clothes Given the obvious tiined the lint would bother her more
"I knew I'd sent Phillip a clear e with Katarina's death, but I didn't expect him to be so desperate as to hire an assassin to protect him," Salina said "I didn't think Phillip was that smart Katarina certainly wasn't "
"And as your problem with Katarina?"
Salina s in particular, other than I knew she was friends with Phillip People should be et them into trouble Just ask Antonio "
So I'd been right, and she'd killed the others mostly to hurt Kincaid Cold and cruel
"I let Katarina know in advance I was co the other woood It never does, in the end, when I'm around "
That sounded exactly like so about ive her that But then again, given what I'd seen her do to Antonio, she had every right to be
To ly as many elementals did Whenever I'd been around Mab, I'd always felt like there were hundreds of tiny, invisible, red-hot needles stabbing into my skin But it wasn't like that with Salina at all In fact, the only feeling I got froue sense of cool wetness, like if I reached out and touched her skin, it would feel da eleerous - even to me
Besides, like Jo-Jo always told me, it didn't matter how much elemental power you had - just what you did with it Even the weakest eleht
"Is that why you've come back to Ashland?" I asked "To settle old scores? Like the one you have with Kincaid?"