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And still nothing but silence from beyond the wall

And then--finally--Ryder said, "I’ll leave her alone, brother Just don’t interfere with ation"

Caitlin felt his words like a white-hot blow He doesn’t care, then It was nothing serious He was only toying with er knew it

She felt as if her whole heart had dropped out of her body, felt like a coht," Jagger said "I’ll see you tonight, then"

"I’ll be there," Ryder answered roughly, and then Caitlin heard footsteps, two sets going in opposite directions, quickly fading down the street

She leaned back against the fountain, sick with betrayal--and grief

So that she had to go on, to act as if everything was norht

The table was already cleared, the dishes put away, and Fiona and Shauna were in the living roo the room like a wild aniarden door

"And where did you just go off to? Or should I say ‘get off’? What’s going on with you and that shapeshifter, anyway?"

Her younger sister wasn’t teasing Caitlin could feel the sharpness of the question underneath the joke

"Nothing’s going on with hie of the walk-ins We need to knohat he knohatever he’s telling the truth about, which , Fiona stepped in s I for one think Mallory is telling the truth, and we need to prepare ourselves, and root out these walk-ins any e can" She looked at Caitlin penetratingly as she asked the next question

"You don’t have any reason to doubt that whatever happens will happen on Samhain, do you?"