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He grabbed the crystal decanter and poured hi it "Get Edith and Fergus and everyone up here Now"

Johann studied him "What are you up to, Ian?"

He threw his ereen hter than a nun's drawers No one will coo out I'll send word to all of the towns I visited, telling them that the mysterious aht and day, be beside her No one will ever find her"

It was a longa prison"

Ian gave hi suddenly that he hadn't spoken to Johann at all "Think of it as a sanctuary"

"Ian-"

"Don't," he said sharply, too sharply He saw the concern in Johann's eyes and felt a flash of conscience

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He shouldn't do this It rong Dishonorable The words shot through hissome remnant of the rational man he'd once been

But there was nothing left in hi obsession to keep her beside hiht He couldn't just sit and wait for the end

To whom it may concernmy wife

"No," he screamed, surprised to hear the sound of his own voice He couldn't give in so easily

"Ian, you're-"

"Mad," he said with a shrill laugh "Yes, I am But no one will take her from me, Johann No one"

He heard the words for what they were