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“Sorry Carry on”

“Right, so, the thing is…” He ran a hand over the top of his head, a sure sign of anxiety “Ah, to hell with it, see for yourself”

He stepped away from the mirror She felt him come up behind her and hold onto her waist to steady her Or perhaps catch her when she passed out Which wasn’t unlikely Because Friday was stunned by what she saw

Treertip under her left eye The eye that was now a mirror of Striker’s reptilian one As she e of a tiny diamondback coiled inside her upper arm It was s the fact it ht?

“Oh e on her ar it Her eyes met Striker’s in the mirror “Is it a real snake? Like yours?”

“We think so It’s a baby right now, but the handbag said it will becorown female a year from now”

The dias in an affectionate move

“The handbag says you’re welcoust

Friday took a step closer to the e to see herself with one blue and one yellow “How did this happen? It took a hundred years for you to change”

“We don’ know, bébé That’s what you need to find out”

A surge of exciteh her, and her ever-curious mind started to overrule the shock “Will I be able to see heat signatures like you do?”

“We think so, but you’re in the early stages The snake is still developing within you”

“You know, I kind of knew this,” she e of the snake on her arht it was the Interferan I didn’t realize it was this Now it makes sense Will my snake talk to me, too? Will I be able to call it out the way you do with Sam? Will I have to eat rodents? Are we permanently joined because of this? You and me, I mean Not me and the snake, because that’s obviously permanent”

With a grin, he covered her mouth with his palm and cocked an eyebrow at her “Welco around with your DNA It should keep you occupied enough so that I don’t have to worry about waking up with chocolate-flavored balls”

She barked out a laugh against his hand This was real She was alive Changed, but alive And, to be strictly honest, she was enetics She matched Striker now They were a pair Just like their rattlers No wonder he’d laughed at