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“This is easier for me” She watched as I slipped the arrowhead intothere, aren’t you? What if that thing is actually an alien mind control device?”

I rolled my eyes “Do

your worst That’s probably still better than dealing with the things that follow me around already”

She wrinkled her nose “Ugh Demons?”

“Angels, too”

“E I couldn’t tell you which orse”

“Tell me about it”

“Now get back to work And tell the h, like she was reaching for her wallet in the pocket of the jeans she wasn’t wearing “Mama wants her money’s worth”

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If there was one thing to be grateful for at our crappy apartment – crapartment, hah – it was the actual existence of hot water I couldn’t reood, but I stood under the spray for a long tiht have had so in an honest day’s work

Coe, but the little bits ofhunted by entities are some of the most precious But just to be safe, Iout of the shower stall You never know Back when I lived at the Boneyard, we learned pretty quickly that entities liked to shoe were at our most vulnerable Couldn’t tell you about the nuht with our pants down

And considering how frequently I was being followed by supernatural unsavories, I figured it was a safe bet to keep one eye open, even when latheringwas another deal entirely, though The stinging was a killer, sure, but watching the shower curtain for the telltale silhouette of some dude with a knife ay more important I mean, that would be the actual killer

Joke’s on you, though We couldn’t afford a shower curtain

I twisted the faucet off, giving a long, satisfied sigh as the last of the water burbled down the drain After stepping over the puddle the shower forotiate the rest of the toilet tile to reachit aroundwarmth of the bathrooe of clothes to avoid the apart area stopped me cold in my tracks

“Ugh,” I grunted “Angels”