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WE KEPT KAITLIN safe by having Livingston stand over theun was so close to Bobby that if Livingston had pulled the trigger, it would have pretty much decapitated him It was one of the few absolutely surefire ways to kill a shapeshifter or a vampire, so it seemed even ive Livingston an excuse to do it, which hy I was in the cell with them to metaphorically hold Bobby’s hand I couldn’t really do it, because Kaitlin was taking evidence fro his hand would have put me in the line of fire

Neas standing outside the locked cell with Leduc The sheriff had tried to get us to give up our weapons because it was procedure He’d conceded that Livingston needed his to shoot theup ot into the cell Not only no, but fuck no

“Once soive up ain”

“And I don’t let weapons just waltz intocells for the prisoner to take”

“Duke,” Livingston said, “just let it go If the prisoner so rab for anyone’s weapons”

I could have added that if Bobby had started to change into a leopard, he wouldn’t have been going for our weapons He’d have been too busy growing his own But I didn’t say that out loud They were spooked enough without

Deputy Wagner came to the bars on the wall that the two cells shared “Do you really think that Bobby didn’t do it?”

Newman answered, “We think it’s a possibility”

“You mean, I could have killed hiuilt and panic that it had had earlier when he was hysterical in front of the cells

I flicked aze to him His hands rapped so hard around the bars, they hite His face looked anguished God, he was emotional

“You didn’t kill Bobby,” I said “You didn’t even shoot him”

“But I tried”

“It’s okay, Troy,” Bobby said, and his head moved as if to look back at the other cell

“Don’t ston said, and his words were alrohich h his body than the outward calm, cool, professional demeanor showed