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The coer intoto kill ave him the look that ith the tone in my voice

Newlared back for a second or two, and then all his defiance see to save him”

“I know that, but ifin that cage is all the control he has during the change, then I’m amazed he hasn’t hurt anyone before now”

“You saw all the pictures of him in leopard form with the family,” Newman said

“I did, but all I can tell you is the wereanie form like that”

“What do you mean?” Kaitlin asked from outside the door There just wasn’t room for all of us in the hallway in front of the cells

“He does the really painful, violent change where you see all the parts rearrange therotesque, like a ether If that was the way they all changed fore”

“Don’t go bringing up the unnatural businesses that your fiancé has in St Louis,” Leduc said

I turned and stared at him “Did you miss the point of all the new politically correct speech, Duke? Because calling supernatural citizens unnatural sounds awfully insensitive” My words were calm; my tone was a little warm

“One of the perks of being the boss on a small force like this is that I don’t have to read the latest memo about the new politically correct vocabulary We wouldn’t want to offend anyone by calling them what they actually are, noould we?”

“Thecalled vampire or shapeshifter Hell, none of the olves incalled lycanthropes”

“How about calling the beasts? Let’s call a spade a spade,” Duke said

I shook ry anymore “The only people who throw around the term demon are people that have never met one for real”

“You haven’t met a real demon,” Duke said, but his tone wasn’t as sure as his words

“The fuck I haven’t” I stepped into hiry as I said, “You can live here like this and insult theshit down and keeping it away from you and this nice little town of yours”