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His accent was a little less thick and more him It used to be that he lost the accent only when eun to wonder if he was tired of always being in character It had been one thing when Ted was his part-tielse, he was Ted more than he was Edward Maybe he was ready to be hie

“The only way he’s coe orders it or for Win to finally do his duty We don’t have anywhere else that’s as secure as this,” Duke said

“Then maybe we need more privacy here,” Edward said, and there was only the faintest hint of accent

“You can’t kick me out of my own jail,” Duke said

“We’re not saying that, Duke,” Newman said

“It sure sounded like that hat Forrester was saying”

“I’ that we all need to narrow our focus and concentrate on the job at hand We can talk about African lycanthropy and other things later,” Edward said

“Agreed,” I said

Olaf nodded “Agreed”

Edward looked at Newman and me “Did anyone see a deer in a tree?”

New for it either”

“If you still have people on-site, call and have them check,” Edward said The words were his, but he kept his Ted accent His own accent was middle-of-America nowhere, as if he could have come from anywhere

“Rico was still there when I left I can ask him to check,” Deputy Frankie said from out in the offices

Apparently, she’d been standing behind the sheriff the entire tih since she’d just departed from the hallway in front of the cells because there wasn’t room for all of us, I should have known she hadn’t left completely Once she’d realized that she had three of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in front of her, she’d started to sort of quietly vibrate I’d thought she’d been excited to meet a senior female officer, but apparently that hadn’t been it I was one of the horsemen!

“That’d be hty fine, little lady—I’m sorry, Deputy Frankie” Edward even wasted a Ted sh to see her past Leduc