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Bobby shook his head “IfTroy doith me”

“You aren’t taking Troy doith you He did that all on his ohen he aimed at a prisoner that was already chained in a cell If you hadn’t been able to break your chains and hide under the bed where he couldn’t get off a second shot, you ht be dead now,” I said

“Sos you just don’t do, pardner Shootin’ someone chained up in a cell is one of ’em”

“It is like a caged hunt,” Olaf said “There is no sport in it”

“No,” Wagner said, “I swear I was done with that first shot Doing it see me to my senses Thank God I missed”

“Yeah, otherwise it would be es instead of attempted murder,” I said

“That’s throwing a lot of stones for preternatural marshals,” Duke said He’d come back to peer over Frankie’s shoulder at us I could s, which put o, but Newman didn’t

“What’s that supposed to mean, Duke?”

“You pound stakes through the chests of vaue or in their coffins That’s more of a canned hunt than any cell”

We looked at him Whatever Duke saw on our faces esture “If I’ize”

“You’re not wrong,” I said, but not like I was happy about it

“We’re busting Deputy Wagner’s chops, pardner, because the s are part of our sworn duty as preternaturalthe prisoner, not trying to kill hi to fade froht blue they had when he was happy

“The ive to newabout as happy as mine had

“Then isn’t that worse than Troy trying to shoot someone in a cell, even chained up?” Duke said

“Yeah, a vampire chained down and covered in holy items is more trapped than Bobby in the cell here,” I said