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“She must stay nearby until she either executes you or the warrant is voided,” Olaf said He’d walked back in so he could peer through the doorway to the cells
Bobby’s face cru from happy smiles to confusion and fear I touched his hands where they were still wrapped around the bars He sain, but his eyes stayed scared I squeezed his hands, and he ers so he could squeeze back
“It’s going to be all right, Bobby,” I said “We’re all working to get you free”
“Thank you Thank you all,” he said, still holdingat everyone he could see
I fought the urge to rubMy inner leopard was trying to rise and co out of control I took a deep breath and stepped back, letting Bobby’s fingers slide down o I kneas part just hu mine Every shapeshifter I knew said it was lonely without more of your own kind around, and he had been alone a very long time
“We have to go, Bobby, but we’ll see you tomorrow” I smiled when I spoke, and he smiled back
We left hiel or Ethan to stay behind, but the sheriff didn’t want theally The case wasn’t a supernatural case at all, so technically it didn’t fall under the supernatural marshals’ jurisdiction If I hadn’t still had a warrant of execution with Bobby’s nahts in the case at all But none of uards wanted to stay and babysit Bobby They didn’t say it out loud, but I got the distinct i ue, but Bobby seemed relaxed and happy Leduc had found a chessboard, and he was setting up the pieces for hih the bars The winner would play Deputy Troy Apparently, Troy had been soot him more dates than chess club I just couldn’t picture the deputy being a deep enough thinker for chess, but then,any of the locals at their best
Ms Brooks went to see if she could talk to the judge in person and get Bobby out of jail earlier I took Leduc aside and asked hi to go She was back at the hospital under observation after her little fit with Muriel and Todd They were talking about keeping her overnight under sedation Bobby was as safe as I could make hio home with the first ever warrant of execution canceled without a death
We all trooped out with Olaf and Edward joining us It was ti serial killers I’d have rather stayed and played chess or checkers or Parcheesi, and I didn’t even kno to play that
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“YOU ARE ATTRACTED to Bobby Marchand,” Olaf said once we got outside Of all the things he could have started with, that hadn’t been on my list
“I’m not attracted to Bobby,” I said
“Lies! I saw you with him just now”
His energy blazed around him so hot that I wanted to step back as if it were real fire and I was afraid of getting burned God, he was so powerful It really was a shaht, I saw my lioness step out of the shadows She stared at me with dark amber eyes
“I’ I don’t want to date Bobby”