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.IfJason's going to be working with us, he's going to have to be reliable."Besides, he had the village wardens to keep entertained.And maybe I was still remembering that the boy had once bolted when itcounted okay, right after it counted and that had brought a whole world oftrouble down on a lot of heads.She was in her new leathers again, covered by a matching black leathertrailcoat, its surface dark without being glossy.She had a bag slung acrossone shoulder, and beneath the open buttons of the coat, a flintlock pistol washolstered on each hip, the one on the left hip butt-forward."What are you dressed up for?" I asked, as though I didn't know.Her eyes went all vague and distant, a look I didn't like."I need to get outof here; I'm going stir-crazy."She shook her head as though to clear it."There've been stories," she went on, "about things coming out of Faerie,about animals bit in half.And then there was that huge thing, whatever iswas, that Jason and Tennetty ran into on one of the ShatteredIslands.You may need me.""Wolf pack sounds a lot more likely."Magical creatures and humans don't tend to get along, and few at all remain inthe Eren regions.There are always stories, but most of the time they're juststories.I've been in on the creation of enough legends to know what nonsensethey can be.She cocked her head to one side."What if it isn't just a wolf pack? What willyou do then?"What the fuck did she thinkI'd do? "I'll run like hell, that's what I'll do."I had worked this all through earlier in the day, and everything had come downon the side of leavingAndy out of it.Forget Doria's theories.Look: given the world we live in and the situations we've been in, it's nocoincidence that a lot of theGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlwomen I know have been raped.Relative freedom from the likelihood of thatkind of assault is a relatively modern invention in most societies, the onlyquestion is who, other than the woman, has been affronted.(It's customary forus to talk about the Other Side as though everything worked right and wellthere, but in the country where I was born, assaults are a crime against thestate, not the person, and it's the state that decides whether or not toprosecute it.Yeah, I know.)Page 38ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlEverything leaves scars.Kirah has her troubles; it turned Tennetty into abarely controlled psychopath;Doria came damn close to ending up permanently between the lettuce and thebroccoli, if you catch my drift; and while I think she's made the bestadjustment of them all, there's a trace of madness around the edges of Aeia'seyes.Just like the trace around Andrea's.No.One crazy, Tennetty, was bad enough on the field even if we were onlygoing to be chasing down a few skinny, scared wolves.We didn't need somebodyelse marginal, and we particularly didn't need a borderline magic addict.Okay, maybe she wasn't a magic addict; Doria is perfectly capable of beingwrong.But Andy had been out of the field for years and years, so after all my talkabout how we can practically read each other's mind, I feel like an idiot forhaving to report that when Ahira said, "Okay.Let's say a quick goodbye andget out of here," it came as a complete surprise to me.And not a pleasant one, either.CHAPTER FOURIn Which I Think Unwise Thoughts and Say Some FarewellsThe course of true love never did run smooth. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARENothing is more annoying than somebody who has a keen eye for the obvious. WALTER SLOVOTSKYI managed to say goodbye to all my family, starting with the youngest one.Doria Andrea takes after her father she's a late-night kind of Slovotsky, likeme and Stash, unlikeEmma and Steve and her mother and sister but when you're that age, staying uplate means making it through a long dinner, and that's about all."Sleep well, little prosecutor," I said as I tucked her in, in a private jokethat only the originals among us would have gotten, and nobody but me foundeven mildly funny.D.A.wrapped her little arms tight around my neck as I leaned over."Come backsoon, Daddy.Please."Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"Will do," I said, gently prying myself away.I rested my hand on her head fora moment, on the soft baby-hair that was getting more golden each day, likeher mother's."G'night, Sweetheart."Janie was waiting for me out in the hall, leaning against the wall.Shestarted to say something, but cut off when I put a finger to my lips.I shutthe door gently and followed her over to the landing."Trouble is, Daddy dearest," she said, ignoring my grimace, "you're gettingtoo tricky in your old age.""Oh?" I asked, trying to sound casual.Ihate it when she calls me "Daddy dearest.""You've managed to teach my boyfriend not to push you around to not try topush you around [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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