22/04/2026 00:16

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I watched the thought spill through his face. She spoke low and soothingly like you talked to a crazy person on a ledge. as when a murderer steals from his victim,or an incendiary gets the insurance from the house he destroyed. I don't think it's personal, more like crowd hypnosis.

I was fighting hard to keep my face from showing the growing surprise at this little speech. He looked at me, eyes showing too much white. I don't need any new nightmares, Doctor Evans, but I was called in here to give my expert opinion. We'd met over a year ago in Branson, Missouri, on a vampire case that had turned out to be vampires plus a little something older and less local.