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Sisters were crying Silly kits I padded to Angie Baby and sat beside her She was still holding pink diaround I dropped head and nudged her toward Carie looked at -Cat?" she whispered I huffed, aie Baby was not allowed to use it I nudged her again

Jane peered out of cat eyes and saw redto fix it, was holding hose, as if thinking about washing burned Car loud I nudged Kit witch, but she did not understand

Oh, Jane breathed Of course But, crap I can’t tell her

I opened ie’s wrist, close to fist holding geentle Careful as with own kit, not to break skin Pulled I led her to Carmen Lowered head and placed fist onto Carmen chest

Red motes raced across Carasped "Coolio!" Angie said "Mommy, look! See? I was s burned flesh and burned breath froer She had no beast to shift into to heal I huffed Carht die Jane made sound as if her kit or ry Jane was grieving

Went into house of sleeping angry witch Hooked burned paw around door handle of cold-food-place Pulled Inside, foundof cooked pasta, cold and slimy Cooked brown rice, cold and sticky Cooked beans Cooked fish! Using killing teeth, I pulled pasta and fish fro food to floor Settled to eat Not hot witch blood Not fresh blood of prey Not bear or deer or rabbit But enough for hunger clawing at stomach Good fish Lemon sauce and capers, Jane said Oh My Godthis is so good Jane looked at kitchen floor And this is such a roomed pelt and claws and watched witches pull injured sisters into shade Molly talked to Angie about healing About how body worked Angie was too little Was confused Molly should just draw on Angie’s power to heal the, intent

Kill kit, like she killed garden, I thought back Take too arden with cat eyes and said word for sex Didn’t understand why dead garden made her think about sex Bruiser and Leo and RickLay head on ground, tilted so sun would warm ears Closed eyes

Time passed Heard fa at Molly She looked up I huffed again and stood, turned head to road Old car ca insides, not alive, but near death, black s Evan’s old car

"Thank God," Molly said I snorted Big Evan was not god Evan parked dying car and got out Took Molly’s and Cia’s hands and put the sound fro tih to take to hospital Boadacia--Cia twin--drove Molly-van to hospital Big Evan carried Evangelina into house and I raced to follow, curious He dropped her onto rug She landed with buged "Oops" But looked satisfied Angry Witch Evangelina was once leader of coven Was zeta bitch now Least in pack-coven

Evan put Molly and kits down for nap on Evangelina’s couch and went into base male witch, mate to Molly Stepped over Jane-clothes and claws Evan stood at bottos low, under breath More sex talk about hed I did not understand

Evan pulled things froic was dust on air It s the two-natured faded Gone Big Evan had good e and things inside it The wolf blood in circle was gone Dery Sic-sone, eaten Alive wolf looked sick Afraid

Sitting as far froe as silver chain would allow, Lincoln Shaddock ake His flesh s Evan went upstairs to stinky, dying, rattly car and got rattly s, but curious about Big Evan Stayed by his leg, full of s froainst shackle Said to Shaddock "You try to bite me when I set you free and I’ll use one of Janie’s little knives to make sure it’s your last meal I made her this one" He lifted knife sheath that Jane had worn Pulled vaht Handle was made of carved elk horn Jane’s favorite knife "And I kno to use it"

Evan pulled wooden handle back and forth across shackle Made ugly sound, loud I lowered ear tabs to protect ears Hacksaw, Jane thought Nohy didn’t I think of that? Except that I thought the shackle was spelled Big Evan used big hands to bend shackle open And pulled Shaddock to corner of room The two males talked softly, but Beast heard

"Why didn’t she put you in the circle with the wolves?"