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There were nineteen of us in total: Corrigan, Staines, the other Brethren e, Anton, Toodda I wouldn’t have been surprised if Staines had pulled out a little flag and started waving it around for us all to follow At least the crescent ht down around us I’d heard that in the cities it never seehts, but that certainly wasn’t the case in rural Cornwall

We headed off down the path in single file I could feel my bloodfire curl around e’s unlikely appearance, I was curious to see what he would do I had to ad to feel confident inI’d now had a couple of close encounters with the supposedly omnipotent Lord Shifty hi that I was scared of hi on my un-packlike independence, he’d not actually suspected a sen of huht with Anton there was virtually no point in pretending to hide in the shadows any to sidle up to the e and find out what he knew Julia had already said that he had no interest in exposing et the human part out of the way and find out what he knew

I stepped out into the undergrowth and quickened my step to catch up with him He was sandwiched between two of the Brethren, ere ht backs and stiff shoulders as if they were in the arait and a hint of a swagger I sneaked in beside hinored the hiss of annoyance from the Brethren shifter behind rinned at hi htly sweaty and I resisted the urge to wipe looe leather jacket, I know," I setits way across the path "U"

"Then we both are of the sahtly nervous gaze at the back of the shifter ahead of hi "I suppose we are, dude"

Dude? Jeez

"So, how is this going to work, Alex?"

"You , dude How does the whole o down?"

"Oh, uh, I draw onIf a heebie-jeebie had anything to do with the guy’s death, then I’ll be able to spot it, scan it and trace it"

"Scan it? So you’ll knohat it was?"

"If there’s enough of a trail, sure I can raise up an i?"

"Never," he answered steadily "As I said, if it wasn’t huain as he said this, "and there’s enough of its essence left behind, then I’ll capture it Its i – I’ll leave that to you beasty dudes Or gals Or whatever"

"Scared?"

"Sensible, dude, sensible"

He certainly seeic abilities, at least I supposed that the proof was in the pudding and that I shouldn’t judge hito pretend he was in any way a physical htly humbled by my earlier attitude towards hiirl here then, Mr Mage?"