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"I did what I thought was best"

My grandfather sighed, patted Ethan’s arht, and times to wait This was one of the latter"

There was sorandfather, ato a four-hundred-year-old vampire as "son" But the dynaer plan," Ethan insisted

"I knohat kind of man Reed is, and I’m not alone There are others on the force--Detective Jacobs, for one--who agree with us, who understand But, by God, you’re playing right into his hands You’re proving the point he’s apparently decided to ht by this city, and you’re unstable monsters with a personal vendetta You’re too s about your trip to Hellriver last night"

"We wanted to get out before the CPD arrived," Ethan said

My grandfather looked dubious "While I’m sure that was part of the motivation, I doubt that was all of it"

Ethan had to know ed "I was hoping Cyrius Lore would get away, tell Reed"

"You thought you’d provoke him to act"

"I want hih his hair "I want hie"

"And there’s the fault in your logic," e, not in the way you ht his battles for him"

Ethan took a slow, heavy breath "It was randfather nodded, acknowledging the admission, then looked atwith anger But there was nothing to gain in airing that anger in front of Jeff and ht"

My grandfather watchedHe could probably read my face, understood Ethan and I would have words later

"Did you find anything in Hellriver?" Ethan asked, bringing randfather’s attention back to hi other than a few pieces of furniture If there was anything that tied the building to Reed, it was gone by the tiot there"

"Damn," Ethan said "There’d been file boxes in the dock area Dozens of them Merit had suspected it was paperwork, randfather’s eyebrows lifted "I don’t suppose I need to tell you that we otten to it if you’d phoned us earlier"

"You do not," Ethan said "That was also randfather said, "ain "Mr Merit, we need to get these two to the station, get theiven randfather sorandfather said, then glanced at Ethan "I’ll warn Malik And have them put the House on alert Just in case"

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