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Marie's protection against unwanted ghostly visitors, I mentally filled in Don didn't know that he'd just done a flyby on the ghoul queen of New Orleans, drawn by the original source of the power of which I only had traces left in h to suh for a determined phantom to find me, as evidenced by Don's appearance And if he'd been able to follow that rehost who'd be really keen to knohere I was, considering I'd made off with two of his intended victims

"You tried to enter the house, then flew back because the sage burned you?" I asked, looking around the brightly lit backyard

Don nodded al to come into the house, but now thatand Dexter were quiet I edged closer to the front door, realizing there was a chance that Don wasn't the only ghost within the peri the truth, I thought grimly They hadn't been followed either time by Kramer No, the Inquisitor found us at Spade's house the sa the supernatural trail that led from Marie Laveau back to me Poor Fabian probably didn't even realize that connection was still active because he hadn't needed to look for me He and Elisabeth had knohere I was the whole ti in the doorway behind e handfuls of se he held out to rip and my cat in a carrier by his feet Bones had either overheard ured it out for hiet out of here," I said

Bones's mouth brushed one soon, Kitten"

Good They needed to be far away froht to theht back," I murmured, then walked over to Don, wary of every noise or flicker of movement around me He was only twenty yards from the front door, but that distance seemed to stretch with every step I took

"I need you to leave now," I said once I was close enough to touch hi to keep oing on?" Don asked, as soon as I was finished

"Listen to your niece and leave," Bones stated brusquely

Don opened his ue, but Ian's "Here we are, Crispin!" distracted him The auburn-haired vampire strolled down the sidewalk like he hadn't a care in the world Myshe'd just woken up Spade and Denise brought up the rear, both of the the yard the same cautious looks I did I was te to draw suspicion if so

Bones stepped aside fro all of them enter Less than ten seconds later, Francine, my mother, and Ian ca her frorasped ht up into the sky with a burst of nosferatu speed

Don's "Where are they going?" barely left his lips before the bushes across the yard exploded with h them

No need to play it cool any out froot there It was so thick it wafted out into the yard My uncle jumped back like he'd been scalded when some of it touched him

"Told you to leave, old chap," Bones muttered Then he pulled me inside, whatever else Don said lost in the howl of German that erupted fro sage on the tile and a fan aiun at the doorway With Bones sla a little at the grayish haze that started to build up in the rooht before the s exploded I had Tyler flat on his back,Upstairs, Lisa screa heavy beating against the walls of the town house

"Charles," Bones said warningly, stuffing cushions in front of the blasted open s I was torn, wanting to help hi afraid that if I moved off Tyler, Krahtly now," I heard Spade h the house Lisa screa fainter, as if coht, knowing he'd be carrying Denise to safety, too

More furious Ger until the walls treely happy, because it proved that Kramer couldn't follow the to huff and puff to blow the house down

"Bones, you have to get Tyler and Dexter out of here, too," I whispered He could fly much faster than I could, not to oing on

"Not leaving," Tyler gritted out "But get offkidney"

I moved my knee away from his lower back Hadn't meant to jam that into his side, but I'd kind of been in a hurry to cover hio for at least the nextit took for et killed?"

"No That's why I'," Tyler replied ht not have caught it with the racket outside "If you're gonna trap him, you'll need me, and I need you to trap him," he finished Dumb-ass, flashed across his mind, but he didn't end his sentence with that last part out loud

Despite a ghost's beating in the walls and Dexter barking loud enough tounder a nearby table, I couldn't helpto go to safety Talk about the proverbial pot and kettle

Bones cahbors are calling the coppers Stay with hio"