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The train rattled into the station, and people filed in and out of the cars in an orderly fashion As soon as they were clear of the crowd, Leon stepped around Tori to lead the way out while his companion fell into step behind Tori He was boxed in, and it wasn’t a great feeling He barely fought the urge to look around for Baldewin or Warin

Once they hit the street again and were surrounded by the bustle of people, Tori breathed a little easier They had left don and were in one of the quieter areas, but there were still plenty of pedestrians and businesses open around hih places to run and call for help if he needed it

“Are there a lot of other es from your clan in Helsinki at the moment?”

“No, just a few,” Leon , as if he didn’t want to share any details with Tori That didn’t make any sense Why wouldn’t he want to talk about his clan? His own ht be a little secretive, but he didn’t think for a second his leaders would shut out other es

“Where are you based?”

“Don’t worry about it,” the other e snapped

Fine, so they weren’t conversationalists It didn’tfor friends

They continued a couple of short blocks until they reached a relatively e along his skin as he noticed that this part of town didn’t have asover the pay-to-park lot

“So, umm…store is actually outside town, but not far,” Leon tossed over his shoulder at Tori “We’ll just hop in van and take ride over” He jerked his thu near

Oh, hell no He was pretty sure he’d seen this horror flick e kid on his way to get hacked into little pieces and fed to someone’s pet

His steps slowed, and he shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans, trying to keep his posture relaxed while wrapping his fingers around the tiny glass vial of captured sunlight It was one of the last daredients he had on hi the idea of being co to need it