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Candy frowns.
“You think there might be trouble?”
“I doubt it. After last night, they’ll be after me. But we need a killer in place on the off chance I’m wrong.”
“I’ll call her if you want.”
“Tell her anything you want. Just make sure she brings her gun.”
Coffee drips from the maker into the pot below.
“I guess this isn’t a good time to ask if you talked to Allegra about the other thing.”
“You can say it. PTSD. And yes, I did. She said she had some pills that might help. But I’m not sure this is the time for me to get too reasonable.”
“You’re probably right,” she says. Comes over and hugs me. “We need monster you a little longer.”
It’s a relief to hear. The idea of Allegra’s drugs scares me more than anything I faced in the arena. I’ve had my mind messed with before. Doing it voluntarily is not something I’m looking forward to.
“What are you going to tell Alessa?”
“The same thing I told Julie. A family emergency.”
“You think Fairuza can keep her mouth shut?”
She blinks.
“I don’t know.”
“I think she’s going to talk sooner or later.”
“What do we do about that?” she says.
“Vidocq has potions that might make her forget.”
“No. I don’t want to do that to her.”
“The good thing is that she doesn’t trust the cops any more than we do. That means she’s going blab to a friend. Who are her friends?”
“A couple of other Luderes. Kasabian. Cindil. She and Alessa have gotten close too.”
I lean against the counter.
“Cindil owes me for getting her out of Hell, so she won’t talk. The Luderes worry me, so we need to let her blow off steam somewhere else.”
The coffeepot is full. Candy fills three cups.
“Maybe she can talk to Kasabian,” she says.
“That’s what I was thinking.”
Candy hands me a cup. I take a gulp. It’s too hot, but I’m grateful for a caffeine fix after a long day and night.
I look at her.
“I’m worried about Alessa too.”
“What do you mean?”
