19/02/2026 14:57

---

That's not fair. Tell that to her. Zerbrowski said I had less than five minutes. I was thinking the desk, I said.

I heard Zerbrowski behind me giving the uniforms at the back door a heads-up and a description of our bad vamp. You like the tea set, I said. I said what I was thinking, Did Clair mean to hurt you as much as possible, or was it just an accidental hit? I dutifully looked at the painting.