Smokey said, “but you do realize that what you’re talking about is illegal?” He had joined me and Li in the latter’s room, following a phone call that I had made to him a short time earlier. In essence, we needed him if we were going to get the hospital records from Locke Infinite. “I mean, this ...
He slept fitfully, his dreams preoccupied with visions of Tom dead, and himself killed by a revenant. Even worse, Gale somehow managed to escape death in his dreams - something that would have been a just reward for her idiotic behavior in the real world - which made the nightmare all the worse. ...
asked Miabi incredulously. “Are you sure?” “Half woman, half snake,” Errol said. “I’m pretty sure.” There were four of them in Miabi and Anru’s tent: the two leaders of the troupe, Errol, and Mayor Sterillo. After resting for a few minutes, Errol and the mayor had immediately sought out the coupl...
He had spent a few more minutes talking to Adames in the hospital tent before the master sergeant returned to watch duty. Then, with Fierce failing to return, he had discharged himself and departed (although he left Erlen sleeping by the bed). Maker had just gotten the shirt on when someone outsi...
My protests about not needing them were ignored. (It seemed that Indigo had insisted he arm me to some extent. Furthermore, she apparently outranked me, because her orders that he outfit me with weaponry seemed to take priority over my instructions to the contrary.) In the end, we compromised, wi...