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Chapter 17

           "Iknockedashoffmycigaretteandwatcheditsparkleoutofexistencebeforeitreachedthefloor."Someone’spullingyourstrings;that’swhoI’mgoingtowipe.You’renothing.YouIwouldn’twastespiton."

           Kadmintippedhisheadbackasastrongertremorranthroughtheshiftinglinesinthesky,likeCubistlightning.Itreflectedinthedullsheenonthemetaltableandseemedtotouchhishandsforamoment.Whenhelookeddownatmeagain,itwaswithacuriouslightinhiseyes.

           "Iwasnotaskedtokillyou,"hesaidtonelessly,"unlessyourabductionprovedinconvenient.ButnowIwill."

           Ortegawasonhimasthelastsyllablelefthismouth.Thetableblinkedoutofexistenceandshekickedhimbackwardsoffthechairwithonebootedfoot.Asherolledbacktohisfeet,thesamebootcaughthiminthemouthandflooredhimagain.Iranmytongueroundthealmosthealedgashesinsidemyownmouth,andfeltadistinctlackofsympathy.

           OrtegadraggedKadminupbythehair,thecigaretteinherhandreplacedbyavicious-lookingblackjackcourtesyofthesamesystemmagicthathadeliminatedthetable.

           "Ihearyouright?"shehissed."Youmakingthreats,rackhead?"

           Kadminbaredhisteethinabloodstainedgrin.

           "Policebrutal"

           "That’sright,motherfucker."Ortegahithimacrossthecheekwiththeblackjack.Theskinsplit.

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