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NIRVANA

“As far as I know, that was not my fault. I’m innocent. I was dead, and how would I know someone was capable of bringing the dead back to life? And it wasn’t my choice to wake up from the dead. Unless you have written laws about it, I’m still innocent.”

“Turn yourself in so this problem won’t escalate, or I will be forced to order a shoot to kill on you.”

“Fantastic.”

“Do you think this a joke?” His eyes blazed.

“No.” I looked at him straight in the eye. “I’ve been chased by your people. I almost died running away from you. Do you think I wanted this? But as I look into your eyes, you are more desperate than me, Council Hartwick. I recognize haunted when I see one. I guess he has something you hold dear. Who is it? Elaine or Savanna?”

His eyes glowed in anger, and his face reddened in rage as he fisted his hands on the table and said, “You don’t have the right to drag their names into this conversation.”

I just poked the big bad bear. I meant a werewolf. “Then you can’t