Death Draws Five
“Fortunato said. Even to himself his voice sounded dry. Curiously devoid of emotion. But it wasn’t missing, only constrained. He had to dam them all up. He was afraid what would happen if he gave into the feelings burning through his brain.“She was ambushed while being interviewed about her son’s, er, your son’s, I should say, card turning.”“Why?” Fortunato asked.“No one seems to know. Maybe it was a plot to kidnap the boy. He was missing after all the furor died down. But there’s been no ransom... demand. They left a score of wounded bystanders. Half a dozen dead.” Finn shook his head at the mystifying cruelty of it all.Fortunato’s heart started to race again, but he managed to control his voice low. “And Peregrine?” he asked.“She took more than half a dozen bullets, suffering massive internal injuries and severe wing damage. Frankly, it was fortunate that her husband had immediately arranged her transportation to the clinic. I doubt that they could have dealt with the vagaries of her wild card metabolism in Vegas.”“She’s going to be all right, though?”MoreLess
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