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. What are you paying? he demanded.Maria moved close to him, but he didn t look ather. Generous terms. Lady MacKenzie glanced at Xiesha, then at Maria. Pardons foryour friends.The same terms as your own.To never interfere in any political process orseek to enslave, dominate or rule human beings to any degree.To feed only upon violentcriminals murderers, rapists, child molesters but not those guilty of petty crimes.Tonever act against the Order or against any knight in the just performance of his duty. I shudder to read the fine print, Xiesha said.Karl glanced at her and she subsided.Lady MacKenzie turned her head toward Maria. You must make a choice, andquickly. I go where Karl goes. Maria could feel the stares of the knights on her like cold knives on her skin.LadyMacKenzie s gaze was by far the most piercing.The eyes of a hanging judge.Lady MacKenzie opened her mouth to say something, but Xiesha interrupted. I agree to those terms. Xiesha s face was as serious as Maria had ever seen it. I havelived by them so far.It shouldn t be hard to continue.I thank you for the amnesty, and forthe sharing of this world. Xiesha bowed low.A curt nod from Lady MacKenzie.Her eyes shifted back to Maria.Did she want a bow too? A little kowtow to seal the deal? A little abasement to showher gratitude? Like hell.A rending crash filled the air and a drift of sparks floated by the open garage bay.Moreof the mansion must have collapsed.At the same time, flashlight beams began to appear,stabbing along the walls of the garage, sweeping back and forth.The helicopter hoveredlow and its searchlight blazed through the garage bay. There s no more time! Lady MacKenzie yelled over the roar of the rotor blades.Shemotioned them toward her. Come! They hurried over and the knights encircled them.Maria could feel the power as theknights did something to the light bent or warped it somehow.The helicoptersearchlight swept over them but didn t pause.The helicopter circled off, searchlightstabbing down into the gardens, looking for survivors. Don t leave the circle, one of the Thorn knights said. Make no noise. There were a few shouts from the SWAT officers and a flurry of radio chatter.LadyMacKenzie took advantage of the moment to lead them out of the garage and away fromthe advancing police.The mansion was little more than support beams, rubble and fire.A massive pillar ofsmoke curled up into the sky, blotting out the stars.Sections of the garage roof smokedand the annex between the mansion and the garage had started to burn.The gardens andyard were bathed in the fire s red-orange glow, and places close to the front of the housewere illuminated in that stark white of the police flood lamps.They moved through the back of the property, which had to be an acre wide at least.Ateam of heavily armed police officers passed them, advancing with the precision of amilitary unit, but none of them saw through the Thorn knights circle.In the end it was almost too easy, but she sure as hell deserved that after what it hadtaken to drive that knife into Delgado s heart.The police had a perimeter all the wayaround the property, but Lady MacKenzie moved around its edge, between two patrolcars with officers who never saw them and kept on down the street.They passed milling crowds of people in their nightclothes and more reporters and more news vans with cablelaying everywhere like the tentacles of some stranded squid.Too tired to think about anything but the feel of Karl s arm around her shoulders, shedidn t even care who they wanted Karl to kill.Delgado was gone.Maybe she d startdancing on cars like it was a musical or something.Lady MacKenzie brought them to three black SUVs parked a block from the mansion. Snazzy, Maria said.They loaded up, nobody saying much else.Maria didn t look back as they pulled awayfrom the curb and off into the night, or when Karl took her hand and held it in his own
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