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1 She was being followed. Again. Annja Creed sighed with an almost nonchalant grin as she f
2 Annja followed Gregor out of the alley and back into the open air of the city. He turned an
3 By the time dawn poked its head over the gray horizon and lit up Magadan to more of a beige
4 Annja pumped her pedals harder, desperately trying to outpace the truck streaming up the hi
5 By the time the first flakes were drifting down to the earth from the dark clouds overhead,
6 “What the hell was that?” Annja peered out in the darkness. Gregor seemed poised to launch
7 Bob was tending the fire when they returned, an anxious look plastered across his face. He
8 “This is insane,” Annja said. “A couple of six-toed footprints and people are losing their
9 By the time they reached the church, the air had grown thick with snow. A driving wind lash
10 It took five minutes of banging on the front door of the hotel to get the innkeeper to ope
11 “I think,” Annja said two hours later and after she’d consumed far too much of the icy vod
12 The innkeeper said something to Gregor, who moved his hand slowly. “He says we are to move
13 “You realize that it’s basically insane for us to venture up into those mountains so soon
14 “So much for our new friends being vacationing businessmen,” Annja said. “I can’t remember
15 Oleg turned on a big black flashlight, which instantly bounced bright beams of light acros
16 As soon as Annja saw Oleg rack the slide on his AK, she closed her eyes. Her sword was sti
17 Gregor pulled Annja down to the floor of the cave, his hand already starting to cover her
18 Annja considered her options. She had no light. Plus she had a concussion, although it did
19 The raspy moan couldn’t have been more than twelve feet away. Annja closed her eyes, visu
20 The creature stood before her, and Annja’s heart pounded against the inside of her chest l
21 “Took you long enough.” Gregor nodded. “When you crashed into the table, one of the chair
22 “Are you all right?” Annja looked up. Gregor stood in the doorway, his flashlight in one
23 “A cannibal,” Annja repeated, horrified. Father Jakob nodded. “The goal, at least accordi
24 By the time Annja got back down to the dining room, she felt much better. The hot bath and
25 The innkeeper had indeed prepared a lavish dessert of fresh fruit and a chocolate torte. A
26 Annja ran downstairs. After shouting for the innkeeper a number of times, the sleepy-eyed
27 A steady drumming in her head woke her. Annja groaned as she tried to open her eyes. Fortu
28 As the door opened, brilliant light blinded Annja. She heard Bob groan. She blinked furiou
29 “I’ll leave you two alone to mull over what I just told you,” Dzerchenko said. He flipped
30 “Was he right?” Annja nodded. “I think so. My mind’s a mess right now. I can’t seem to ma
31 “Where did you get that?” Bob asked. Annja ignored the question. Dzerchenko’s eyes narro
32 Annja heard voices rattle through her head as she came around. Unlike any of the other tim
33 Dzerchenko led her down a set of metal stairs that Annja hadn’t noticed in the corner of t
34 The beast that had once been Gregor roared long and loud at Annja. She winced at the noise
35 The gas continued to seep into the arena. Annja wasn’t sure what kind of gas it was, but s
36 “You’re leaving me here?” The look in Bob’s eyes made Annja’s heart ache. She could tell i
37 Annja eyed Tupolov’s wife. The gun she held didn’t waver at all. And her eyes looked as co
38 Mischa’s men led the way back down the street to the church. As they walked, Mischa stayed
39 “Where are they?” Annja shook her head. “I don’t know. This is where I left them.” She tu
40 Mischa’s men waited just long enough for him to nod once, and then all hell let loose. The
41 Annja looked into Mischa’s eyes. “There is no sword. Dzerchenko is making it up in order t
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