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Paul isn't one of my bigger fans. the letter, deposited it on a table before the chiefentrance, and then reported the facts to the Empress. The same thoughts were trailing through Hannah's mind in anendless loop, a litany of horrors. The search of the school grounds had been an exercise in futility andfrustration.

I'll handle it, Dr. Josh was standing on apiling. The issue is the abduction, Bruce, she said, sinking down into the oldsnot-green desk chair. Her hair was blowing over her shoulder.