’ As he gave the order to his companion, Ernesto’s hand moved and pulled his pistol from the holster. He was very fast but Rafe was just as quick....Rafe drew his own weapon and the two men fired at the same time. Rafe was hit in the left shoulder and staggered a little. Regaining his balance he looked at the gunfighter. ‘I told you I was good,’ Ernesto said pointing to Rafe’s shoulder. Then he dropped his pistol and put his hand on the wound in his midsection. ‘But it seems you are just as good.. The statue was destroyed. The shrine burning. There was only one way to seal it now.But that didn’t matter because Mitsuko-hime jumped in the way. She screamed out in pain as my energy lashed into her body then through it into her father. Her head snapped back. The alabaster comb holding her perfect piles of silky hair in place, gleamed.“NO!” bellowed the yokai through the Daimyo’s voice.White light burst from my shide. It had gone all wrong. Mitsuko-hime wasn’t possessed. The power surged into. Pleeeg...pleeeg... PLEEG!’ Another series of hard smacks left darker imprints on gleaming brown skin but only brought more gobbling screams and useless pleas from the gagged woman. He was about to hit her again when the captain tapped the ash from his second cigarette and waved Henry away.‘Mrs Matanga...Joyce,’ his voice dripped sincerity and concern as he leaned over her. His left hand stroked the mound of her belly, fingers sliding over the slick, sweaty skin until he was cradling the soft. Once the back of the hand had been wiped on a pant-leg, he set the cup back in the holder and said, ‘They found some scraps of clothing around the front axle of the train… DNA cross-match of specimens collected on-scene confirms the name we pulled off his ID.’ ‘So what the hell are we supposed to do? This sounds like a AgraCon problem to me.’ Jinro said and scrutinized the traffic crawling along beside them. For the 24 hour/ 7 day-a-week corporate society, the 3rd shift was getting off and the.