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Jimhal?”
    Benny closed
her eyes and remembered the blood and dismemberment. “No. Jimhal
will never appear on this plane again. He is extremely dead. Dad
offered him a chance to give up the prize he was seeking. Jimhal
wanted to fight Dad for the territory of my mind and body; he
lost.” Benny chuckled weakly. “I don’t think he ever realised that
he was facing my father. If he did, he realised it too late.”
    Smith hissed.
“That would be a mistake. Harcourt looks like he can take a
hit.”
    “You have no
idea.”
    She glanced
back at Argyle, and he was opening and closing his fists.
    “We are
here.”
    Her attention
was brought around to the building in front of them. “I don’t know
how long I will be. If I am too late, head for the agency and send
Pooky to bring me home.”
    “We will wait
for you. We are a team, Benny. We won’t leave you behind.”
    She flashed a
smile and left the car, covering herself in human-based magic.
    She showed her
credentials to the desk sergeant. “I am here to see a woman
arrested earlier this evening. Miaka Horrocks.”
    He flicked
through his records and nodded. “She is in holding.”
    “I need to
speak with her. I am concerned for her wellbeing.”
    He blinked. “We
know how to treat our own here.”
    “She may well
be a target for a demon, and I am better equipped to deal with that
than you are.”
    “Why is that?”
His smug look told her that he wasn’t going to let her in.
    “I was raised
by one.” She let her eyes flare demon green, and then, she flicked
them into brilliant fey colours.
    By the time his
startled shout brought backup, she looked like a half-elf.
    It was easy to
get his superior to let her in. The desk sergeant was obviously in
need of a break if he couldn’t tell the difference between fey eyes
and demon eyes.
    She was
escorted in to the holding area, and she sought the pen. “Excuse
me. She was brought in with a pen.”
    “It has been
logged into evidence.”
    “Unlog it. It
has her brother’s soul in it, and he will be able to keep her calm.
Consider him a second witness.”
    “She didn’t
mention it.”
    Benny sighed.
“She didn’t know, but I explained things in detail to the
transporting officers. I am guessing that they just got busy and
didn’t mean to drive her mad. Please bring it and put it outside
the cell.”
    Benny was let
into Miaka’s cell, and the woman was rocking violently, pulling on
her hair.
    “Oh, Miaka.
What are you doing?”
    “He’s gone;
he’s gone. He’s lost and it is all my fault.”
    Benny touched
Miaka’s cheek to get the young woman to look at her. “He isn’t
gone. He is nearby. Wait just a moment.”
    Benny waited
until the officer opened the door for her, and she smiled politely.
“Where is the pen?”
    “There is no
record of it.”
    “Do you mind if
I find it?”
    The officer
smirked. “Go for it. The officers who brought her in are back on
the street.”
    Benny held out
her hand and summoned the pen, and just to be nasty, she pulled the
uniform of the officer who had it on him. Dark fabric landed in her
palm, and with a little investigation, she found the pen.
    The officer
across from her was staring. “You took their uniform?”
    “Oh, you know
XIA magic. It is messy.”
    “Can you put
the clothing back?”
    Benny sighed.
“I am afraid not. I don’t know who it came from. I just tracked the
pen and pulled everything around it to keep it safe. I didn’t want
it to snag on anything.”
    She looked at
the pen and whispered, “Michael, she needs you.”
    The ghost
appeared and walked through the door to his sister.
    The sobbing
turned from panicked to delighted. Miaka was coming back to herself
and swirling into her new reality.
    The
conversation between the twins began, and Benny looked around for a
safe place to put the pen.
    The officer was
digging through the clothing and found the identity badge. The call
was immediately placed and the nearly naked officer located.
    When