he took off his leather jacket , tossed his keys onto a small dinette table , and then gestured to gabe . '' you can take a seat if you want . '' '' thanks . '' gabe nodded , but did n't sit down . jake walked over to the refrigerator , pulled out some ice cubes , and dropped them into a plastic bag . he tossed it high in the air to gabe

each peacemaker would utilize his or her strength to woo seelie and unseelie into joining the league for peace . the peacemakers were elected today based on their unique opportunities to rally forces living outside of earth to our cause . the league is designed to be find and encourage peace not war . they will be going from place to place convincing the leaders to join the league

we cross the street and i notice a parking-ticket shaped piece of paper beneath the passenger side windshield wiper . i pull it out and read it as the wind from the helicopter makes october colder than it otherwise should be . '' we protected your car tonight , '' the note says . i look at darryl and then up at the helicopter

i asked . '' not face-to-face , '' thomas said , his voice confident . '' he 's more jackal than wolf . '' '' look on the bright side , '' i said . '' maybe the scarecrow turned around and got him . '' thomas sighed . '' keep dreaming . he 's a greasy little rat , but he
survives