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61 " His body and mind seemed fueled by the arcane energy burning inside his flesh, and the only time he ever felt tired was when he had gone too long between killings. "
― Christa Faust , The Zodiac Paradox
62 " The graveyard shift was his favorite time of night. "
63 " I still think we need to stick to our original plan,” Bell said. “We brought him into this world, it’s up to us to send him away. "
64 " And those who were awake and walking the streets were a fascinating blend of the wild, the lost, and the forgotten. Very few of whom would be missed if they were to meet Allan in a dark alley. "
65 " The seedy single-room-occupancy hotels and low-rent apartment buildings in that neighborhood were like vending machines filled with victims. "
66 " A young couple leaving the O’Farrell Theater caught his eye, making him feel a warm, gentle nostalgia for his lover’s lane phase. "
67 " Following them for a few blocks, Allan started to get the feeling they were more likely just co-stars in the live sex show on offer at the theater, rather than a genuine couple. "
68 " I’m fairly certain that, because Belly was distracted and wound up linked with you instead of me, my own chemically enhanced ability wasn’t strong enough to keep it open single-handedly. "
69 " But I don’t like this. It seems, I don’t know. Weird. "
70 " Hey,” he replied. “Got a light?” she asked, raising an unlit cigarette to her chapped lips. "
71 " He thought maybe she was having second thoughts. Rightly so, considering what he planned to do to her. "
72 " From behind one of the doors there came a vociferous argument going on between two drunks of indeterminate gender. "
73 " Allan smiled to himself at his overly cautious thinking. After all, how often did the police get called by the denizens of a place like this? "
74 " Inside the girl’s room it was dank and shabby. "
75 " The girl’s name was Desiree, or that’s what she said it was anyway. Allan honestly could not have cared less. "
76 " He’d had a dark, angry moment when he thought they might not have fallen for the ad he’d placed in the classified section. "
77 " But without warning, she leapt up with a gasp of excitement. “Guys,” she said. “You need to see this. "
78 " Regarding incident at Reiden Lake,” Walter read out loud, pausing to exchange a significant glance with Bell. “Meet me at the northwest corner of Alamo Square Park at midnight 10/23. Crucial new information has come to light. A friend in the Bureau. "
79 " Going through the motions, like a person who was already dead and just didn’t know it yet. "
80 " Hey,” Abby said as they barreled past her, holding a large wooden spoon slick with some kind of sauce. “Do you want some... "