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pointing a finger at Pandora and using the influence of the cestus.

?She got out of the shackles and put me in them. She?s so strong?I

had no idea!?

?She?s lying,? Pandora stammered. She tried to pull her wrist out

of Creon?s grasp, but he didn?t let go. She glanced from Creon to

Daphne, so shocked she didn?t know what to do.

?Don?t believe a word she says!? Daphne said, her eyes locking

with Creon?s as she folded up his will like a piece of tissue paper

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and tucked it into one of the back pockets of his mind. ?She wants

to be taken to your father, but she wants to be taken to him as Pandora

so she can get close enough to kill him! She?s been planning

this from the start and I played right into her hands! I?m so sorry,

cousin. I had no idea how cunning she was!?

Creon stared at Pandora with perfect hate. He wrenched her arm

in its socket and she fell to her knees, screaming. With blank eyes

he drew a small bronze blade from his belt and slit Pandora?s neck

so deeply he nearly cut off her head. She was dead before her blood

had a chance to soak into the sand.

Helen flew about fifty feet over Hector as he ran out the front door

of the Delos compound and began a circuit around the edge of the

island. It was dark, unbelievably dark, especially since most of the

island didn?t have power back yet. It was also cold. Everyone on the

island would be inside, huddling around fires, or turning on their

emergency generators. The rest of the Delos family was certain that

Creon would take advantage of the fact that the streets were deserted

to move her mother off island. Cassandra was exhausted and

drawing a blank, so they were forced to guess as to how that would

be done. After a long discussion, the family was convinced that

Creon would leave by helicopter or private plane. Lucas was to fly