since he arrived. We aren’t sure how much he’s relying on life support.” She eyed Winters. "Answer my—"

“He’ll be fine. He did a number on our friend Theroux, however.” Winters chuckled wryly. “I suppose he took my advice from a year ago. He used silver bullets.”

Sayeva looked at Winters. “It really has been a year.”

“A year almost to the day, as of yesterday, as I recall.” Winters folded his hands. “We’ve all come a very long way in that time.”

“There’s something I don’t understand,” Sayeva said. “I thought Adrien was going to keep him away from the fight. What went wrong?”

“I’ll ask him for specifics when he comes around,” Winters said, “...

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