My turn!
The rules, again:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.

Given that my desk is usually awash in books (and papers, and mail, and *stuff*) I was surprised to find not a single book on the desk I could use. The kid books were too short, the magazines not quite qualifying as book like and my local phone book, not quite up to par.

However, quickly expanding my search area to the bench behind my desk yielded Katie MacAlister's Hard Days Knight.

So, thus set, here is my contribution, sentences 6, 7 and 8 (it's find the fifth and post the next three, right?):

He made an inarticulate choking noise as I probed the anesthetized area with my fingers, watching closely to see if Marley felt anything. When I judged it safe to incise the wound, I made a cut about an inch long, watching with satisfaction as the infected matter dribbled out of the incision, followed by a slow trail of blood.

The light on Marley's leg wavered, then dropped as Butcher, with a soft sighing noise, keeled over in a dead faint.

Another fun one, Ms. Vix!