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He turned his head and focused instead on the ital Vas while underneath a httime somewhere

The Nightly News came on, so Connor turned off the mute button

One last item Stone Cauffyn picked up a piece of paper that had been pushed across his desk A Vao The newscaster scanned the paper, his face blank as usual Im afraid we cannot confirm the report at this time

Connor snorted Last week, a Vaer canoe in Bora Bora, and the week before, so a reindeer in northern Finland The leader of the Malcontents had becoeyman of the vampire world, spied behind every tree and whispered about in dark rooms

And that concludes our broadcast for the night, Stone continued with his bland voice For all the latest news on the vampire world, keep your televisions tuned to DVN, the worlds leading vampire network

Not a stellar achieve it was the worlds only va credits began to roll

He glanced back at thethe hallway in front of the chapel Most of the congregation wasinto the fellowship hall Father Andrew appeared to be in deep conversation with Ro his head They shook hands, then Roman proceeded into the fellowship hall while the priest walked toward the foyer, his leather briefcase in hand He was leaving earlier than usual

Connor switched his attention back to DVN A couaranteed to get rid of blood breath A handsome male Vamp, dressed in an expensive tuxedo, slipped one of the h, was dressed in a skimpy bikini in the dark in the middle of Central Park On horseback A likely scenario, Connor thought with a ist of his lips, although his gaze did linger over the womans curvaceous body

Bugger How long had it been? Thirty years? Fifty? Too da if he couldnt even remember No wonder he was a coldhearted old bastard

Gregori, who always kept a roll of Vao with hihtclubs Apparently, his plaid kilt and Scottish accent would net There was a ori called theht of screaori claimed it was their manly duty to keep all those Vamp women happy

So far, Connor had declined Atte line of faceless, na Or very honorable Hypocrite, a small voice in the back of histo be a man of honor? Ye knohat ye did

He struck the voice down and glanced back at the surveillance monitors Father Andrew had reached the foyer, and he set his briefcase on the table where Phineas had checked it earlier in the evening As a safety precaution, all iteht into Romatech had to be searched

The priest had left his overcoat on the table earlier, but instead of putting it on and heading out the front door, he strode across the foyer into the hallway on the left Connor frowned, wondering what the old priest was up to The hallas empty except for

Bugger, Connor whispered as the priest ht toward the MacKay security office

He couldnt pretend he wasnt here With a groan, he pushed back a long strand of hair that had escaped the leather tie at the nape of his neck while hed been running about the grounds