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Yes It is sorely out-of-date

Good

"That&039;s good, because I can assure you that the governors will do nothing-nothing-to aid one of the evil undead Unless, of course, you&039;re referring to cleansing theht, as they all should be"

Kristoff stiffened beside me

Relax That&039;s how they all talk

That is not a thought prone to inducing relaxation, he answered with afull well that I couldn&039;t do so without wanting to juhtly

You could at least pretend you don&039;t hear hts about you

Why not? I enjoy thee oil, although I prefer cherry flavor to orange

"What exactly did you want to know?" Rick asked

"I have reason to believe that one of the va ht accuse theain, I didn&039;t know if he had done that "I&039;d like to knohere he is, and if he&039;s OK"

"No," Janice said abruptly

"You don&039;t see his ar you what it will take in order for her to turn over these two reapers"

Mattias rubbed his head on my hip

"You will turn theree that," I said siet thelanced at her husband

He shook his head, shrugging

"Alec Darwin He&039;s a vao He disappeared not long after I went hoht for a few seconds of lying, but I&039;d done enough indulging in half-truths for the day "I had a relationship with hih it&039;s over, I a"

"Relationship?" Janice asked, horrified "You gave yourself to a vampire?"

"Pia was not a Zorya at the ti us all a bit by surprise

"That&039;s right," I agreed "And eren&039;t together for very long, but I still would like to knohat&039;s happened to him"

"I&039;m sure he&039;s dead by now," Janice said with malicious enjoyovernors, then he has been cleansed"

"So they&039;d take him to the Brotherhood headquarters?" I asked

Janice looked sullenly at her husband when he answered, "Most likely That&039;s where the big storage facility is, you see Where they keep the vampires before they are cleansed"

I felt a bit sick to

Besidehiround out through her teeth "You have said enough"

"Alec ain "But I&039;d like to hear that from Frederic himself"

"Monsieur Robert does not wish to speak to you," Janice said, whipping out her cell phone before she remembered that it wouldn&039;t work in Europe She ja "But if you demand proof of that yourself, I will call the Brotherhood headquarters I will use this phone" She gestured to the phone next to Kristjana

"BeRick, can I offer you some coffee while ait for Janice?"

Beloved, these are reapers, Kristoff protested as he followed Mattias andarea You do not offer thees

You may not, but I do I like Rick He&039;s not at all snarky like his wife Besides, he said he was a historian, and I&039;d like to know more about the Brotherhood

Why? he asked quickly

Just curious about how they got started going after you guys "So, Rick, you&039;re a historian, right? You ins of the Brotherhood How do you like your coffee?"

"Black is fine," he said, sitting down on the couch next to where I parked Mattias, giving erly on the chair next to hiht as they spilled onto the highly polished oak floor "And I know so about it, but unfortunately not a lot The archives dealing with the history of the Brotherhood really only included resources that cover the tiiven to the body that organized the first hunt of Dark Ones

"Huh I know they used to just deal with helping dead folk, but then so happened to switch their attention to va Mattias a cup before taking one fordown on the arm of Kristoff&039;s chair

Kristoff shifted unco ever closer to our feet

"It&039;s a little hard to piece together precisely, but I gather that there was a Bavarian Zorya who killed a vae, slaughtered both the Zorya and her husband, the sacristan for that area The Brotherhood was so outraged at their deaths, it started a movement to cleanse the darkness that threatened to consume not just Brotherhood members, but all who stood in the way of the va it hard to believe

Kristoff swore in Italian, fortunately only in reed with his sentiment What do you bet there&039;s more to the story than that? I asked him

There is

I peeked at him out of the corner of eneral condeot started on their vendetta against you guys?

All who hunt the reapers are familiar with their history

Good, then you can tell me what happened "Are you absolutely sure that a vampire started it?" I asked

"Without a doubt, yes I&039;ve seen the primary sources"

"I&039;" Kristoff?

Why do you care how the war started? It&039;s ending it that I care about

Rick said as he set down his coffee, "There is only one that I&039;ve seen Or, rather, seen photocopies of It is a diary that ress"

I was a bit surprised at Kristoff&039;s snappish tone but keptstuff I wonder-"

"I have spoken to the director," Janice announced with a dra by the gloating s every moment of this "The director, as I told you, has no desire to speak with you personally, and asked inal ter, and is not open to amendment Further, he was appalled and shocked to hear how you&039;ve been abusing the priestess and sacristan, and asked es may be ot anted

They didn&039;t confirm that they have Alec, Beloved

They didn&039;t deny it, either, and thanks to Rick,where he would be likely to be held

"We will take the to her husband "I just pray to the goddess that they will survive your abuses without pero to Los Angeles?" I asked as she and Rick went into Kristjana&039;s rooht for a moment "Would I?"

"Yes, you would You&039;d have fun there, and ood Are you going?"

I leaned forward to whisper in his ear, "Not right now Don&039;t tell anyone, but I will be there soon, and I&039;ll see you then"

"Piaaaa," he said, his eyes filled with adoration He turned his head to kiss me, but I jumped back He smacked his lips a couple of ti Mattias&039;s bag into his ar back a couple of steps "Don&039;t let the door hit you on the-"

"Kristoff!" I glared at him You don&039;t have to be rude to hiantic human puppy when he&039;s under the influence of ht not be able to help it, but I&039; to fondle you

Jealousy ill becoht-bound "The doctor says she should be out for another hour or so," I told Rick as he eed from the room with a limp Kristjana in his arms "But she should be fine Go with Janice and Rick, Mattias They will take you to LA"

"I a theood"

"I&039; at the door to the suite and waving at Mattias until the door of the elevator closed on theainst the wall, relieved to be rid of the stress of keeping Mattias under control "Whew That&039;s done I can feed you now I know you&039;re hungry, and we should have a few -"

"Pia!" I de-slued fro a tall, thin woman after her "Hi! We&039;re a bit early You don&039;t mind, do you?"