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AT FIRST, I thought everything had returned to norht Sa seemed to rile him, and when I told hiht before, he complimented me on my finesse

Tara didn&039;t come in, so I couldn&039;t ask her about Mickey But was it really any of my business? Probably not my business - but my concern, definitely

Jeff LaBeff was back and sheepish about getting riled by the college kid the night before Sah a phone call fr o

Andy Bellefleur, a detective on the Renard parish force and Portia&039;s brother, cah Robinson Andy was older than h enty-one - just old enoughto be in Merlotte&039;s Halleigh taught at the elee, and she was real attractive, with short earlobe-length brown hair and huge brown eyes and a nicely rounded figure Andy had been dating Halleigh for about two months, and froressing in their relationship at a predictable rate

Andy&039;s true thoughts were that he liked Halleigh very ), and he was really ready for her to give it up Halleigh thought Andy was sexy and a real man of the world, and she really loved the newly restored Bellefleur fa around long after she slept with hi more about relationships than the people in them know - but no matter how battened down I am, I pick up a trickle of stuff

Claudine ca time Claudine is six feet tall, with black hair that ripples down her back and bruised-looking white skin that looks thin and glossy like a pluht she earing a terra-cotta pants suit, cut very snug on her A store at the ht her brother, Claude, with her He doesn&039;t swing in my direction, but he&039;s a treat for the eyes

He&039;s a fairy I mean, literally So&039;s Claudine, of course

She waved atEveryone&039;s happy around Claudine, who is always cheerful when there are no vampires in her vicinity Claudine is unpredictable and a lot of fun, though like all fairies, she&039;s as dangerous as a tiger when she&039;s angry Fortunately, that doesn&039;t happen often

Fairies occupy a special place in the hierarchy of ured out exactly what it is yet, but sooner or later I&039;ll piece it together

Everyit up She gave Andy Bellefleur a long, bigeyed look, and Halleigh Robinson glared, h to spit, until she reirl But Claudine abandoned all interest in Andy when she saas drinking ice tea with leic to learlic

Claudine worked her way over to , to the envy of every male in the bar She took my hand to pull me into Sam&039;s office I ith her out of sheer curiosity

"Dear friend," Claudine said, "I have bad news for you"

"What?" I&039;d gone fro early thisOne of the werepanthers was hit"

"Oh, no! Jason!" But surely one of his friends would&039;ve called if he hadn&039;t gone into work today?