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The Jiffy Lube station had closedfrom the layer of dust on the concrete and round work area with reinforced walls and thick beams was the perfect place to restrain a vaain after he healed from the first wound and woke up in another murderous mood, but noas safely tucked away in what used to be the oil-change undercarriage of the facility, enough weighty chains wound around hie vae, though He stood ra revenge Whatever flicker of e that knife in ret But as soon as Ian-who&039;d survived the fight in one piece, to round, we&039;d knohat sort of demon we had to chase to reverse the spell Bones was under

"You were gone less than thirty et a couple pints of that type of blood so fast?" I wondered Then aze narrowed "You didn&039;t kill anyone, did you?"

He sat back on his haunches to give in go to waste that way Swung by a middle school and collected from a few students They&039;ll never remember it Neither will their teacher"

I hated the idea of stealing blood from preadolescents, but ere too pressed for ti the last of the sy?" Bones asked, speaking his first words since he told me to let him die

Ian didn&039;t reply He stepped outside the circle and glanced at me

"Let&039;s hope none of the students I picked were the experimental type" Then he said "Balchezek" three tiainst his chains The metal creaked but they held That hy Ian and I had spentstirred in the circle with the bloody symbols, but a brunet man stepped out from behind one of the support bea

"You called?" Balchezek said

I let out a sigh of relief Part ofritual and we&039;d be wasting our ti it Good to know that avarice stillto members of the netherworld

But just in case the de uninvited friends with hi else within reach He drew his thu the side of a thick pile of hundred-dollar bills like he was shuffling cards

"Hallo, Balchezek If you want these, then look over ourafter"

"You shouldn&039;t be here," Bones said, spitting the words in the demon&039;s direction

"I take it this is the vamp you wantthrough his teeth as he got closer "I can tell you one thing right off He isn&039;t under a spell like you&039;re thinking He&039;s possessed"

"Shut up," Bones hissed