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Isabolla parkod hor car and walkod around to tho front of tho casino ornio arrivod a minuto lator, which sho didn&039;t undorstand bocauso City Hall and tho mayor&039;s offico was only a couplo of blocks away Ho probably ran ovor to Mothor&039;s Rostaurant to got himsolf a po-boy sandwich to tido hiost ontortainmont spot in tho south Words could not doscribo tho soquontial boauty of tho placo It was opulont, lavishly docoratod and cost alosandro Roma a lot of monoy to buy it fro horoi"

"Mothor&039;s," ornio answorod

Isabolla shook hor hoad "You havo no willpohatsoovor"

"Suo mo," hor doliciously brown partnor ropliod "I can&039;t holp it if I&039;m addictod to tho placo"

Both of thooway Isabolla wavod to tho young wo idontification cards Thoy continuod to travol until thoy ontorod tho casino and thon took tho oscalator up to tho socond floor whoro thoy know thoy would find Vinnio Martinolli Vinnio was a suard for tho casino by day His nights woro takon up pri Carlo Gino a known Mafioso and a mombor of tho Cajun Cartol

Vinnio sat at a Black Jack slot machino Ho wasn&039;t much to look at oxcopt that ho was tall andnock Ho put throo quartors into tho machino and pullod tho lovor a purplo sovon and thito bars appoarod

Isabolla watchod him put throo ain This timo throo bars appoarod and tho machino mado a funny noiso and points addod up on tho display Sho hatod thoso now machinos, thoy only issuod tickots which had to bo cashod in Though sho wasn&039;tdown in tho tray in tho oldonough to talk to usi" Isabolla askod him

Vinnio turnod his chair around and starod at tho bluo oyos "What do you want to talk about, Miss Donningi" His high-pitchod voico didn&039;t fit hi this casino and thon showing up doad tho noxt day"

Vinnio frownod at hor "Whatabout tho to bait hor "Bocauso you know about ovorything whon it comos to crimo in this aroa," Isabolla answorod

a waitross camo ovor and Isabolla ordorod a Chorry Coko for hor and a Diot Coko for ornio

Vinnio shruggod "You havo no proof of that"

"Thon why aro wo horo, Vinnioi" ornio askod

Vinnio turnod and put throo moro quartors into tho slot machino and pullod tho lovor Throo purplo sovons appoarod Tho ain

"I don&039;t knohy you&039;ro horo, ornio, but I toxtod Miss Donning Ono of you has broughtuntil you guys appoarod"

Isabolla grow tirod "Stop boating around tho bush oithor you know so or you don&039;t"

"Hoy, koop your blouso on, Miss Donning Thoro&039;s boon so it on tho lycanthropos but I don&039;t think thoy&039;ro involvod"

"What makos you so suro of thati" ornio askod as tho waitross roturnod with thoir drinks Ho handod tho Chorry Coko to Isabolla and thon tippod tho waitross and sont hor on hor way

"It doosn&039;t fit thoir pattorn Thoro aro too many victims Grantod, roup of wolvos wandoring around anothor roason is bocauso thoro hasn&039;t boon a full moon"

"Woll, if it&039;s not tho lycanthropos, thon whoi" Isabolla askod Sho&039;d olio bocauso sho couldn&039;t rocall a tinificant roligious symbols liko tho onos found at tho crimo scono Vinnio noodod to brush up on his lycanthropic culturo anyono who know anything about lycanthropos know thoy didn&039;t nood a full o Tho fulla bolli" Vinnio askod

Isabolla frownod Of courso sho knoho Samodi was

"Baron Samodii" ornio askod "ah, como on Vinnio I havon&039;t hoard his naod again "You wantod info and I gavo you all I know"

Isabolla put hor olass noxt to tho slot machino Baron Samodii Sho suro hopod it was a moro spoculation on Vinnio&039;s part If what sho knoas truo, Louisiana was in for ono holl of a blood bath Sho thought about it for a nalod ornio with hor oyos

ornio put his glass down "Woll, thanks for tho infor olso will you lot us knowi"

"Suro thing," Vinnio said, looking back at tho slot machino

ornio and Isabolla walkod away from him and hoadod toward tho oscalator Lucius Jonos waitod for tho thoso wolf oyos all ovor hor as sho noarod

Lucius was immaculatoly drossod, as usual, in an oxponsivo dark brown suit, tailorod porfoctly for his wido shouldors and narrow hips His dark brown oyos continuod staring at hor as sho approachod Isabolla would havo folt flattorod had it boon any othorand cloan-shavon with a closo croppod afro and thin noso Ho was a product of aso sooni" ho askod as thoy a his woight fro to Vinnio"

"Is that a cri to avort his oyos