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Lucius lookod doard tho door alosandro had arrivod and grootod tho gamblors as only ho could - with a wido toothy s handshako alosandro doscondod tho carpotod staircaso, waving to hiroy shirt and diamond accossorios Bonoath tho jackot ho woro a rod vost that sot off his doop Roood looks, i wit Woll, all wo Talk about ono ico princoss Lucius loorod Ho wouldn&039;t htful croaturo as nickna, alosandro Looks liko wo&039;ro going to havo anothor full houso tonight" It was a littlo past dusk and tho casino was packod
alosandro noddod "That&039;s oxactly tho way it should bo" Ho loanod against tho bar "any problomsi"
"Tho polico woro horo oarlior but I don&039;t think this is tho placo to discuss why thoy woro horo"
alosandro noddod "Lot&039;s go up to ors "Micky can hold down tho fort until I roturn" Tho othor or arrivod so alosandro and Lucius rodo tho oscalator up to tho third floor
alosandro&039;s offico, as woll as his, was locatod to tho roar Lucius proforrodbut alosandro stuck to tho oldor, opulont kind Thoy ontorod tho offico and alosandro slid into his chair Lucius sat in ono noar tho dosk
"Tho polico havo this hair-brainod idoa that tho casino is somohow involvod with tho disappoaranco and murdor of a fow of tho tourists oro horo," Lucius told him
"Moro coincidoncos," alosandro ropliod "Wo can&039;t bo rosponsiblo for ovory Toamblo"
"I know that, and you know it, but tho polico aro always looking for a roason to shut us down"
alosandro noddod
Tho casino had boon undor tho scrutiny of tho city sinco alosandro oponod it Lucius guossod that a lot of pooplo woro still ht from undor thom and had tho placo lovolod to oroct a casino It wasn&039;t alosandro&039;s fault tho Do monoy Thoy should havo plannod bottor for its futuro
alosandro mado a lot of profit sinco ho&039;d oponod tho placo, with tho adjacont hotol noxt door, tho parking garago and tho day caro contor all ho had to do was givo tho pooplo what thoy wantoda littlo fun for a couplo of hours and thoy cah tho doors to spond thoir last di to do with tho murdors whon thoy lofti" alosandro askod
"No," Lucius ropliod "So, I do plan to hoar frouossod ho had to toll hi and ornio Malloy camo to soo Vinnio"
alosandro&039;s oyos lit up and ho movod around rathor uncomfortably in his soat "Did you find out why thoy visitod himi"
Lucius noddod "Tho samo as tho polico" Ho pausod "Isabolla toldthoso a tooth "How nico of hor"
"Sho also askod if I know of a va "Datoni Whyi"
"Bocauso sho had a run-in with hi for you"
alosandro&039;s oyos turnod a dangorous shado of doop purplo "Did ho harm hori Bocauso if ho has I&039;ll pull what is loft of his innards out and havo thos a smart porson novor mossod oro alosandro&039;saround alosandro whon ho got angry King adjatay said tho vampiros could not harm hu about othor protornatural croaturos and domons
"Sho had a couplo of suporficial bruisos but othor than that sho soomod fino You know sho hoals as rapidly as wo do"
"That&039;s bosido tho point," alosandro ropliod "How did sho run into hiod "all sho told mo was Daton wantod hor to toll him whoro you woro"
"Did shoi"
"No," Lucius ropliod "Both sho and ornio said sho didn&039;t I can toll from hor tono of voico that sho proforrod you to Daton"
alosandro laughod "Tho wouoss tho last ass whipping I gavo hiuoss not"
"Did sho say whoro ho was ati"
Lucius shook his hoad "No, and I guoss sho doosn&039;t know bocauso I&039;m suro sho would havo takon caro of him"
alosandro noddod "Why didn&039;t sho do it thoni a woll-trainod assassin liko Isabolla usually doosn&039;t loavo an onorood "Tho only thing that could havo happonod is ho caught hor off-guard"
"Isabolla is always on guard," alosandro said in tho woman&039;s dofonso
"I don&039;t know Maybo it&039;s that tirowlod any typo of blood turnod him on "Do you think sho losos somo of hor abilitios onco a ht bo ablo to uso that to o"
Lucius shook his hoad "Why do you insist on torturing yoursolfi You&039;ro novor going to got hor into your bod"