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The gate was six feet high, ht iron that was curled into vines that culminated into spikes

As far as I are, there weren’t any security cameras And if there were, I wasn’t worried Since I wasn’t wearing e would seriously question their sanity, or the equip, and not much else

Yup, I’lanced up and down the street, saw that I was alone, gripped one of the iron spikes, and juhtly on the other side

There were no guard dogs, although a fat white cat skittered off past the BMW and clawed its way over a side fence I decided to follow, this tile bound, no hands needed I cleared it by a foot or two, and ain at my own athletic prowess I wondered hoould fare in the Olympics

Maybe Michael Phelps was really a vampire

Or a mer- eyes, I scanned the side of the house, looking foraor s, I would take it

The house was Spanish colonial and epic The plastered walls were s to wonder just how much a karate champion made There, on the third floor, was a wide veranda with an open French door

I gauged the juh for eventhe lie pipe snaking down near the balcony

Good enough

I gathered h as I could At just over twenty feet up, I grabbed the drainage pipe and used it to catapultten feet, where I cleared the balcony railing and landed smoothly on the deck

The balcony reminded e County Sas Epic view of the Pacific Ocean At the tione very well In fact, he’d ended up dead We’d see how Andre Fine would fare

There was a sound behind

I turned in tier seat eically enhanced She orking a towel through her wet hair when she sawFast

Just as a strangled cry escaped her lips, rabbed her around her waist and noas dragging her quickly across the polished wooden floor and into a walk-in closet I threw her inside and shut the door, but before I did, I saay too

Far, far toothe nearby wall, and I wasted no tiht It took me a few seconds tooff the door handle in the process

The wos and let loose with thecut and chiseled and very fine hi from his mouth

"Jill?" he mumbled around the brush

"She’s presently indisposed," I said, "but still very jiggly, which, I’m sure, is how you like her"

He spun at the sound offoaured I would, too Instead, he stared athis best to process what he was seeing Instead of his bodacious and very naked girlfriend, he was looking at a spunky, dark-haired vampire with lots of attitude

His eyes next went frouard in front of his closet, a closet fro could be heard Andre Fine’s face went through a nu disbelief and shock

I get that a lot these days

Andre was a tad under six feet but held hihter He balanced easily on the balls of his feet His body was extremely muscular His six-pack undulated with each breath His aura was a vibrant green, flashing ild energy around hi into action More muffled shouts ca on?" he said

"We’re going to talk," I said

He scanned the roo hard He was someone who trusted his senses, his instincts I could see that That was probably why he was such a good fighter Except now the infor returned to hi A woirlfriend was imprisoned in a closet, a closet which was now barred by his heavy dresser

"Who’s here with you?" he asked

"Just little olehis eyes off me, he nodded toward the blocked closet "Who moved that dresser?"