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Elyssa stiffened "Your guest is here"

Stacey’s presence felt off-kilter to me and I kneas because she’d arrived in panther for and popping lass door opened and Stacey, dressed in black workout pants and T-shirt stepped inside Nightliss scah after her and hopped on the kitchen table

"Thanks for wearing clothes," I said with a tinge of regret

She dropped a black sack on the table "It was inconvenient to carry theht have delicate sensibilities"

"Delicate sensibilities, my rear end" Menace filled Elyssa’s voice "This had better not be a trick If I get a whiff of betrayal coonna shove rin "I would like to see you try, Templar"

Elyssa stalked toward the shorter woman "Anytime"

I squeezed between theht in their boobs Thankfully, they were both too intent upon staring each other down to notice rope

"This isn’t very helpful," I said "Can we please agree to be civil until this is over?"

Stacey shrugged "I a untoward"

"I don’t trust her," Elyssa said

"Why would she go so far out of her way to betray us?" I said "Someone would have to be really mean to do that"

"I’ve heard stories of her kind"

"Yeah, well in case you hadn’t noticed, you’re helping deo on, ould you trust led

Elyssa rolled her eyes and backed off "This goes against everything I know But we’ll hear her out"

I sighed in relief "Okay, Stacey, the floor is yours"

Nightliss leapt up to Stacey’s shoulder and perched there Her huge green eyes gazed intently at each of us Stacey scratched the cat’s ears "My little friend here will find Justin’s father and scout out the location of sentries Depending upon what she finds, here is e’ll do" She leaned over the h a short but detailed summary of what she’d explained to me earlier

It sounded a lot like Elyssa’s plan except for the ti herself the entire ti that she could point out

After Stacey finished, Elyssa stared into space for a few"Eht"

"The plan is good?" I asked

She clenched her fists and her face reddened She muttered a few indelicate curses which were not very kind toward cats "Yes"

Stacey purred

Shelton replied alreed to come over He showed up thirtyit close According to Stacey, the vampires needed time to wake up, throw on some fancy clothes, and shift into party mode Most of them slept fro of bloodsuckers getting all spruced up for a night out on the town Then again, I figured they weren’t much different from the rest of us sch here?" Shelton asked when he surveyed thehi it "You’re welcome to back out if you want," I told him "But you have to do it now"

He looked from Elyssa to Stacey and then to me "Letfor a sorcerer," Stacey said

He shrugged "I’ ?"

"One quarter of a century is hardly enough time to obtain proficiency"

"Hoould you know?"

She tapped her teood," I said, "but I’ve seen him in action Anyone who can shoot fire out of a stick is okay by me"

"My wand is hardly a stick, kid"

"And I’m hardly a kid to you, kid You can stop with the condescension right now"

He chuckled "Fair enough" He dropped into a chair at the kitchen table "All right, show ht up"

Stacey pursed her lips "Goldilocks, eh?" She ran a fingernail down his neck The hairs stood on end "Shall I see if baby bear is home?"

Shelton cleared his throat uneasily "The plan, please," he said in a choked voice

Stacey gave a throaty ic man"

By the time she was finished, Shelton looked pretty peeved "How aoes well, you won’t even be needed," I said

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