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"You are my son," he muttered

"If you were so anxious for a reunion you would have contacted o reminded his sire "Now tell me what you truly want"

Gaius hunched a shoulder "You will learn to believehe gave a dao called his bluff "You want iveness, then release Tonya"

Predictably Gaius shook his head, his hands plucking at the cuff of his dark silk shirt He didn’t seem to notice the material was frayed and coated with dust Yet another indication that the vampire was out of his mind

"I can’t Not yet"

"Why?"

"Weireat beast that was hidden in the shadows, just waiting to pounce "There’s a book"

Santiago’s h him

Mierda

He wasn’thi aware of the creature

Was this the spirit that the Oracles were hunting? The supposed creator of vampires?

And if it waswhat the hell was he supposed to do about it?

For the moment it obviously preferred to keep its presence hidden And Santiago was happy to pretend he hadn’t caught a gli creature

At least until he could determine exactly what it wanted with hi to sirab Tonya and flee

At the et out of the cellar alive

Or sane

"A spell book," Gaius said, a throb of frustration beginning to beat in the air "It’s being protected by black o didn’t have to pretend his confusion This hy he was lured to Wisconsin? Because of a book?

"I have no iic," he said with a frown "Neither does Tonya"

There was another unnerving flicker of the spirit as Gaius tilted back his head, see his powers far beyond the craled against an instinctive urge to reach for his sword Cristo His skin was suddenly crawling with the pro in the eye of a hurricane, just waiting for disaster

"There are a lot of witches," he pointed out Carefully

"Only one who can break the spell"

Santiago griood news or bad?

Impossible to say

"What does that have to do with me?"

"She’s in the lair of the Anasso"

"The Anasso?" Santiagoa witch?"

"Sally, Sally, Sally" Gaius slowly sht she could double-cross me, stupid witch But she’s o lowered his broondering if Gaius was referring to the witch who had once been his fellow servant of the Dark Lord

Sheof Vampires