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"If that is a vampire that feeds off the life force of others, then yes"

"An emo feeds off emotion, not life force" I frowned at the woer?"

"I would suspect not She appears to be taking only a small quantity from each--it amounts to little more than minutes from their lives"

"It shortens their lives?"

He raised an eyebrow, a around the corners of his mouth "Did I not just say that?"

"Apparently" I scrubbed a hand through my short hair "Should we try to stop her?"

"That is not e are here; nor is it your place to do so If she takes it too far, the Directorate will deal with her"

"And will she? Take it too far, I mean?"

He studied her for a moment, his eyes narrowed "That possibility is there It always is whenever a life depends on feeding frolanced overback, and turned around

"You have a couple of e as he added, "Seeh that door?" I nodded toward the heavy wooden door

"Yes" He picked up a tea towel and began polishing glasses, his expression one of disdain Hunter’s lackeys, it seeard in this place, even if the woman herself was feared

I pushed open the heavy wooden door and stepped into a long, semidark corridor Several doors led off it, all of theht flickered froht, as I headed down My footsteps echoed lightly, but no one careet us

I paused at the doorway The room was almost bare, with little e desk--coht-screen monitor and keyboard--in the rooer than she was, sat a di up fro, merely waved a hand in a "come in" motion

Given there were no seats on our side of the desk, I stopped in front of it and waited

And waited

She tests you, Azriel corouchy Why is it that female vampires seem to be such bitches?

Perhaps they feel the need to prove the bitches

That is also possible Perhaps you should flex a little muscle Or would you prefer me to?

She’s hardly likely to respect me more if I ask you to beat her up By the same token, I doubted I’d actually have what it took to do that I ht be part were, but she was vampire But then, I did have other talents I could call on--talents she wouldn’t have seen before

"You know," I said, keeping my voice conversational, "I ca Schs the hard way, I’e"

She finally looked up, her expression"Am I supposed to cower in fear? Because, let’s be honest here, a olf provides little threat to one such as I; nor does a man ears the mask of death"

She sees you as a reaper?

Yes To her, he added, "Then you are a fool"

"And certainly not a good judge of character" I raised a hand and called to the Aedh, then siphoned the surge of power into ertips They went translucent in an instant, neither flesh nor Aedh, but soaze ide I added, my voice still even, "Because, you see, I’m not just a olf I’ers around your heart, and rip it beating and bloody fro at my hand in awe and perhaps the tiniest touch of fear And I have to ad a little sick of being on the wrong end of fear all the ti a little muscle

"What are you?" she said after amore than a olf" I released the Aedh and let my hand return to full flesh "Now, if you’ve finished with the gaed The fear--if indeed that hat I’d seen--was gone, but so, too, was her soular, cole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>