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I hed, then said, "Look, we just have a couple of quick questions, but if you think either James Parred or Catherine Moore would prefer to speak directly to the guardians, that can be arranged"

She bit the bottom of her lip, her expression uncertain, then made her decision and picked up the phone "Jaators from the vampire council here ish to speak to you about Ms Summer"

"Another bloody complaint, no doubt," he replied, voice clearly audible even from where I stood As was his annoyance "Send the up and motioned to the vibrant yellow door at the far end of the desk "Through there, green door on your left"

"Thanks"

We followed her directions, and a balding, --if somewhat tense--smile "James Parred, at your service"

I shook his offered hand "Annie Logan and Bear Brown," I said, grabbing at the first nalanced at Azriel, a his lips "Bear?"

"It isme a "must-you?" sort of look

"Well, it’s certainly appropriate, if you don’t " He waved a hand toward the seats, then sat back down himself "What do you wish to know about Ms Summer?"

"We went to Hallowed Ground to talk to her this afternoon, but she disappeared--"

"Yeah, da, that was," he cut in "She did ood customer"

"Have you been in contact with her? Do you knohy she ran?"

He shook his head "I tried calling her, but she’s not answering her phone"

"And have you had any problems like this with her before?"

"Like this? No"

"But you have had proble proble her, but she called yesterday and said her phone had been on the blink" He grimaced "Obviously, it still is"

Either that, or the shape-shifting spirit behind these kills had decided to abandon the Su with a spirit with h why I’d thought theht, I couldn’t say Maybe I’d just figured dark spirits were all about the need to kill and little else

"What about Di Shard?"

He blinked "What about her?"

"Well, have you had a similar problem with her recently?"

"She was out of contact for a couple of days, but it wasn’t a proble" He shrugged

"Have you been in contact with her recently?"

"She called this s"

"And were there?"

"Nothing last ht booking at the Falcon Club, which was a little odd"

Meaning if our dark spirit had taken over the identities of both Summer and Shard, the Falcon Club was ot a picture of the toh the paperwork on his desk and handed me two photos Both women were tall, with thin features and dark hair Other than the fact one had pale skin, the other dark, they could have been lanced up at Parred "Until recently, how reliable were they?"

"Very" He grimaced "Reliability and quality performances are necessary assets in this business Without it, you don’t survive that long"

"I don’t suppose you could give me their addresses?"

He frowned "No, I’m sorry, but information like that is private I couldn’t hand it over without a warrant"

"What about a cell phone nuent that I speak with both women"

His frown deepened "I’ my most persuasive voice "It’s not like I can use it to track down their addresses or anything"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>