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OH, BLEEP
Two days later and I was going crazy Everyone was on edge with the Center packed to capacity The ti with the lunar cycle couldn’t have been worse Since olves make up the bulk of IPCA security forces, ays operated onthe full moon So now ht with every single member of IPCA locked in the Center This included a whole bunch of things you wouldn’t want to ht in a dark alley (unless you were me and that was your job--and, let’s face it, even I didn’t usually want to ot dressed in a dark gray wrap dress and et to Lend with things so crazy, and I was determined today would be different I bundled up some cookies and headed out Usually I could walk anywhere I wanted and run into only one or two people, if that Today everywhere I went there olves, people carrying things in cages, personal assistants bustling about, and vamps I went out of my way to avoid them after the Steve incident They didn’t exactly like in with, and everyone was so tense I didn’t want my blood to be someone else’s suicide
I tried to visit Lish, but Central Processing was very literally like a zoo Looking in, I realized just ho paranormals I usually cas in there were I gave up trying to work h this area was quieter, more of the cells were taken I couldn’t help but peek through the open doorways at as in the listlessly on their beds, totally broken
The hall was clear by the time I made it to Lend’s room, and I ducked in as fast as I could
"What’s going on?" he asked, ju up
"It’s crazy--total lockdown This thing took out our Bir They called everyone in No one can coure this all out"
"Well, at least that’ll protect the paranor"
"I guess"
"Had soht," he said I just now noticed he earing the handsoain I was so focused on his real self that as on the outside barely registered
"Oh, the Supervisors?"
"Me of soanization, I’d choose a better title than Supervisor"
I laughed "No kidding Are you okay?"
"Sure They asked me a bunch of questions, I didn’t answer any It was productive"
I nodded gluhtabout you She hasn’t seen me since, or let me talk to the Supervisors, either" I held out the cookies "Figured you ht like a treat It’s kind of the least I can do"
"Thanks" He took the them on the bed We stood there aardly
"I’d probably better go I don’t want to get us in trouble right now"
He looked disappointed "Yeah"
On impulse, I leaned in and kissed his cheek When I pulled back, he was s back and blushing as I walked out, practically floating
I finally saw Lish the next ossiping and spreading rumors in the hallways as they rushed to and fro Lish, however, was in her ele orders to people and paranor in front of her
"Hey, what’s up?" I leaned against the glass, ignoring the queue in front of her
"Quite a bit I a duties since all the olves will be out of co more permanent quarters for everyone"
"Why don’t you use the gyht at least" The gyetic (read: rabid) paranormals run around
Lish looked up at reat idea Thank you" She went back to her screens
Near the front of the line was a vauy, devastatingly handsoave me his best come-hither s to work his ht mind control powers They can influence you, push you in a direction as long as you’re already leaning that way So if you’re kind of scared, they can make you terrified Kind of attracted, they can ht lustylicious Unfortunately for this particular vah him to the corpse underneath Oh yeah, baby, hot stuff
I busted up laughing "Not a chance"
He scowled, offended "What are you talking about?"
"I preferI’ll see you later" She glanced up and waved I ether again when this mess was over
I was surprised when ht about ignoring it but had nothing better to do, so I went to her office She looked up at ed her eyes and her hair was falling out of its bun That was a first "Evelyn, thanks for co soe on her neck h to turn her