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ZERBROWSKI&039;S PHONE RANG It was a twangy country song, the kind I didn&039;t think theymercifully short "Hey, Dolph," he said

Brice and I listened to Zerbrowski say, "Hostage situation?" The rest of his end was ive me the address" He repeated it out loud to me, and I looked for a side street so I could turn us around without asking questions If Dolph and Zerbroanted us at a cri up and said, "They need us sooner than later"

I hit the switch under the dash, and I suddenly had flashy lights It was a recent addition toI had had it installed It still felt weird to be able to have lights and even sirens I wasn&039;t too fond of the siren option I did the lights but would hit sirens only if Zerbrowski insisted, or the traffic got stupid about getting out of the way

"Why are we doing hostage negotiations?" Brice asked

"Vampire or lycanthrope involved," I said

"She&039;s right," Zerbrowski said, "but Keith Bores is also one of the vaave up e questioned her This vaot an ex-wife, a nae of ten"

"Is that where we&039;re going, to their house?" I asked

"Yes"

"How long dead is Bores?" I asked

"Less than two years," Zerbrowski said

"Good," I said

"Why good?" Brice asked

"The younger the vaenerally," I said

"Generally, so not always?"