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GUILTY PLEASURES IS in the Riverfront area of St Louis The streets are narrow, designed more for horses than cars, and most of them are still paved with bricks It&039;s very historic, with very modern clubs in a line that draw in a hell of a lot of tourists It is one of the hot spots on the weekend There&039;s al area for SWAT But we h away that we couldn&039;t see the daylight front of the club

Lisandro stood by the th hair was back in a braid He was still tall, dark, handsoo, in the su us defeat the Mother of All Darkness There&039;d been a horrible ht he&039;d , or wererat, for that, and he&039;d lived I hadn&039;t had to explain to his wife and kids why I brought their dad back in a box I was glad of that, but since that uard detail I didn&039;t want the responsibility ofaof his wife, or half-orphans of his kids Standing out in the thin spring sunshine, I reerous detail

We were surrounded by SWAT, with Dolph and Zerbrowski in thethem be here

"How the hell did you let soet into the club, and then let thee?" I demanded

Lisandro looked down, took a deep breath, set his shoulders, then met my eyes and reported "Clay was on the door; he&039;s never been real her alert I shouldn&039;t have had hi man was here with two others to apply as wait staff"

"Were the other two in on it?" I asked

"They ran like hell, so I don&039;t think so It seeet Nathaniel with Nicky and you here?"

Dolph said, "Anita, these aren&039;t the questions you need to be asking"

I looked up at hiue, then sed it I took a deep breath, let it out slow, and nodded

Hill said, "Let me find out e need to know, Blake"

I wanted to say that I could do it, but we didn&039;t have time for ot blueprints of the club Blake gave a rundown of the interior on the way in Who&039;s inside? Where exactly is the hostage being held?"

"Inside: Nicky, Nathaniel, Mephistopheles, and Cynric"

"Wait," I said, "why&039;s Sin here? He&039;s not a guard, or a dancer"

Lisandro looked uncoht him a couple of times before He watches the practice, works out some"

"Why is Sin inside, but you&039;re safe out here?"

"He wouldn&039;t leave Nathaniel; neither would Nicky"

"And Dev?"

"He knew Mephistopheles was your golden tiger He wanted him to stay I think he plans to take you and two of your cats"

"Sin is one ofCynric is"

"Blake," Hill said, "we don&039;t have time Is Sin someone important to you, too?"