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Chapter Thirty

We were in e, about twice seeing the gauntthe book from the library -

"You "

"Right"

I next told hiht date, and his eyes narrowed in what I took to be disbelief, and so I reached into the glove coone

I frantically riffled through the overstuffed glove co out a clump of napkins, insurance papers, bills I still needed to pay, so

"It was here, in the glove box I just put it in here an hour ago" Stunned, I now looked through the backseat and on the floor between Fang&039;s feet Had someone broken in and stolen just the book? Did I ever even have the book? Was I losing in&039; "

"I don&039;t either, Moon Dance Tell me more about the book"

"You wouldn&039;t believe me if I told you"

"Try me"

I sat back in my seat, completely shaken Maybe I shouldn&039;t have been so worked up, especially considering the contents of the book It was, after all, not soabout it, about how the author appeared to be speaking directly to me About the advice it contained

"It was all very spiritual stuff," I said "It see at ain Dubiously, as soed "A lot of advice about staying in the &039;light,&039; about not giving into ranted pre that power in check, to use it for good"

"He&039;s talking about you being a vampire?"

"Not in so ue about what kind of powers, but it seemed to be directed to anyone who had found themselves in my position But it could have just as easily been written for a - "

"Werewolf"

"Sure Or anyone else who suddenly finds themselves in a position of power or authority"

"Wild But why do you think it ritten for you?"

"Hard to pinpoint It just felt directed at ave a lot of advice, too, too much to talk about now in your ten-hted today?"

I nodded "Fang, you said that a young guy ca Rooht"

"Tellguy He ca about Cal State Fullerton&039;s baseball tearaether so"

"Yes, right He finished his beer andRoom at Cal State&039;s library"

"He said it like that? Not, &039;I have to get back to work&039;?"

"Yeah, you&039;re right At the tiht it been a little specific, but I blew it off because he had &039;s interest in the occult His knowledge of the arcane had come in handy more than once

He went on, "So, he told hness on nearly all esoteric subjects"

"And he wasn&039;t wearing a bow tie?"

Fang smiled "Hardly He couldn&039;t have been more than twenty-five"

"Blue eyes and a pointy beard"

"That&039;s hi I fished it off er Danny "I have to take this," I said to Fang

"No prob," he said, and leaned over and kissed me on the cheek "I have to scoot anyway Love ya"

And before I realized what I was saying, I said, "Love ya, too"

When he was gone, I answered the phone, and Danny didn&039;t waste any ti to the point "What the fuck did you do to our boy, you goddamned monster?!"

Chapter Thirty-one

"Calm down, Danny"

"Don&039;t tell ed hied him That&039;s why he&039;s so cold That&039;s why his body te"

"And that&039;s why he&039;s alive, Danny"

"Fuck you, Sa much Unbelievable I hate you, Sam I hate you more than I&039;ve ever hated you"

He went on like this for a few et a word in edgewise Finally, when he took a breath, I said, "He was dying, Danny He was dying Do you understand? He would be dead now"

"You don&039;t know that How could you know that? You didn&039;t give hih"