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I soon got the neas dying for The doctors were releasing Anthony later today For noo policeuard duty just outside his door The hospital, apparently, was taking all necessary security precautions, especially since little Eddy&039;s abductor had not been found

I absently felt for the medallion that had melded into my flesh I hated the irony I possessed the very artifact that would have returned Anthony&039;s mortality, an artifact that, apparently, was sealed to me forever

Or so said the vampire, Dominique I wanted a second opinion In the least, I still wanted to find Archibald Maxilanced at the faceplate Restricted call It was Detective Sherbet I was sure of it

I clicked on briefly and told him to call me back in five minutes since I was at the hospital He called lass doors

"You did good, kid," he said

"Thank you," I whispered I still had not gotten the full use of my voice back Not to ly, no oneman who saved the day"

"God bless him"

"Apparently the little boy had been held captive, albeit briefly, within one of the do and what appeared to be an epic fight You wouldn&039;t happen to know anything about this, would you, Sam?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"I want to know everything, dammit"

"I&039;ve told you ood enough Not in this case"

"Soon, Detective I&039;ve had a rough night"

"I bet You vampires are weird Take care of yourself, Samantha, and expect a visit fro forward to it"

"Don&039;t sassup

I was about to head inside when I got another call This one was a local Orange County number It was probably work related but I wasn&039;t interested I was about to hang up when I got an overwhel sense that I should definitely pick up

Daretting it because my sunscreen wasn&039;t applied as thick as it should have been Already I was feeling the first wave of some serious pain

"Saot her," I said

"You removed a book from our library the other day and ould like it returned"

"Who is this?"

"I&039;m with the university"

I frowned "How did you know about the book? How did you knoas nored my question and asked cheerily: "We would like our book back, Miss Moon"

I forgot about the heat, about the searing pain "I don&039;t have it anymore"

"I see," said the voice, somehow even more cheerily "Then there will be a fine We will need that taken care of immediately"

"A fine? How much?"

"I think you know the price, Miss Moon" And the moment he said that, the medallion inyou soon"

And he hung up