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"I thought you worked for a pest-control co to hide that he kneas total bullshit Keats and McQueen Private Pest Control hat Keaty and I had printed above the door of our office to detract from unwanted business

"If you think that, Mercedes wasn’t very forthco different"

"And what did she say?"

"I’d like to hear about your job from you"

Sneaky I sipped the water we’d been provided, the outside of nored for so long "I’ator I do a little retrieval work on the side" It’s ae a certain way

"Retrieval?" Tyler wore a grin he was trying unsuccessfully to hide

"I guess you could call me a part-time bounty hunter" I set h a pool of au jus on ed his reaction He didn’t laugh, so kudos to hiled to find a polite way to phrase it

"Don’t see a lot of little blondes running around snatching up fugitives?"

He tapped his nose, then pointed to ht on the head

"Well, Detective Tyler, there’s more to me than meets the eye"

"Now that I believe"

It wasincessantly in , but I didn’t need to check the screen to knoas calling

Excusinga little high on the success of the date thus far I owed Mercedes a giant present And probably an apology The ladies’ roo into a stall before pullingHolden’s nu a second ti sounded louder, and the fifth sounded downright stereophonic

Shifting aze to the h I knehat to expect, I still let out a sharp yelp of surprise to see Holden standing behind me in the reflection in the mirror On the far wall of the washroom a tiny as ajar, and I was pretty sure it had been closed when I came in

"Son of a--"

He silenced his phone and walked to the bathroo?"

"As a matter of fact I--"

"Have you looked at the envelope?"

"Yes"

"And?"

I turned around and stared at hied with my hands open, paliven me a job; I would do it That’s what I did, and it’s why the council kept h they consideredonly half-vampire With the exception of Holden, none of them knew about my olf blood, and it was better for everyone involved that it stayed that way

"He’s in Times Square," Holden told me

"He’s where?"

He didn’t repeat hilanced at theto see if my hair andpretty foxy Holden tired of waiting forme with one of those staresHe and I both knew vampire mind tricks didn’t work onot sick of hiet, and you’re touching up your gloss"