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"What is your business?" she asked Raphael had seen her do this before, using routine questions to relax the subject

"I’m an accountant, a CPA I do taxes mostly"

"Hoell did you know Marco? Or Preston?" Cyn asked, na the two dead vampires

Jeremy shook his head "I knew them, naturally We’d met a handful of times, I suppose, here at the co, if that’s what you’re asking They did their own Coot a progra" His s next to hi breath before continuing She was no e than Jeremy was to tell them, but she would do what needed to be done He rested his hand lightly against her back, offering his support

"I need you to tellto ask that you leave nothing out, no ly, no matter how painful I’ll try not to interrupt you with questions; I’ll save those for later Just take your tilanced fro

By the time the story had been told in full, with Jereain as he was forced to reer of Raphael’s vampires was a sharp, bitter tide of e their outrage, but er would be useful once they began hunting their prey, but that would not happen tonight He are of Duncan standing next to him, hyperalert and as watchful as Raphael hiaze silently, shifting slightly to block the closed doors

And sitting beside hi her eyes as she listened to the story, her hands fisted in a frustrated anger of her oas his Cyn

"I’d recognize their voices," Jere, his voice all but a whisper now "But I didn’t see any of their faces They kept those black ski one When I saw herI was nearlyet help for her I knew she was alive, barely, but alive Colin was trying to help when I--"

Cyn straightened abruptly "Colin?" she repeated "Who’s Colin?"

Jereuess--"

"Colin Murphy," Loren provided "He’s sort of the police in Cooper’s Rest"

Cyn scowled "Sort of? How can souys were under the County Sheriff’s jurisdiction"

"We are," the security chief agreed reluctantly "But we’re a long way froer to drive all the way out here, and frankly, we’re not that eager to call the his fellow vampires "The human locals here about tend to be loners for thetheh not all will admit to it

"Colin Murphy’s a former Navy SEAL He did et out while he still had a few bones intact The stories he tells" Loren shook his head ad his throat "That is, he’s a skillful guy Knoeapons, martial arts, tactics, and a bunch of other stuff I’m sure he can’t talk about He cauy narew up here, but he didn’t stay long His family were all dead or moved away, and he couldn’t take the weather anyuy Takes care of nuisance calls, checks on the old ladies, hustles the drunks out of town, that sort of thing If so on over at Jeremy’s that day, Colin would be the one they’d call"

Cyn returned her attention to Jeremy "So this Colin was there when you woke up?"

Jere He had his phone out, and I knew even then that he was trying to help, butI kind of went off on hih to be embarrassed by what he saw as a loss of control