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"In the house, my lord In e believe is Victor’s safe room There are videos"
Duncan aze, and knew the night was about to get worse He sighed wearily and placed a couel’s shoulder
"At least noe’ll knoho to kill next, Miguel"
"We’ll hunt, round and listen to theuel bared his teeth, growling his approval, and Duncan braced himself to enter that house of evil one more time As he crossed the threshold and the horror pierced his soul, he had only one thought--despite the agony of his last breath, Victor had been granted far too gentle a death
An hour later, he sat on the front porch, taking in some much needed fresh air, when an unfa it warily As if byup positions between hi vehicle It rolled to a stop and Duncan watched as a s board and then to the ground Her mane of bushy black hair had been pulled away from her face and forced into a severe bun at the back of her head, and she wore a plain, dark pantsuit and black cotton blouse Together they made her appear older than she was, or rather, older than she’d been when she’d been turned over a century ago
"Phoebe," Duncan called out, sending a uards that this was the forensic expert he’d been expecting
Phoebe Micheletti had never been an FBI agent herself, but she’d trained with one of their finest investigators, a human male who’d later beco the mate bond, and blood, with Phoebe, Ted Micheletti had been forced to retire early fro The two of the their investigative services to law enforceencies around the country, ator on staff Duncan was sure business was boo in these difficult economic times, and he knew that sometimes Phoebe and her mate worked for free They simply enjoyed their work
"Duncan" She started to kneel, but Duncan stopped her Phoebe lived in Virginia, which h they’d never met in person before, they’d known each other for years, and he was too weary tonight for ood to see you," he said
"And you, ratulations on your ascension"
Duncan nodded, and Phoebe looked beyond hio van where two va There’d been no need to leave Lacey’s body in situ, no need to preserve the grave site They already kneho’d killed her
"Do we knoho she is?" Phoebe asked
"Lacey Cray," Duncan said somberly "Twenty-seven years old, and a secretary on K Street"
"How did she end up here?"
"Victor"
"Fuck," Phoebe swore viciously "I hated that bastard"
"Surely, he didn’t mistreat you or Ted?"
She shook her head swiftly "He wouldn’t have dared Victor was a typical bully He only picked on people who couldn’t fight back So how do you know the girl?"
"Her rooht after I disposed of Victor Ms Cray wasShe’d apparently partied with Victor before, but she told E one A weekend in the country"
"Eresset any worse?"
"Brace yourself," Duncan warned her "Victor was quite the voyeur We’ve found video records of ent on here and in DC I don’t know if he was black anyone, or if he just liked to watch We’re still working on identifying everyone, but Lacey’s is the only body we’ve found--and the only woman fro in and of itself I’ at this point that the other women are still alive If so, their , because the things that were done to theo on<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>