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E the three inch heels she’d worn to the office thatout of her house to get back here She sighed and was grateful for the support of Hissong’s hand on her ar called, his deep voice carrying despite the roar of sound all around them, not only from the equipment and the rush of water, but froear finished his conversation with two other firefighters before favoring Hissong with a scohich he quickly transferred to Emma

"Captain, this is Emma Duquet, Lord Duncan’s attorney"

Stavros’ eyes eary as he looked her up and down, but that didn’t mask the clear fact that he was not impressed Whether it ith her specifically, or lawyers in general, E else would have Sheht for it with her last breath

"You’re the lawyer?" he said doubtfully

"Yes, I a a head-on approach was the only kind that would work in this instance

"Yeah, there’s a probleet inside this structure and yourus You’re lucky I haven’t had hi with all--"

"Captain Stavros, you cannot have risen to the position you have in the District without being aware of the law regarding foreign embassies, which is that the en territory of the respective nation"

"Of course, I’m aware of that," he said testily "But I’ burn to the ground, putting other people and properties at risk All I’m--"

"There is far more at risk here than property This is the vae number of vampires inside that house, and I’ht now You want your men to deal with that?"

"Hell, no, but that’s a risk we take, just like every other risk on this job Besides," he added, lowering his voice "I thought vaave hih her teeth "You’ve been watching the wrong movies, Captain Look," she continued in a conciliatory voice, "it rained last night, everything is wet, including the surrounding properties On top of that, Mister Hissong’s men activated the automated sprinkler system and with the distance between houses, the chances of the fire spreading have got to be slim"[__]

"So, maybe I should instruct my[__] men to pull out and let the da in a conciliatory ative I understand we already have private contractors en route to continue fighting the blaze"

"Son of a--" Stavros glared at her Anyone orked or lived in the District, especially in an official capacity, knew the minefields associated with the various eardless of her jab at the fire captain earlier, she knew he had to have successfully negotiated more than one such encounter in the past in order to rise as high in the department as he had

"Fine," he snapped "We’ll do e can from out here, but the liability is yours, lady And you keep those damn amateurs of yours away fro for her reply, and E, relieved breath

"Nicely done, E said in her ear "I knew you had it in you"

"Bullshit," she said succinctly "You know nothing about et you out of the spotlight, yes?"

"Yes," E shaky Her confrontation with Stavros had let her forget exactly as at stake here But now all she could think about was Duncan and whether he was still alive, or, even worse, whether he would wake at sunset to find himself and his va take her arain, aware of Marlon on her other side as they hurried her around to the back of the residence It was quieter back here, with theto be concentrated on the front of the building But there were firefighters here, too, and E in the

Eed froht into her face Hissong moved to shelter her froes are clear We can get you away from all of this" He pulled a set of keys out of his pocket and handed them to Marlon who hurried ahead

"Have they shared any inforot started?" she asked as they detoured around the soaking wet piles of construction material

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