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Paul

I end the call with Jon, turning off the speaker function when I hang up Drew and I relayed all that&039;s transpired, and after Jon calratitude I feel toward Asa overwhelht not always understand the bald muscle man, but as a seethe mate, I know I can count on hi with ease and confidence, never betraying his conflicting thoughts whirling below the surface If he hadn&039;t tolddecision, I wouldn&039;t have known Makes lad I&039;m not in his shoes, that&039;s for sure

Thesure the diner liked their meal And since I came to work for the V V Inn that has never been a concern-most of the patrons prefer blood

Chelly booked a large suite of roo the plane&039;s descent She ed blood Drew insisted we bring the entire supply, because we didn&039;t knohat shape Vivian h he doubts hi the best choices he could for all of us, so far

It&039;s close to et checked in and hire a car to take us to the Tribunal&039;s townhouse across the city I asked if ere planning on walking up and knocking on their door and Drew suggested that ht, he was quite diploht up like nothing rong

The only intel we have regarding the building is memories of the city block and property boundaries uncovered e researched Euilt in January Mytheanytio on, or will this turn out to be a colossal nals for the driver to pull over a few blocks from the address We&039;re both dressed in dark clothes, but one glance at the surrounding facades of the i architecture tells me we&039;re way underdressed for the area Thankfully, I doubt ht to raise the alarain, if these wealthy streets have a lot of patrolling police, we&039;ll stand out like crooks in a heartbeat

Drew pays the driver and the car disappears into the night The air carries a dalisten with moisture and puddles, like fresh ink has been poured across the dark surface The temperature feels much waro

"Are you okay, Paul?" Drew asks

"Hhts

"We need to pay attention I&039;m not sure how far the Tribunal&039;s land reaches in this area"

"Yeah, I hear you" I fill ht air "It still seems like we don&039;t really have a plan"

A heavy sigh co the sidewalk "I thought the best bet would be to scope out the townhouse and see who cooes See if we can find a way in undetected Are you ih?"

"I&039;, man I don&039;t have a better idea, either" We step off the curb, crossing to the other side still two blocks frole encases my whole body, like the mild after-effects of a limb that had its circulation cut off for a moment Anxiety, quick and sharp, stabs ure out what I&039;, the sensation is over "Did you feel that, man?"

"Feel what?" Drew steps onto the curb on the other side of the street

I shrug, not sure how to put it into words "Was probably nothing Felt a tingle over ht hips by, dislodging the water on the overhanging tree branches to send a light sprinkle on our heads

"Nah That&039;s always ?"

Drew scans the neighborhood ahead of us "No Nothing But that doesn&039;t h nervously, appalled when the sound cole "Why would I feel so that you didn&039;t?"

"Each of us has different strengths as va our kind, and a few are more rare Your reaction could have been a forher pitched than norure out" We walk in silence a little longer until my curiosity rears its head "How much further?"

Drew motions with his head "Down this block and the main townhouse should be at the far end of the next block we coht and step in front of us I stop in my tracks, turn my head to address Drew and catch two more slip into place behind us A faint wisp of death and blood clings to the ht from the next streetlamp lies too far away todark clothes and black overcoats

The larger of the two in front of us steps forward, radiating ht lifter before he changed to have such a huge build "Planning an unannounced visit to the Tribunal?" he says

Somehow they kneere here and oes our crappy sneak up and check things out all stealthy like plan