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How could I have let Clovis take h hih he’d been the one feeding, I felt as if I’d absorbed soh I had a black s--I killed for a living, after all But one thing I’d never done was sellAnd here I’d done just that for the Dominae

Part of me wanted to march back in there and kill Clovis The Dominae be daotten ued thathiht it to life The engine roared under ht? Did everyone crave power? I’d told him I had no interest in it, but I felt powerful every ti as executionerjustice in a world full of gray

I took off down the road, speeding as if I could escapetoive me the information I needed Then I would be free to kill him and return to my life

But as the wind buffeted my body, I felt hollow, as if I’d somehow lost part ofabout thelook in her eye, but it lacked judg about what I’d let Clovis do, I grabbed the spell books out of

"Do you have a computer I can use?"

"Sure," Vinca said "Do you need the Internet?"

I nodded When she came back, she had a sleek little notebook computer, which she sat up for o," she said "Whatcha doing?"

"I just need to do a little research"

She must have sensedin private When she returned, she set a pint glass next to me

"What’s this?" I asked

"I have a friend orks at a blood bank I figured it’d be easier for you if you didn’t have to run out to feed all the tiesture I wasn’t used to so about my welfare, and it was kind of nice

I wasn’t sure of the etiquette of thankingme up with a blood supply "Thanks," I said, silass and took a tentative sip I suppressed a grimace of distaste at the flavor of cold blood one to the trouble, and I was so hungry I downed the rest of the glass in one gulp

"So," I said "Thanks, Vinca That really hit the spot"

"Okay, I’ll let you get back to it"

I nodded and watched her go down the hall to her bedroo a rooled and ic No wonder I’d felt so crappy after I left Clovis Loss of blood and sacrificing nity tended to make me a tad touchy But noas able to turn my attention frolass aside and got down to business As I typed "Suht about how ed over the last few decades If I had found Clovis’s books thirty years earlier, I’d be slubbing uistics experts at a local university for help But noith a click of the button, I had thousands of pages of information at my disposal I had to admit that as much as I disliked mortals, some of their inventions sure es After a fewout to do some work in the flowerbeds I worked in peace for about five one?" he asked

"Yeah" I clicked on a page with an extensive list of cuneifore loaded, I shifted insonored it as I compared the symbols in the books to as on the screen A throat cleared I scribbled notes A head buttede

"Hey!" I said "Do you ?"

"No" I scribbled a bit htforward All I needed was to light a white candle, sprinkle some salt, and chant a Suuhl asked

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