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Ten minutes later, Roman teleported to Radinka&039;s office at Romatech

She looked up frous and Jean-Luc are waiting in your office"

"Fine Radinka, I need you to research so forher elbows on her desk "What is it?"

"I think I should buy some new property"

"For another facility? That&039;s a good idea, ith these Malcontents going around, blowing things up By the way, I went ahead and ordered a transfer of synthetic blood from your Illinois plant"

"Thank you"

Radinka picked up a pen and legal pad "So, where do you want the new plant?"

Frowning, Roht "It&039;s not a plant I need a house A big house"

Radinka&039;s brows lifted, but she scribbled his request on the pad "Any specifications, other than big?"

"It needs to be in a nice co dog"

She tapped the tip of the pen on the pad "I don&039;t believe dogs are normally included in the purchase of a house"

"I&039;m aware of that" He crossed his arms, irritated by the amusement on Radinka&039;s face "But I&039;ll need to knohere to buy a big dog, or "

"What kind of dog, ritted his teeth "Get me some pictures of different breeds And different houses for sale I won&039;t be the onethe final selection"

"Ah" Radinka&039;s s well between you and Shanna?"

"No, they&039;re not I&039;ll probably end up using the house as a rental property"

Radinka&039;s smile withered "Then perhaps this idea is preht run"

She roan "More than anything she wants a nored one shoulder "I&039;m not exactly normal"

Radinka&039;s mouth twitched "I suppose not, but after fifteen years at Romatech, I&039;ive her a nor to buy norh that"

"I&039; to ive her as normal a life as I can"

Radinka frowned, considering "I think what any woman really wants is to be loved"

"She has that I just told her that I love her"

"Wonderful!" Radinka&039;s sain "You don&039;t look very happy"

"That could be because she ran fro"

"Oh dear I&039;s"

Rohed He&039;d often wondered if Radinka was truly a psychic, why the hell didn&039;t she foresee the attack on her son? Unless she&039;d also foreseen that Gregori would becoal pad "I am certain she is the one for you"

"I&039;m convinced of that, too I know she cares for me very deeply, or she wouldn&039;t have¡ª"

Radinka raised her eyebroaiting for hiht "If you could look for a house, I&039;d appreciate it I&039;"

Radinka&039;s ain "She&039;ll come around It&039;ll work out just fine" She swiveled her chair to face her coht away"

"Thank you" He headed out the door

"And you&039;ll need to fire your harem!" Radinka called after hi probleive them financial support until they could make it on their own

He strode into his office "Good evening, Angus, Jean-Luc"

Angus jureen and blue MacKay tartan "Ye took yer ti here, ht away"

Jean-Luc re "Bonsoir, ?" Roman skirted his desk and sat

"The tius paced across the rooht, the Malcontents have declared war My Highlanders are ready to strike I say we do it tonight"

"I disagree," Jean-Luc cut in "Petrovsky is, no doubt, prepared for such a retaliation We would be attacking his house in Brooklyn, leaving us in the open while they can take cover Why should we give those bastards the advantage?"

"My rowled

"Neither am I" Jean-Luc&039;s blue eyes flashed "This is not about fear It&039;s about being practical If you and your Highlanders weren&039;t always so hotheaded, you wouldn&039;t have lost so many battles in the past"

"I aus thundered

Roman held up his hands "Can we take this down a notch? The explosion last night didn&039;t hurt anyone And though I agree that Petrovsky e in an all-out war in front of mortal witnesses"

"Exactement" Jean-Luc shifted in his chair "I say atch Petrovsky and his men, and e find one or two of theus snorted " &039;Tis no&039; an honorable way for a warrior to behave"

Jean-Luc stood slowly "If you&039;re insinuating that I have no honor, I&039;ll have to challenge you to a duel"

Roue was enough to strain the best of friendships "Can we kill Petrovsky first, before you two kill each other?"

Angus and Jean-Luc laughed

"Since we are in disagreement, as usual," Jean-Luc said as he sat back down, "you will cast the deciding vote"

Roman nodded "I&039;m with Jean-Luc on this one A full attack on a house in Brooklyn is going to draw too hlanders at risk"

"We doona rumbled as he returned to his chair

"Itime"

"We are also limited in number," Jean-Luc added "I haven&039;t transformed a vampire since the French Revolution And you?"

"Not since Culloden," Angus answered "But vahed "For once,while ours are not"

Angus nodded "We need to make more vampires"

"Absolutely not!" Roman was alarmed by the turn of the conversation "I will not condeus brushed back a strand of auburn hair "I&039; somewhere in this world ould welco evil"

Roman leaned forward "It&039;s not the sao Modern armies keep up with their soldiers Even the dead ones They would notice if so in action" Jean-Luc shrugged "It happens I&039;us on this one"

Ro another va? Let&039;s take care of Petrovsky first"

Jean-Luc nodded "Agreed"

"All right" Angus frowned "Noe need to talk about the problem with the CIA and their Stake-Out team There&039;s only five of the them"

Rous snorted "I doona mean that We all know ye&039;re involved with the leader&039;s daughter"

Jean-Luc sht"

Roman was surprised to feel his face heat up Shanna&039;s reaction seeus cleared his throat "I think the best way to deal with the Stake-Out tea would be iht that we break into Langley to erase all their files"

"A clean sweep" Jean-Luc smiled "I like it"

"I&039;lances from his friends "Shanna can resist reen eyes widened "Ye canna be serious"

"I am And what&039;s more, I suspect she inherited her psychic abilities from her father I also suspect the Stake-Out team is small because everyone on it possesses similar abilities"

"Merde," Jean-Luc whispered

"Since they&039;re working on an anti-varam," Roman added, "it would be obvious ould want to kill theovernment more incentive to hunt us," Jean-Luc concluded

"They&039;re a bigger threat than I thought" Angus druers on the arm of his chair "I have to think about this"

"Fine Let&039;s take a break for now" Roman stood and headed for the door "I&039;ll be in my lab if you need et so the day He spotted a Highlander standing outside Laszlo&039;s lab Good Laszlo was still getting the protection he needed

Roreeted the Scotsazing into a microscope "Hi, Laszlo"

The small chemist started and nearly fell off the stool

Roht?"