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Caitlyn gasped when she saw the little boy had levitated so he could see over the closed botto his attention to her before he could turn "My mind isinto the nursery to grab Tino

"Cait, you’re not thinking clearly," Sean said, facing her "Who would you trust the overnh one"

Carlos chuckled

Sean spun toward hi in on us?"

Carlos slanced at Caitlyn and switched to Portuguese "Brava, hter"

Her heart swelled at the compliment "Thank you"

"What did he say?" Sean de," sheConstantine The little boy’s secret was safe

"I’o," Sean warned her "I’ll talk to MacKay o" Caitlyn lifted her chin "Or I’ll ask Mom why Shanna never received any of the letters I wrote to her"

Sean’s face paled "Idon’t knohat you’re talking about"

"After Shanna left hoave them to you so you could ed "Theyaddress"

"Or maybe you never mailed them," Caitlyn said quietly

Shanna shook her head sadly "Cait, let it go"

"Right," Sean agreed "It was a long tiot to cross," Caitlyn snapped "I needed my sister I felt all alone and abandoned And Shanna felt abandoned, too"

Sean crossed his ar at her "You have no reason to complain You ell provided for, both of you You always had everything you needed"

"Except each other," Caitlyn ht it was for the best"

Caitlyn planted her hands on her hips "And I’ for MacKay It’s roan, Sean shook his head "It’s a big uess you’ll have to learn the hard way Whatever you do, please don’t get involved with a vampire I know they’re soht, Dad I won’t fall for a vampire I promise" Because for better or for worse, her interests were focused on a shape shifter

When Carlos stepped inside the security office, he discovered the us sat behind the desk, talking, while Emma perched on a corner The two chairs in front of the desk were occupied by Lara and Olivia Their Vaanestis’ daytiuard, Howard Barr, eased behind the desk to select a bear claw frohnut box on the console As a were-bear, Howard constantly ate as if he were preparing for a winter’s hibernation Roainst a wall, his ar, a fairly new Vamp who had worked with Olivia at the FBI Ian MacPhie had teleported in froht Phil Jones, the olf, with hi Since Caitlyn had asked him and Phineas to let her deal with her father alone, Phineas had gone outside to do his rounds Carlos spotted hirounds at vampire speed

Carlos had been too curious to stay away from Caitlyn’s conversation with her father He preferred to think of it as curiosity Not protectiveness Even though he had been prepared to punch Sean if necessary

Caitlyn had handled the situation re physically, but h He’d heard her the night before, talking to Raquel and Coco She’d helped them more in just a few ravated hirateful for the coirls and the coiven the

And she was hts, dammit He pushed her to the back of his mind and concentrated on the discussion at hand Robby MacKay was voicing his frustration over their inability to locate Casiood at hiding"

"Could be worse," JL observed "At least when he’s hiding, he’s not killing people"

"Aye," Connora trail of dead bodies, he’s iet close, he only has to teleport away"

"We need to keep watch on his entry points into America," Jack warned For safety reasons, a vampire either used a sensory beacon to teleport soo to places he’d teleported to before Those locations would be embedded in his psychic memory

"We know of several places he’s teleported to," Robby said "Apollo’s coround south of Mount Rushmore, and the federal prison in Leavenworth"

"And those farmhouses in Nebraska," Olivia added "My old boss at the FBI will let us know if anything happens in Nebraska or Leavenworth"

"I’ve asked the olves in Maine to keep an eye on the compound," Phil said "And I’ve contacted some Lakota Indians who can shift into wolves They’ve promised to watch over the area around Mount Rushmore The Black Hills are sacred to theus nodded "Now let’sfor Casimir in Eastern Europe, and he’d appreciate soo," Robby offered He looked at his needded bride "If ye doonastationed in Budapest for a while"

"I’d love it" Olivia leaned close to her husband "We’ll be close to randmother on Patmos"

"Aye" Robby nodded "I can teleport you there on the weekends"

Angus fuh the papers on the desk "We have a request here from Rafferty McCall, the West Coast coven master Two of his members have disappeared in San Francisco and he’d like so raised his hand "I’ll go" Although he’d only been a vampire for a short while, he’d previously served as a special agent for the FBI, and so co at MacKay S & I in record tius passed JL a sheet of paper "This has all the inforht"

Olivia touched him on the arm "We’ll miss you Be careful"

"And we have a request frous continued "His coven in Paris has reported a resurgence of Malcontents"

"They probably figured it was safe toin Texas," Robby said

"We can go to Paris," Jack offered, then glanced at his wife Lara "Is that all right with you?"

She snorted "Are you kidding? Let’s go pack"

Jack chuckled and kissed her cheek

Carlos stifled a groan It was so damned easy for the Vamps to find a mate Any woman, mortal or Vamp, would do They didn’t have the survival of an entire species hanging on their selection