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Gregori gritted his teeth as he pocketed his Droid

Sean punched a nu till we get there" He sidled up close to Gregori "Grab on to me"

"You don’t kno to - "

"Shh" Sean covered his phone with his hand "I’ve been ayou-knohat for only a few nights, and we’ve been busy with oneafter another I haven’t had tiori nodded And it looked like Sean had neglected to tell his fellow team members about his transformation "Give me the phone" He held out his hand

Sean hesitated

"I have to hear the guy’s voice to knohere to go" Gregori accepted the phone, then motioned toward Sean’s suitcase by the door "Don’t you need to take that?"

"Oh, right" Sean hurried to the door

With a grin, Gregori grabbed his suitcase and teleported He arrived in a living room that was sparsely furnished hat looked like rejects from a thrift store

The other person in the rooreide "What? Where’s Sean?"

Gregori parked his suitcase next to the sagging couch of burnt-orange velvet, then set Sean’s cell phone on the scarred coffee table He extended a hand toward the other guy Garrett Manning was a member of Sean’s Stake-Out team, and he’d participated undercover in a reality show that Gregori had hosted a few years back at the Digital Vaori Holstein"

"Uh, yeah I’ to shake hands, his expression growingSean with you?"

"Da so to be really pissed"

"What else is new?" Gregori pulled out his Droid and called Angus, who immediately put him on the speakerphone "I’m at the safe house Looks like Garrett is alone here Is that true, Garrett? Are you alone?"

"Wellyeah, but - " Garrett gasped as four men materialized in the rooestured toward the two Vaht with them "I believe you’ve met Phineas before And this is Howard They’ll be in charge of security from now on"

Garrett flinched "But that’s my job! This is a CIA operation You can’t just take over like that"

"Dude" Phineas gave hiue with a olf and a were-bear?"

Garrett gulped as he eyed Phil and Howard Gregori bit his lip to keep fro The shifters had both affected their steely-eyed, vicious looks

Phineas rested an arive you some advice, bro Keep the kitchen well stocked You do not want to share your house with a hungry bear"

"I - I didn’t realize shifters were real," Garrett whispered

"Yeah, well, we’re gonna trust you to keep quiet about that, bro" Phineas patted him on the back "Or we’ll have to wipe your memory clean for a year or so"

Garrett turned pale "I can keep a secret"

"Good lad" Robby sus Good luck to ye all" He disappeared

"Got any donuts?" Howard lumbered toward the kitchen

Garrett jumped out of his way "There’s a box on the counter Eat all you want"

Gregori e "Did you stock up on blood?"

"Yeah" Garrett gave hiori glanced at the large bay"Is there a safe place for Phineas and me to sleep?"

"Yeah, the basement Sean told me to board up the s and put two beds down there" Garrett frowned at Phineas "Did he know there would be two of you?"

"Dude, there’s gonna be three Vaori, me, and Sean"

Garrett’s ori atteht face "Hate to break it to you, dude, but your boss is a Va with et a therapist to deal with his self-loathing" Gregori glanced at his watch "Tio" He teleported back to the side entrance at Romatech, swiped his card, and strode inside

"You bastard!" Sean shouted as he charged down the hall, dragging his suitcase behind hi you to your superiors" He stopped in front of the MacKay security office and lifted a fist to pound on the door

It opened and Angus filled the doorway

Sean froze with his fist an inch frous arched a brow "Is there a probleori "That asshole left without me! He’s impossible to ith You should fire hius’s eyes twinkled with humor "I believe he followed e here!" Sean jabbed a finger in Gregori’s direction "That idiot was supposed to take ori said "It wouldn’t have been safe to take you and all our luggage at the same tius added "Mysecurity for the safe house"

Sean flinched "But they don’t knohere - " He turned to Gregori "You bastard, what have you done?"

"I provided us the best security possible" He glanced at his watch "Would you look at that? It’s precisely nine o’clock, the exact tio"

"Don’t act like a se of this operation"

"Then teleport yourself I’ll see you there" Gregori no longer needed a beacon The location of the safe house was imbedded in his psychic memory

"Wait!" Sean stepped closer and lowered his voice "You have to take me The president knowsThey trust us folded his arms over his chest "Do the president and his cronies know ye’re a Vamp?"

"Of course not! It just barely happened" Sean shifted his weight "I don’t want theori nodded He’d never seen Sean look so uptight andwith that But it’s too late for Garrett We already spilled the beans"

"What? Dammit, Holstein It should be rabbed his arm "You’d better re fed up with your - "