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"But not great breasts As a race, we tend to be slender and flat I’m just the weird exception"

"Not weird-delicious And not every e"

"No, but the largest money earners in that club seeically enhanced"

"It has been my experience over recent years that ical enhancement It’s you wo I’d overheard in the changing rooms at the club, that’s certainly true" I put the coffee down and beganon breakfast "I found our sorcerers They own the club"

"Are you sure both these women are involved in the murders?"

"Pretty ers to sleep with vampires-and I presume, let the sorceress into the house so the zoirls"

"So you’re dealing with two sorcerers, hellhounds, and zoot the holy water you asked for"

"Excellent" I popped a quick kiss on his cheek, then grabbed some bacon

"I also acquired a silver knife"

I raised my eyebrows He knew silver and I weren’t compatible, so it seemed an odd purchase "Why?"

"Because a silver knife will h the hellhound’s flesh and bone,the any other creature ht "So they’re as allergic to silver as I aical creatures have problems with pure silver It’s just more commonly knohen it comes to olves"

"So, burn their eyes out, then cut their heads off Easy stuff," I added with a wry grin "Of course,a silver knife could be problematic"

"It has a bone handle You should be able to hold it long enough to use it When it’s not in use, keep it in the sheath supplied It has a thin lead lining, so I think it should give you enough protection"

"For an old man, you think pretty well"

"I’ olf"

"You reckon so?" I teased, one eyebrow raised

He picked up the tray and put it on the floor beside the bed "Obviously, I’reed

Luckily for ain uneventful, and try as I ht, I couldn’t spot Kye I had no doubt he was here-every now and again awareness would wash across my skin-but I could never pinpoint the exact location The man was a will-o’-the-wisp, and obviously had no desire to catch the pro, actually left me quite relieved I wasn’t entirely sure either of us was strong enough to resist such a close and intimate situation, and neither of us could afford the trouble it would give us if things got out of hand

I did see Jessica several tiain I sensed that odd air of desperation about her It was anger and helplessness and frustration coht And I caught her watching h she watched the other acts, too, sooverly nervous

I didn’t have uarded doors, however, and that was da I actually learned over the course of the night was that the ca they could pick out a vampire-or even a half vampire-wrapped in shadows What lay beyond the the club

Of course, itquarters or the ested it was so a whole lottheir ic so up new pentagrams every time they had some evil deeds to perforic anywhere else in parts of the building I had access to-beyond what I’d felt when Hanna was interviewing me, anyway

It was close to one by the tied into warm clothes-I wasn’t about to end up half frozen as I had last night, so this tiht a jacket with ht-well, SundayStreet was a whole lot busier than the previous night This time the heavy beat ofoff-tune, and their noise overrode the roar of cars passing by this back alleyway

I shovedwith the drunks, my voice no less off-key than the men ahead Only I wasn’t drunk, just tone deaf

After a few ain, and I couldn’t help s to co, Kye"

He appeared out of the shadows to ht I’d better, or you "

"Smart ass"

"So for their lives" He glanced at ht elanced at hiaze swept ht would ensue if you tried, and I’d hate to see bruisesyou’d the get the chance to land the first punch Trust ed, like it didn’t matter

And really, it didn’t, because I had no intention of arresting hiht not have come back yet with any deep and dark secrets about this erous in ways I couldn’t even begin to ienda-unless it was absolutely necessary

I just wished e

"You didn’t find ht," he co a dance to spend ti one lonely little killer"

Kye’s a me in ways I couldn’t even explain-and certainly didn’t want to examine

"So you looked, but couldn’t spotscraped softly against the concrete It sounded like the nail of a dog or so si the shadows or scrounging around the overflowing bins There didn’t even appear to be any rats-

"I’ll find you to darkness than on what I was saying "I’m told Sundays tend to be slower, so I’ll have more time to play"