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"Marchand and McKenzie?" he asked, confirround

"That’s them Vampires and shifters, respectively Elk Valley, Colorado"

"I’ Book of Inter-Sup Feuds?"

"No We don’t have that one The update subscription’s too expensive We do carry the Directory of Notable North American Feuds"

As he sounded utterly serious--and rarely was anything otherwise--I kept the follow-up question to e industry in supernatural feud directories?

"All right, I’ve got it Fiona McKenzie and Christophe Marchand She disappeared, and heOh Da about Christophe’s rather depressing end

"Yeah," I said "Bernard Marchand, we think, was the next one killed He was one of the Clan’s founders"

"Correct And there were others Many others Soht about theobject Vincent had mentioned "Does it mention the brooch?"

A pause, then, "Only that the van of it, or her, was ever found"

"So where the hell had they gone?" I wondered aloud Had someone killed her and stolen it? Or had Fiona simply taken the brooch and started over soiest But we’re an hour ahead of you, and dawn is on its way You want reat" Opting to be proactive, I added, "And if you’ve got soeneral report on the Marchand Clan, could you send that along, too? Ethan’s curious"

"Easily done," he said

Thank goodness so was

While I waited for Ethan to return, I carefully cleaned ht I’d just resheathed it when Ethan walked into the bedroom He closed the bedroom door behind him, locked it Just in case

"Gabriel?" I asked

"On his way," he said, kicking off his shoes and pulling his shirt over his head

"What did he have to say?"