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We were heading home tomorrow, so that Don would be able to reach us if he needed to He didn't knohere Spade and Denise lived when they were in the States, but he'd know to try an to keep a low profile while attee he'd inflicted on himself with the cave incident, so we probably could've waited longer before going ho branded with shapeshifting, deht have made her practically iies to cats

"I' a slice of cake Tyler, you want any?" Denise asked, hi the only other person here who didn't feed pri in the living roos in weeks

Tyler gave her a droll look "I' you to tell me your secret If I ate half as much as you, I'd lose these fierce hips in a week"

Her srimness "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you"

And if she didn't, Spade would, Iability, and a metabolism that burned off calories faster than Denise could consume them weren't the only effects of the de to va looking toout of their coffins after her

"I'll have a piece of cake," I called out I ht be a vampire, but that didn't o to waste

"But, u an idea about that fudgy icing "I'linting as he ured out another use for that cake, too

"Everyone, I'll see you on the morrow," he said Then he went into the kitchen, took the plate Denise had just put a heaping slice of cake on, and started up the stairs

"Retiring already, Crispin? Isn't it quite early?" Ian asked with a wicked little grin

"Piss off,so similar

We were halfway up the stairs when Dexter let out a sharp bark I tensed, but then Elisabeth's voice followed, letting host had suddenly appeared in the house

"I knohere Kramer is!"

I turned toward the sound of her voice Elisabeth stood in the foyer with Fabian at her side Bones set the cake plate down on the steps with a sigh

Ian laughed "Wretched ti if I didn't admit that a small, selfish part of ood news a few hours later

So," I told her while flashing Bones a rueful smile as I started back down the stairs "Where is he?"

"Sioux City, Iowa," she replied "I've seen him there four times now Far too many to be mere coincidence This must be where he'll select his victims"

"He picks all of his victiht you said Kramer made sure never to utilize the same place twice"