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"Thirteen" His smile widened "Lucky nue on the way He texted that he wanted you to use it today"
"Yeah Okay That’s" I shook my head at the ludicrousness of what I was about to say "That is so nice"
I took the stairs because the elevator shaft was open with the elevator locked on the top floor as part of my lousy plan "Yellowrock in stairway B," I said into el Tit said back
I increased my speed, picked up Wrassler’s weapon, and reached Leo’s office fast I wanted to get this over with and didn’t want to be on this floor when the trouble hit I knocked on the door, which was cracked open, and stepped inside On the air currents I soody The vamp council’s topat the opening to the office, I waited The silence was disturbing on an organic, biological level No breathing except Del’s and al pad before her, a pen in her hand, and was dressed in a black sword-fighting suit, her hair up in a severe bun She didn’t look aton the vamps ear as I studied the on wooden stools at his desk, which made sense, as they eaponed up like the love children of sa in a chair would have been iainst the wall, looking lazy, or as lazy as the unbreathing undead can
Their battle gear was downright pretty Grégoire’s was a dark gold leather with an overlay of bright brass-over-steel chain ht Leo’s was black leather overlaid with blackened titaniuht They ear hite with steel and looked all wrong with her white skin and ash blond hair, until I saw the white hood and face plate, like a beekeeper’s hood or a fancy version of the sword-fighting gear worn in Blood Challenges Del had guns on her At least three that I could see froal
Since no one said anything, I decided to make offense my bestoffense "You didn’t callyou? Because last ti smile crossed Leo’s face "You are safe The error of my ways has been pointed out to me by my primo and lawyer, Adelaide" A faint slanced up atbefore her attention dropped back to the paper "My Enforcer," Leo said "I ask that you allowbattle"
It sounded like a formality but I wanted to make sure he kneas serious I pulled a silver cross out of , with such powerful va My voice had no inflection at all when I spoke "No"
"Why do you stay with our oire asked
"Money And because I’ stuff I need to know" I hooked my thumbs in my utility belt and kept my knees loose, my body balanced I looked as relaxed as he did, but I was ready to move My hands were positioned directly over my red-handled 380s, which I’d made ready to fire as I clioire asked
When I answered, I looked at Leo, not his heir and his spare heir "I’ve learned the reason why all the vamps have such an interest in Leo’s prime real estate Swah The real reason isn’t even because of the world political situation Most of the reason is because of thefroht you had them and that kept you safe, as they were afraid to attack you" I let soer at hi in the baseed Joses Bar-Judas The Son of Darkness Is Hanging In Your Base at his hands, loosely clasped on the table Katie was resting across the tabletop, her head in the crook of her aruarded, and at ease, almost human Her eyessoft
Holy crap Katie is in love with Leo
Mate, Beast thought at me
"Yeah," I said to all of the the curve of his jaw
My voice hard, I went on "When Peregrinus got Reach’s files, he got more than hints about artifacts He found out about the SOD" Leo nodded again "Now? Knowing it’s down there--that he’s down there-- It’s out--all your secrets are kno, even if only to a limited number of people The secret is out Soon they’ll all know"
"Yes," Leo said
"And ill you do with Joses?"
"Do?"
"Yeah Leave hihed, but the sound wasn’t hu as ticked off "Shall I set hi his own arcenciel, which was set free by accident in the fight to take hiave him tore him near unto true-death and stole what re for decades"
"But one bit you And Gee" I stopped "Oh!" The understanding hung in le candle flame in a dark cavern "Once you had him, you were stu hi hi from Joses--who had survived an arcenciel bite--for years, and Gee froreed
"Holy crap" I stared at hi to make sense of all the possibilities that had just occurred to ularly because his blood is so powerful But you couldn’t control hiot hold of the pocket watches I found in Natchez Once you had a few of them with the discs e him At least a little bit"