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That was a lot of ifs, so I wasn’t holding my breath When the clan ho the valuable art and jewels Obscure hundred-year-old paperwork nored
Del entered and stood at the entrance Leo didn’t look away froaze Carefully, for, he said, "Adelaide, you act now as official witness Jane Yellowrock may speak and act in my name prior to dusk At dusk, she will be dismissed as my Enforcer If she missteps, and does harm to the one for whom she searches, it is upon her to accept retribution, not this clan, this city, or the Mithrans sworn to me"
Great So that hy he’d wanted me released Butthat meant I could do what needed to be done to stay alive and keep others alive It was a nice little dance step around the truth I let a s slowly scarlet as he spoke "From that moment onward, until such time as the mass iven to the human authorities, the services of Jane Yellowrock, in the capacity of Enforcer, will be no longer required Her duties will be taken over in entirety by Derek Lee"
"I have so noted," Del said, her voice soft
"As part of her search, she is to be allowed access to any part of the Council preiven any and all information, papers, and access to any huive her coain, and I realized that this was a form of cere to seal the deal
Leo transferred his gaze to Del and said, "Youin my former primo to assist with any papers search He was here whene fronificant other Boyfriend Whatever Bruiser I fought the urge to grin like a fool at the thought of working with him
To me, Leo said, "At dusk, you will be dismissed to fulfill your chores for the New Orleans Police Department, and to fulfill a new contract with the Master of the City of New Orleans Any choices you make contrary to that contract will be upon your head"
I letsmile "I can live with that" I let my expression add, But I don’t know if you can
"Before dusk, you will acquire your papers and writ oftracking Yes Tracking the monster, the murderer of humans"
"With permission to take his heart," I added
"With that exact authorization and that exact wording" His sry predator His fangs clicked down And I reain--and savaged Gee DiMercy’s throat, and silver stakes were poor weapons against the MOC I’d tried the h my skin, Leo said, "Prepare the contract, overnor, that I may speak with them Find the papers that caive them to the vampire hunter Go, Jane Yellowrock," he said toslowly until the door hit me between the shoulder blades I closed it silently behind"Holy crap on a cracker with toe jam," I whispered I shuddered hard and moved away from the office at speed I was halfway to the front door when I was able to slowducky"
All those rocks and hard places started dancing in my brain: The rock as stated by Sabina The rock of Leo wantingforthe murderer’s heart The hard place of what I’d promised to Jodi, that I’d place the needs of the humans in front of Leo, nooutside the job of Enforcer--the freedoovernor and Leo Mediawhat the European Mithrans would do to Leo in the face of these calaht be left in a Son of Darkness once I took his heart And what the EuroVamps would do to the heart taker
CHAPTER 7
You Wet Your Pants?
I stopped back at the house, parking the sexy Harley in the side alley leading to the sate shut The iron-on-iron clang felt like safety, like ho the weight of the last few hours blow out with h ertips and out the botto away in rivers of relief Hoht across the street, so at speed It was too fast for me to identify, but I could rule out lots of natural and supernatural creatures I guessed it was Brute, the white ho had bitten Joses-- No Joseph From now on, it was Joseph Joseph Santana
I left the helmet on the bike I missed my Harley, Bitsa, way more than I had expected to
Elihis new vaear And he looked totally awesome Matte black leather with sheathes, holsters, loops, military combat-style boots, and a utility belt that was built for the Hulk He also carried a gobag big enough to hide a fully auto and a dozen fully loaded extended clips With his brown skin and his close-cropped Arer looked like a centerfold froazine
My partner had once told me he would never wear leather, but the defensive benefits of the neitch-spelled / Dyneema-threaded / Kevlar-enhanced / silver-plated–titaniued his mind I stopped on the low steps and asked, "Has Sylvia seen you in the new gear?"
The grin Eli gaveit off Sylvia Turpin, sheriff of Adams County, Mississippi, was Eli’s honeybun, and what they did in the sack was of no interest toaway any attearden as I entered the house It would be a long tied ed, as if I were standing on carpet in the winter and static electricity had coated ertips "Coear up"