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Right That made sense And Bruiser had not told me that because I was supposed to draw my own conclusions Basic police work Everybody observe, then everybody share Conclusions were more likely to be correct with that formula than if one person told all the others, which would slant everything I understood it, but it ticked ht Joses went "

Eli agreed with a slight nod Though his words were unspoken, I could hear hihts probably paralleling head"

Pinkie cleared her throat warningly, but Eli didn’t retract his fanghead insult with the more polite Mithran He squatted onto the balls of his feet and gestured to the vaers, hidden by her dress, and"--he bent in closer--"she’s wearing a glove on this hand"

I moved to his side as he pulled a thin-bladed knife, leaned forward, and pressed the flat of the blade against the striped dress fabric Rather thansound and fell into dust on the chewed glove beneath, exposing what she had held

The feht hand The tip was corroded, as if vamp blood had been on it

"Huh," I said

"Who was here that night? Could you tell?" Eli asked Meaning could I smell them

"This ," I said, telling the truth and yet not answering the question

Pinkie looked at me curiously It was obvious that she hadn’t heard the whole "Jane turned into athe vamp rounds

"Would you excuse us?" I asked her Pinkie’s pink broent up, ain, but she nodded and walked away When I heard her patent leather shoes tapping on the stairs I said quietly, "I re at vamp HQ on sub-four Adrianna and a blond vamp, arms around each other They looked chu, so this could be her Maybe"

"Chummy in a culturally appropriate way for the time, or in an ‘into her panties’ kind of way?" Eli asked "Because if they were lovers and she died here"