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"Gross," I said

"Fried frog legs," Eli said with a slight twitch of his lips

Alex flipped his brother off and we left the house on that loving family moment

CHAPTER 18

The Stench of Barbecued Vamp

Eli’s SUV had been released by the police to Leo, and a lower-level blood-servant picked us up out front and drove us to vamp HQ Eli and I dropped the driver off around the block froh the ured he knew about the secret entrance in the outer wall We headed into the night, following up on police reports, answering calls froated Juwan-- hi hisIt was the way vareeal, if reeit But if it helped me stop the Son of Darkness, I could live with despicable The conversation was pithy and not very inforet anything outta Juwan?"

"Jane Such a pleasure to talk with you Are you certain I can’t do anything to share that pleasure with you?"

Eli laughed More a snicker, really And it was too dark for him to see my scowl I wanted to swat both of the that swatting Eli could get a bigger hit back

"Eddie Focus This is business," I said

"Eddie?" Eli said, incredulity lacing the word

"You woundJane When hts and bring you to intense heights of carnal satisfaction"

Eli’s eyebroent up It was stupid and, with us in the ht tihed, which hat Edmund intended If I could like a vamp, I liked Edmund, and I still wanted to discover his story, but another time, another place "Yada yada yada," I said