Page 48 (1/2)
I frowned up at Darius What sort of dabbling was he doing, and asn’t he helpinggaze, he didn’t let on He nodded at Vlad "I’ll see you in the lair"
"I’ll look forward to hearing about this exquisite treasure you’ve collected" Yuck
Vlad bowed to us and then reached out his hand The ht and handed over my phone Before he turned away, I was the recipient of an intense scowl
"Dude, you started it Just be glad your face healed," I said His scowl deepened
"Here you go, Reagan" Vlad handed it to me "Take care of yourself"
"Thanks," Itellsyou off to Darius Ah well Such is life You can’t be lucky all the time" He winked before he turned and strode away
"Lucy, you have so to do," I said to Darius as I pulled up the text e app on my phone
Iht my eye It informed him I’d meet him at the hotel in a half-hour
The vanored e between Callie, Dizzy, and myself
"I knew you didn’t send it"
"How?"
"It was ood call, as I texted Callie and Dizzy where to meet us When that was done, I turned ?"
I pointed to the right because I needed so to eat, and there was a restaurant down the way
"Vlad knows about that, does he?" I barely heard Darius sigh
"The question is, why don’t I know about that?"
"I wanted s on my mind" His touch slid down led out of the way, knowing exactly what had been on histo fruition The demon fro fits into this"
"The aswang that you killed didn’t come from New Orleans Or anywhere in Louisiana It left a chain of murder victims across the country If one painted a line on the et that Northern California town" I let out a breath slowly
"The aswang fed every so often en route to New Orleans, stopping and killing one person beforeIts first feed in toas across the street from your house"
"It was spooked off from there, I think," I said
"Yes But it didn’t leave town quickly, as it had done on those other stops It lingered, killing again And again I believe that was to gain strength Only after the last feed did it try to infect you"
"It wouldn’t have succeeded, and not because of stupid Garret firebo my face So then what?"
"I’m not sure But it see to you specifically Then it caes’ sus can happen butfailed in its duty, whatever itto suss out your power There can be no other explanation"
"I was sent for by Seattle PD, though And even if the MLE office had a hand in , I doubt any of thees su the deating How hard would it be for one of thein the detective’s ear and call in reinforcements from your branch? Specifically, you, the number one bounty hunter in the country The hu with that in a heartbeat And he did"