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Santiago grunted “Yeah, except the only places he’s been gnawed are the neck and the inner thigh”

The carotid and the fe in close, she visually examined both wounds The victim’s pants were bunched around his ankles, but he still had on his underpants, so the attack had been about the blood—though his attacker had wasted a great deal of it, froist, but looks to raded to deter marks had been obliterated in the mess of flesh

“One of the hunter-born could scent the skin,” she said, “see if they catch a vampiric scent Ransom’s in the city, not sure about Elena—I’ll call the Guild, ask if one of the about this scene felt off Another hunter’s input would be welcome “Blood splatterthe request “Pretty public at night”

“Yeah, but this street’s almost all daytime businesses, no restaurants, one hole-in-the-wall bar,” Santiago said, salt-dusted eyebrows heavy over eyes of faded brown “Bar staff had cleaned up and were out of here by three thirty, according to the er I just woke up Launderette down the street opens at six thirty Given the time our anony down between four and five”

“Before it would’ve been light” Honor nodded “Otherwise, there’s probably a few folks who’d cut through to the subway entrance”

“Yeah, I’ll have , see if we can catch any of the regular foot traffic” He looked up as a shadoept across thes the o, then to a glea shade that reminded Honor of the dawn, until the priold Tall, with lithe race that caainst opponents ere usually stronger and faster

Honor had seen the photos, of course, but the reality of a fellow hunter ings was surreal “I know I’,” she said into the hush that had fallen, “but, Elena, you have wings”

Elena laughed, her eyes appearing silver in this light, her damp, near-white hair pulled back into a neat French braid “I still wake up surprised so its shine when she turned toward Santiago “I’ll check the scent” Those incredible wings spread out on the dirty street as she knelt on the asphalt

Elena didn’t appear to worry about it, peeling back the tarp to exaht possibly be va, given how long the attacker had to have spent with the victiold of her skin “This one’s weird Human with filed-down teeth, maybe?”

Filed-down teeth

It was the cue Honor’sback to a short article in a Guild newsletter she’d read while in the hospital “Santiago, can we ht shoulder?”

“Yeah, no probleloved hands under the body, he shifted it to the side Elena quickly gloved up, too, so she could help hold the body as Honor went around to push up the victied hunter said a word, but Honor could taste the tension on her tongue, it was so pervasive

Deciding to pretend she hadn’t noticed as clearly a private rift, she ed to bare the victim’s shoulder “Damn, I didn’t really think I’d find it”

Two heads twisted around to examine her discovery It was a s out from each side Elena scowled “I’ve never seen that”