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Da her, but he wasn’t He never approached her Never tried to char to remain unnoticed"

Leo shook his head "No, that’s not how they work They seduce They--"

"We all knohat the Grigori do, Leo" Da at Malachi "What happened?"

"He followed her back to a hotel, and…"

Maxi He just watched her, called someone on the phone, then left"

Damien was silent The others were silent It was, just as Malachi had suspected, unusual behavior for the Grigori of Istanbul He had hoped Daistered nothing Not shock, not recognition Nothing

The watcher finally said, "So you knohere this woori doesn’t"

"I thought you said--"

"She spotted hi away She went into the lobby of one of the hotels near the palace, waited for forty ori never sahere she’s actually staying"

Daly impressed with the resourcefulness of the hurinned "I like the clever ones Was she pretty, too?"

Maxim elbowed his cousin "That’s not important" Then he turned to Malachi and narrowed his eyes "But was she?"

"She was… interesting" She had been pretty, Malachi realized He’d been concentrating so hard on the chase that he hadn’t really noticed until he remembered her fine features, the slope of her eyes "Yes, she was pretty" Not that it h to find human women attractive They had never known true beauty like the older o back to her hotel tomorrow," Damien said "Find out ht, hopeful rise in his voice

"I don’t think so," Malachi said quietly "She would have heard ori wouldn’t have shown any restraint"