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"What murders on the border? Did you say Juarez?" Baojia stoppedperfectly still, but he felt his heart thump once "Dez, what murders?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone Finally, Dez said, "I… I thought you would have known about it I ave her your naht if anyone would have infor to his wife as his mind raced "Honey, Natalie’s a reporter," the human said "A really smart, persistent one, if I re her an introduction to a vaure out so Baojia or Ernesto need is so around!"

"Don’t talk to me like that! You didn’t see what happened in Juarez I did And looking back hat I kno, I’m almost positive there is some sort of tie-in with a vampire None of the human authorities could irls, Matt Hundreds And if as happening in Juarez isinto California--"

"Desiree," Baojia said She stopped as soon as she heard his voice

Dez still sounded annoyed "What?"

"Thank you forme aware of this"

That seemed to surprise her because she fell silent

Matt said, "I’ht into this, Baojia I know you keep a low profile, even in LA"

"I’d rather be informed than anony the border He’d tracked the activity in Juarez for years, and he had to agree with Dez There was probably a varoup of the women But since Juarez, Mexico, was clearly out of his sire’s territory, there wasn’t much that he could do about it It was horrible, but not his concern Murders along the California border, however…

"When did she start following this story?"

"Natalie said it started a few o There were isolated reports out in I bodies, but the police investigations went nowhere Then the Border Patrol reported that nine bodies were found out in the uessed that a coyote, a sler, had taken the woether, within a few yards of each other If they’d been left out there, they would have walked Probably some would have fallen behind They would have been spread out, at least a little But the bodies looked like they’d been dumped in one location"

Sns of death or struggle?"