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"Who is that? Are they in Mexico City? I thought you said so about Ensenada"

"Who runs Mexico is not is in Ensenada, and he’s the one who I’ll have to talk to if there’s a vampire ou hea vampit of control in Northern Mexico"

"Ensenada’s only a few hours away Shouldn’t he be taking care of soe?"

He tried not to roll his eyes "He should be But Ivan often does what he wants I’o talking to him Can you persuade her to leave this alone?"

"Natalie?" Dez snorted "Not likely And she neverher evento have to stall her"

Noas Dez who sounded exasperated "Look, you don’t know this woets her teeth into soo And she has very little sense of self-preservation"

He frowned, unaccountably irritated with the huht you said you met her Did she seem stupid to you?"

No, she see He willed away the i into her little house and i off her dress before he could escape The light dusting of freckles on her pale skin was scattered… everywhere He cleared his throat "No, she didn’t seem stupid, but she needs to stay away froard for humans They’re food and entertainment, that’s all"

"Wow He sounds like a peach"

"She needs to stay off his radar, Dez Giveto worry that your friend is going to trip into sohed after Matt whispered so to her "I’ll do what I can I’ll try to distract her, but if she finds out, she’s going to be pissed"

"Better pissed off than drained in the desert"

"True," Matt said "And if there’s anything we can do on our end, let us know"

"I will" He wasn’t going to pass up that offer, not while he was stuck in San Diego Matt Kirby could be a good ally in Los Angeles "And Matt, I’d appreciate your discretion in all this, if that’s possible"

In other words, don’t tell Vecchio