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"Are you talking about Oleg’s sire?" Giovanni asked quietly "I’d forgotten about that He was a nasty one; I didn’t ood, too"

She felt Baojia’s hand press into hers, trying to negate the instinctive tension She was still getting accustomed to the casual way life and death were ly civilized people She forced her voice to remain calm "So this has happened before?"

Tenzin nodded "At times The situation in Siberia was more clear-cut And our as a contract There was a vampire who invited others over and they hunted humans who had been let loose out in the woods Like animals in a nature preserve It was purely for sport And feeding, of course We were hired to kill him by one of the many vampires he’d pissed off"

Her stomach turned "But this is different"

Giovanni nodded "This has ust you, the va, so he wasn’t trying to hide it We were hired Wee politi for business reasons Oleg’s sire saw hunting huo after deer or any other game animal Brutal to ourhumans from his own territory on his own land In histhese hunts on the southern side of the border, they’re keeping it concealed Which they should, as no modern immortal leader would condone that behavior anymore"

"Good to know," shehumans like that would be too conspicuous There are more of you than there are of us We’re still very vulnerable if our secrets get out Plus, every immortal leader needs humans to operate in the modern world Human employees aren’t usually keen to work for someone who views them as animals"

"At least not openly," Beatrice said "And then there’s the Elixir problem"

Baojia shook his head "I don’t think they realize what it does Not really"

The loud fighting had ceased behind the door, and a low urgent voice drifted down the hall Natalie raised an eyebrow The voice did not sound angry

Beatrice stood "And that would be our cue to leave Show’s over"

Tenzin pouted "I wanted theht"

Sounds of passion were quickly overtaking any fighting in voluht red "Yeah, I think we should go"