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"He is And he wouldn’t just disappear without--"
"He can’t be ! Deirdre can find him They always knohere the other is That’s the way it works!"
"Brigid, even with their blood tie, she can’t find hi We’ve all been looking, but he was out of his ele," she shouted "He can’t! Where is he?" She stalked over to the rotary phone on Murphy’s desk and picked up the handset before Carwyn grasped her arm She shook him off and dialed
"He’s not at ho, Brigid, and he orking on finding so for? I need you to tellTwice Three ti up? She blinked back the tears, but Caras still talking
"I told you he’s not there What was he working on? He was talking about blood research Talking about a question you’d asked Was it related to the drugs business? I know--"
She slammed down the receiver and spun around "I don’t knohat he was looking for! I think there’s sos that don’t… they don’tinto tooon… I asked hiet it in his head that there was sos that affected vaht--I don’t knohat I thought!"
"There has to be soid Think Has anyone asked after him lately? Or asked about me? It’s possible this is because of me or someone else in our clan Has anyone--?"
"No!" She tore at her hair and paced the roo around her It wasn’t safe here Nowhere was safe Ioan couldn’t be gone Ioan was her protector He was the strongest being she had ever known, save for the irateat her fro "We’ve run out of ideas, and you’re the only one he would have confided in other than Deirdre and me I need to knohether this is because of id We need your help"
Her whole body was nu, Carwyn He kept asking s? Did I know s? It was always just a few questions, then he would starthole opened up in her chest and she felt as if her heart caved in Suddenly, it was as if the life left her legs and she cru he does when he gets an idea and he just… I roan, more than a cry, that wrenched itself out of her one
If Ioan was gone then nothing in the world was safe Brigid felt Carwyn lift her up and carry her to the leather chaise in the corner of the office He set her down gently and stroked a hand across her cheek, into her hair, his fingers weaving through the thick brown strands until his palm rested warm on the back of her neck She held on to hi else he ?"
She couldn’t think Her e, every conversation, every shared joke she’d ever had with Ioan She felt Carwyn’s lips press down on the top of her head
"I have to go, love I have to keep looking I’ve called friends to help Thisin a favor You’re not to go anywhere without one of Murphy’s men, do you understand?" She felt his hand shake a little where it held her neck "If so my people, they could come after you, too You’re the most--" She heard his voice crack "The most vulnerable here in the city Maybe it would be better--"
"I’ back ho I’ll stay in the city I can help I’ll do what I can I have to"
His arid, I… we can’t lose you, too Please don’t try anything foolish" He held her for a few more o"
Her hands reached up and clutched his forear into the thickhis arm close for one more moment before she pushed him away "Go," she whispered "Find hi mission of every member of the Dublin security team for the next week Every vampire in the city was shocked Ioan was the most powerful vales for hundreds of years He was a scientist, a peacemaker If he was vulnerable, then no one was safe The city was reeling in shock and no little aid’s coworkers spoke in hushed whispers around her and handed her busywork She wasn’t allowed to leave and do anything in the field She didn’t even try to leave the building She ate and breathed the search, called every contact she had in the huy he’d helped at one point or another Every former patient of Ioan’s in Dublin that she could think of She hardly slept