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He was a non-entity, a blank slate If I closed my eyes I wouldn’t even know he stood in the roo I always kneho stood nearby I could place thehts and emotions I’d never encountered anyone with a mind so completely blocked I felt blinded

As he walked towards us with that flowing grace, he and Lia coh Lia’sI’d ever heard

"She’s a telepath I can’t compel or control her She knohat I am, we have to eliminate her She’s fully aware I bit her three times We can’t let her live hat she knows"

It all poured out in a whiny streaht at hiot weird He spoke to her, not out loud, but directly into her mind I did a double-take to verify his mouth hadn’t moved I could hardly believe it

"You think she is a threat to us?" His lips hadn’t moved

"She knows tooto us at this very moment" Her lips didn’t ing into azes I looked away, doing my best ‘who me’ act He looked back at her, unhappy

"Perhaps she is, but ould she tell? Who would believe tales of vampires?"

My blood froze cold Vampires – for real?

"It’s not for me to make suppositions I acted on the potential threat"

"She wasn’t truly a probleht her here Now you have exposed us both But you already know this You think me so foolish I cannot see youra threat I must act upon"

"I simply wanted to contain the situation"

"Of course, a situation you created andher here to my door-step I’ll not be manipulated You hoped to sate your sick desires on her, and you wish my permission Let’s not couch it in lies"

Their ave me a headache I could barely keep up with the floords sospoken

"Yes Master, I want to kill her If you’d allow me to kill at my discretion I wouldn’t have exposed you I could’ve taken care of it discreetly with no one the wiser" Lia sounded snipish, as if it was all his fault that she brought me here

"Your discretion is ever flawed You prove the necessity for iveness"

"No you don’t, you are begging permission to kill"

"Yes"

"And how did you find her? Walking the streets? I think not You used the escort service, and they have the call records and financial payment records of the reservation fee Is that your definition of discretion? The police investigation would lead to us in a matter of hours"

The entire conversation passed in the span of ten seconds of staring at each other It ended abruptly when the Spaniard lashed out at Lia He smacked her really hard, a whip-crack backhand He hit her so hard her feet left the ground as she flew across the roo the uncomfortable silence with sudden violence

It scared the shit out of irly squeak Lia picked herself up off the floor about eight feet frohtened her skirt like it was no big deal Tough little bitch

The Master stared me down for a moment, then introduced hiuera, but I suspect you already know that"

He watchedSpaniard beak I had that sa I’d experienced earlier with Lia I returned his stare, refusing to be inti I saw on the History channel, Spain had been overrun by Arabs at one point As a result, the Spaniards had a heavy blend of Arabic genetics He had that sa nose, especially when he stared down it at me, ready to piss myself

I didn’t fall for his ruse I never ad hands and played it off "My na on here, but I’d really like to go hoonna be very upset if I’, unfazed, unperturbed He droveto be cut off fro vital He could lie and I’d never know it No one could lie to , but still, it’s a point of pride He robbed e, which I really needed now