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In truth, the story he orking on would never see the light of day It wasn’t an assignment for the paper, just more research in an effort to find out who had turned Barbara In his mind, the Vampire who had done so was also responsible for her death

Gentry muttered an oath as another Web site turned out to be a dead end Whoever said you could find anything you were looking for on the Web obviously hadn’t been trying to track a Va suspicion that Santoro the Magnificent was ician, that the reason thetricks was because he possessed Supernatural abilities He had suspected that Santoro ician claimed to be a shape-shifter, creatures that had little in coe shape

Gentry shook his head It had been a Vampire who had turned Barbara; there was no doubt about that Even as the thought crossed his mind, he was reminded that Vaician was a Va as a shape-shifter

He swore softly Maybe there was no story Maybe Santoro was nothing e shape Maybe the fact that people died wherever he perforh But what if Santoro was indeed a Vampire, the very Vahter’s life to find out? He knew Barbara would never have done anything that would put Savanah’s life in danger, not for a few colue her own death

And yet, what if Santoro had killed Barbara? The thought repeated itself over and over again Savanah was his best chance to get close to the ain Va, and Gentry was determined to find out what it was

Chapter Seven

Savanah sat back in her chair A glance at the clock on the wall behind her desk told her it was al time She’d had a busy day and the tiue and talked to Bobby Chang, the mortician, who had informed her that there had been about a teaspoonful of blood left in the John Doe’s body The mortician had no explanation for the blood loss, other than two small puncture wounds located on the inside of the corpse’s left ar to her office, Savanah had read and answered her one to lunch with one of her coworkers, done a little writing on the story she orking on, and spent every led his name on the Web Lots of links came up for various products and services There was even an old ician She felt her cheeks heat at the thought of Rane being hers When she Googled the stage names he had used in the past, she found numerous rave reviews of his shows posted by fans all across the country, as well as dozens of online videos, and at least fifty fan sites But nothing she didn’t already know

Feeling as though she were banging her head against the proverbial stone wall, she shut down her co she had just enough tiet ready for her date with Rane Just thinking about seeing hi in er with her first crush

It was near dark when she pulled into the driveway Switching off the ignition, she grabbed her handbag and her briefcase and hurried into the house

No lights were on, but out of habit, she called, “Hey, Dad, are you here?”

When there was no answer, she went into the kitchen to see if he had left her a note Finding none, she hurried upstairs In her room, she undressed and headed for the shower She stood there athe hot water ease the tensions of the day She wondered where her dad had gone It was unusual for hi out

Stepping out of the shower, she pulled on her robe, quickly did her hair and h her closet trying to decide what to wear She settled on a pair of camel-colored pants and a white silk shirt

She had just posted a note for her dad on the fridge when the doorbell rang

Her date had arrived, right on ti a deep breath, Savanah stepped into her sandals, her heart pounding a mile a minute