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Grudgingly, Sylvia said to the paja as we jockeyed for position, "While I hate to say anything nice about a bounty hunter in my county, we’ve received reports that Yellowrock saved your ht both want to think about that, Gordon"
To me she said, "I’d appreciate it if you warned ood ol’ boys who think killing vampires is a nifty way to make some extra cash, and not all of theal vaal substance before they start shooting, and it’s been a proble for attacking Hieronymus’ people instead of the crazy ones he’s licensed for bounty Hopefully that’s all of the du, and open lines of co vareed I mean, what else could I say? And the bounty was ood ol’ boys needed to take a backseat I couldn’t figure out a way to say that so I kept my mouth shut Go me
"We’ve just instituted a mandatory curfew to keep the citizens safe, from sundown to dawn, but I’ll add you to the list of exceptions, along with law enforceh proble in outsiders and hunting parties"
"Howpeople?" Eli asked
"If I count the ho at a little less than one-hundred twentythe nuht in line with Clark Not good Soraveyard full of dead people, and ood Worse, somewhere else there were likely kidnapped, penned, and tortured hu we learn,to him, Turpin said, "Pleasure to meet you," and handed Eli her card before she stepped doard her car Eli tucked it into his pocket with that odd look still on his face The closest I could co it onderment Crap Eli and the sheriff And he liked her in a very carnal way, if the s fros, but I was betting that it would only co out the front door until the three sheriff’s deputy cars pulled away
Gordon and Eli both turned to ize I assumed you had made an end run around me and the system I set up to protect ht, Mother would have likely gone out with the brainless duo anyway and ht have" He stopped as the realization hit hiht She would have died," I stated "You’re welcome And if someone sends an anonymous report to the sheriff, that duo could end up in jail onpossession I hate to send theht protect yourup half the county," Eli added
"I’ll call Sylvia toain But please take this in the spirit I intend it When this job is finished, you aren’t welcome back here"
"Got it," I said Gordon shushed into the dark I looked at Eli, as again holding Turpin’s card like he’d won the lottery "She’s pretty," I said
He gave er one he’d given her "Yeah And she likes guns She was carrying three, an H and K nine mil under one ar on her ankle, under her pants"
"A e Hope she likes coffee"
"She does Black" At his questioning look, I gave a hand shrug and said, "I s the crappy stuff they keep in cop shops for hours" Eli grinned happily, real emotion on his dark-skinned face The last time I’d seen that much mobility on his features, I’d just kicked his butt in the dojo "I’ll hire soet soood," he said But I was sure he only half heard ain, in a most erotic way I shook my head and went back upstairs to et dressed forall fresh and daisyfied I needed to be at my best when I made my next call to Leo and also when I set up the med clinic to treat the sick vaal paperwork and to ask about the unnahead hadinto bed when a knock sounded I was s "Come in"
The Kid opened the door, the hallway dark behind hiht froeBob SquarePants paja I think you need to see," he said He walked into my room uninvited, flipped on the switch at the door, which turned on the bedside light, and handed me the laptop An Internet file was open "If you tell my brother, I’ll be in trouble, but I drilled into Camilla Hopkins’ publisher’s Web site and found this on her editor’s PC"
"Drilled?" I asked He shrugged "Hacked is soooo yesterday," I said He shrugged again, noteye contact, and pointed to the laptop
It was a book proposal created by Misha, and it was very different from the one I’d seen in her hotel room Under the section title about research on va of research papers, all papers written by human researchers on vampire blood for medical research
I skimmed down until the word jumped out atthat vaht cure leukemia," he said