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The vaain That was one thing the older va They had lived preretail, when huoods in a marketplace "One possibility," he corrected me, "per drink, full meal, Fame Vexatum," he said

"All today--three drinks, for three names, within the hour And if you drink and don’t tell, I’ll treat you like I did de Allyon"

"To give you the nauide you"

"And if they don’t?"

Francis seeive you the possibilities first Then, if you are satisfied, you will feed me"

"Done"

"You have my former mistress, Esther McTavish" At my lifted brow, he waved that away "But of course she doesn’t count, due to the pesky circumstance of her unfortunate demise Charles Scarletti is Esther’s favorite scion" Iahen he said the naave a chuckle, low and hollow, like so from a Friday the 13th remake "Yes, Scarletti joined us quickly after we arrived froer to taste the wonders of the Naturaleza"

"One" I esture with one hand

He gave me a sly look "And then there are the ones closest to Hieronymus’ heart"

I drew in a slow breath "Zoltar and Narkis?"

"I am not foresworn," he re H’s sons I a H had given me for his primo, Clark When the call was answered, I said, "Jane Yellowrock here I need three full et theained with food?"

"Yeah So like that"

"Half an hour If the vampire hurts one of my master’s blood-servants, I’ll kill him," Clark said, his tone conversational

I felt a real shed, and it was strangely carefree for a guy who had just threatened death on a vauine pestis?"

Crap I’d forgotten that Drinking froht infect the huue and has gotten better And thanks for thinking about that"

"You’re welcome, Miss Yellowrock All in a day’s work Shall I send sohttootheumdonor?"

"Exactly"

Both, then "Well, you need to know that silver isn’t going to hurt him and can’t be used as a deterrent"

"Yes I understand But sunlight is still effective And it’s daylight"

I chuckled again, squinting up at the sun "Yes, it is Sure Send along a bodyguard or two And feel free to hurt the little vamp if needed, but don’t burn hiation for a while longer"

"Understood Half an hour, Miss Yellowrock"

I hung up without telling hiainst hiun and medical kit, loaded the weapon with a one-dose dart, walked into the garage, and, without asking his per it, and the dart hit him midcenter of his body, just above his navel, where a , puckered scars showed Francis yelped and flung the dart away, cursing It landed at arage Just before I closed the door behind me, I said, "You’re cured You’re welco away the weapons whenI could hear a car and the sound of tires on roadway in the background I was on speakerphone "Yeah"

Eli said, "Two things One: no way to track Misha’s location from her cell It’s a dead end Two: one of our staked vamps was Charles Scarletti," he said, "his human servant, Wynonna, dead in the crook of his arm"

"Well, crap My sources in the Natchez va off faster than I can locate the to Francis, Narkis and Zoltar have been plotting against their dad"