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"Uuards lined the hallway

They nodded as Carade linoleuht?" Sean h floated through an open doorway coht

Cae lab with every kind ofequipment a doctor could wish for The va they could to burn out the motors on two treadmills placed side by side A brunet in a lab coat leaned over a desk, writing soed in a chair nearby, ad her

"Dr Lipton?" Ca, she turned around Her furrowed brow cleared as her face brightened with a s her pen down, she crossed to them and offered Sean her hand "We weren’t forht?"

He smiled and shook her hand "Yes"

"So nice to meet you" She motioned to the vampires "Those two are Cliff and Stuart Cliff’s on the left," she said, indicating the grinning African As moved so quickly that they blurred, while their upper bodies remained almost stationary It was a bizarre effect "And this is my husband Bastien," she finished

Sean nodded to Bastien and offered his hand "Nice to , Bastien rose "What--are you fucking without, she patted Bastien’s arm "No, honey I think he hasn’t heard the ruoing on

Bastien’s face cleared "Oh Well Good to meet you, too" He belatedly shook Sean’s hand

Cam rolled his eyes "I’m out Sean, you have my number Call me when you’re ready to leave and I’ll coh the fact that he couldn’t corated He had no idea what the network had done with his car, but he wasn’t allowed to use it anyested borrowing or renting a car, Chris had rejected the idea, saying, "I know it’s an annoyance, but until we get to the bottom of this latest mercenary threat, we need to restrict your uard with you at all times It’s for both your safety and ours"

Annoyance didn’t quite cover it

Cam left

Sean looked at the va their endurance?" he asked, curious to knohat such activity would indicate

Melanie snorted "No They’re just fooling around Cliff bet Stuart he could go faster on a treadrinned

"Okay"

Bastien ss can get pretty boring around here for the with me?" Sean asked The pair didn’t seem at all crazy

Bastien shook his head "They’re vampires And, since you’ll hear it sooner or later"

Melanie shook her head violently and repeatedly drew her hand across her throat in a slicingher, she s her neck

"Until a couple of years ago," Bastien continued, "I thought I was a vampire ed ith the I to kill every last one of them"

Sean stared at him No wonder the other immortals had see

"Damn it, Bastien," Melanie complained "We could have finally had soo and open your ed "May as well be honest It sounds a lot less daain "Oh, and I once killed an i!"

Sean laughed As did the vauy But I’ the others of that"

"Well, you won’t be getting any grief from me," Sean assured her When Bastien looked doubtful, Sean shrugged "I’ as you don’t screith me or my sister, I’m fine with you"

Bastien raised his eyebrows "I think I like you"

"Gay!" Stuart called breathlessly A loud clunk sounded as the motor of his tread Still running at top speed, Stuart slammed into the front of the treadh to crack the Sheetrock

Cliff burst into laughter and slowed to a halt

Melanie sighed "I told you not to break anything!"

Stuart groaned and picked hih it up, asswipe," he told Cliff "I won"

"Dude, I totally let you win because I knew that would happen"

"No, you didn’t"

"Yes, I did It happened to me the first time Dr Lipton put me on a treadmill"

Melanie winced "I still feel bad about that"

Cliff didn’t seeainst her