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"Mordecai?" she asked

"Just Cai is fine Only Lady Lyssa uses Mordecai"

"I expect she's fully aware of your nickname and prefers to use the proper one She's formal like that"

"I noticed Probably why I haven't spent any effort on repeated correction That, and she'd probably freeze my dick off" Cai slid his hands into his jeans pockets at her startled glance "Sorry Yeah So, they tell ht have some stuff to help eek knohere I can find him?"

The youngsome amusement "I'm Lord Brian"

The guy couldn't be hty, and vampires optie fifty Guy was practically the huive Cai tools to help him deal with Trads?

Brian obviously read his skepticis a closer look, Cai noted a seriousness in the ht be far more mature than his years Hopefully

"You think any vae of vampire science?" Brian asked pleasantly "Most of them don't even knohat a phone app is"

"Lord Belizar has ress," Debra pointed out "He sent that last text to you without incident And he's far older than two hundred"

"Yes" Brian snorted "He spelled out every word It was eleven pages long"

"I' any centuries-old vampire, let alone one with 'lord' tacked to the front of his nao," Cai said, his feet back under hi about that Everyone likes using cute pictures"

Debra hid a chuckle behind her hand She had some of the delicate-beauty quality that Lord Mason's servant Jessica had But as Cai took the same kind of closer look he had with Brian, he noted the razor-sharp intelligence in her brown, long-lashed eyes This was the huave equal props as Brian's partner in the lab

Cai's brain power ht be seriously outh Fortunately, it appeared Lord Brian had a sense of humor

"Indeed I shudder at the miscomht s that ht aid you I also want to ask you so"

His scrutiny increased as his gaze swept Cai, but hisCai on alert "And later, when you return, I'd like to ask you further questions about the Trads We know precious little about theical standpoint, and the more information I have about vampires as a whole, the more it contributes to the different divisions of e do at our lab facilities"

"The returning part is a big if, but sure,that's a prototype you want back, becausean arrow fro the moon"

"Yet you're still going," Debra said "That's very brave, to risk your life for a female you don't know"

"Not really Just going to do it Don't care to think about the why, because if I did, I'd realize it'sstupid, and I won't do it So let's move on"

She blinked Lord Brian gave hih a plastic box of vials After studying the labels on several, he handed one to Cai "This doesn't require refrigeration and its potency lasts about teeks Put it in so, wine, whatever No more than a few drops will knock a vampire out in asysteht it At night, they'll reive or take a few e and will If ader When they wake at twilight, they'll have a short hangover period that can slow their wits"

The scientist went to his stores, returning with a pack of gum

Cai shook his head "I really don't chew gum"