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How could Cas enjoy fucking anyone when it could result in so Mirceo?

Jealousy scored hi horns into the wall, adding new holes to go with the other ones peppering the room "Should kill him for this!" That vampire had him so twisted up inside

Sensual, laughing Mirceo With his ray eyes and devil-may-care attitude

Cas rubbed the heel of his palht all over, his lis had set off changes in Cas's body, proers Cas's veins were bri Such an excess meant his cock remained stiff as a titanium rod

I' host Another outcome he'd had no control over! With a yell, he punched the wall, adding yet another hole

Claustrophobia surged, his throat tightening Need a job Anything to distract me Cas snatched on a coat and his sword belt, then traced to the Red Flag, a tavern in New Orleans that catered to bounty hunters He recognized several of those inside

A group of lion shifters and a berserker played dice in the back A few smoke demons relaxed in front of the fire

On the way to the bar, Cas passed an extended wall covered with bounty postings Whenever someone offered a reward anywhere in the Lore, a copy would mystically appear here and at other similar establishments If a hunter took down a poster, it disappeared from all locations, and he was bound to complete the task, upon penalty of death

Varying in ter as si an inani a sorcerer from his impenetrable fortress on Poly

Before Cas left here tonight, he would select a challenging hunt--but not too challenging, not until he got his mind in order

Taking a seat at the bar, he recalled his start in this business, the fateful MISSING poster he'd come across when he elve He hadn't been able toit aloud A nobledemon had lost hisaround the slums

Easy enough Cas had delivered the hellhound to its owner, collecting more money than he'd ever seen He'd discovered he had a talent for finding lost rown such a reputation--his naar replaced by Tracker--that other hunters had traced hi

Now the tavern's grizzled de when you'd show" Leyak, a retired hunter and Cas's de facto mentor, was as s "Brew, son?" Unlike e past his prime, his face weathered and horns scuffed He must have a human ancestor somewhere in his line

"Always" When Leyak poured an expensive vintage, Cas said, "Are we celebrating so?"

The deold aplenty now"

"How's that?"

"Al connected to Poly disappeared fro it in"

True Lorean dregs often hid out in that dimension A squalid hunter's bar there had provided Cas with new notices Like a spider on a web, he'd collected them one by one

"Nothing gets past you" All those years ago, the eagle-eyed hunter had realized Cas couldn't read the posters Instead of ridiculing hi on the the other hunters know

Leyak had been the only one who'd believed a fourteen-year-old like Cas could collect on the first live bounty he'd chosen Afterward, the old deer, son!"

Cas had liked the name, and so he'd claimed it

"Surely you're not looking for a job," Leyak said now "See, son, when folks "

"Trying to keep busy" Cas sa to Mirceo What if additional Forbearers stalked the vampire? Mirceo traveled outside Dacia more than any others in that family--aside from Trehan, as far too powerful for turned hue

The Forbearers had knohere to look for Mirceo Their order would send out another force And another one Mirceo would never be safe What if he'd already been captured?

Could I ever find him? Cas's instinct to hunt burned--

"A fellow ht," Leyak said "A vampire"

Cas cursed the surge of excitement that the demon's words roused "Oh?"

"A clear-eyed one Quite char for a leech"

Did Mirceo plan to infiltrate all parts of his life? When Cas's claws shot even longer, he sank them into his palms The bite of pain made him ache for the vampire to feed, to empty him of all this excess blood "Can't say this is a surprise He's been searching for me"

Leyak blinked "He didn't ask after your whereabouts Just used your naet in the door here"

A chill swept over Cas "Are you saying he took a job?"

Leyak's gaze shifted to the poster wall, where one ancient notice was conspicuously absent "I' he took the job"

FIFTEEN

"What the hell, va a nanosecond after he'd arrived

"Is there a probleh of these hunters kneas returning tonight

Caspion released him "You have no idea what you've done!"