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She sensed, rather than saw, the wolf-shifterto tend other customers Oh brilliant This is really the perfect tio You’re here for Liza
She plucked a menu out from between the napkin holder and a ketchup bottle and spun around on the stool to survey the bar’s patrons, still trying to find her sister Instinctively she started categorizing people, pausing on each of the Mirus to identify their race Felis Witch A couple of vampires Was that a selkie? Damn, he ay far south They tended to prefer colder climates
The band hadmore upbeat Sophie observed, assessed, and paused when she saw a sht yelloder and a wad of cash changing hands
Oh coht under the nose of the IED?
Not that they were aware she was part of the Investigation and Enforcement Division since she was in plainclothes and wasn’t flashing her badge And she wouldn’t unless it becaent while she extricated Liza fro she needed It’d be just her luck that soet her ass canned for her sister’s actions, ith the Council’s whole thou shalt not let humans knoe exist edict
“What else can I get you?”
The bartender was back, and Sophie realized she hadn’t even looked at the menu She turned back around and studiously pretended she hadn’t been ogling hi for someone”
“Ain’t we all, chère?” His h kilowatts to fry an alligator
Put that away, Cajun, Sophie thought as her blood heated with so other than teham?”
The smile didn’t fade, but his eyes chilled “What you be wantin’ with Liza?” Suspicion snaked around the easy tone, but Sophie couldn’t tell whether it was in the na else
What are you hiding?
While she debated for a long moment about whether to reveal their family connection, another of the waitresses leaned over “I tried Liza again fro without her tonight I need a long neck Michelob”
Sophie tuned out the order Her brain was too busy focusing on what the girl had just said Liza wasn’t here She wasn’t answering her cell or her house phone Sophie had tried both, of course, several times since she’d left Atlanta, but she’d assu her calls and knew perfectly well that her ass was gonna wind up in a sling But if she wasn’t answering for work and hadn’t called inWell, that wasn’t like her She ht have a wild hair, as their mother was liable to say, but she always met her responsibilities
When Mick finished handing over the latest order of drinks to the waitress, Sophie pulled out her badge “Is there somewhere we can talk in private?”
Chapter 2