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“Or what, you’ll call the cops?” I asked I actually leaned in toward the bar, but I was too short to lean over it He was out of er felt warood

“If you really hate supernaturals, help us hunt this one down,” Newman said

“Are you saying there’s aaway to be replaced with fear He was such a big, tough guy, I hadn’t expected him to scare so easily

As the anger faded and the fear grew, I fought not to pout I couldn’t eat fear Fuck, this was a potential witness, not prey I looked at hih and scared, and wondered if that hy he hated preternatural citizens, because they were all stronger than he could ever be No aive him what lycanthropy or vampirism could

“No, nothing like that,” Newman said “We just need soo back and execute this one”

“Help us out, and there’ll be one less monster in the world,” I said

“Promise?” the bartender almost whispered, and for a moment, I wondered if he had a real reason to hate the monsters I’d liked it better when I could just hate the bartender I didn’t want to think about what bad thing had happened to put such fear into hi a prejudiced asshole had been so much more fun

“Promise,” Newman said

“Who you looking for?” the bartender asked, and there was no fight left in him

“She dances under the name Giselle”

“She’s one of our headliners She doesn’t work days”

“Give us her nao to her,” Newman said

The bartender shook his head “I can’t give out the girls’ real names and addresses I’m the head of security I’d fire anyone else that did it I can’t break my own rule”

“Not even for the police?” I asked

We tried to persuade him, but he stood firm He felt responsible for the safety of the dancers at his club I couldn’t help ad his detere the fact that he was incredibly bigoted and sexist His very desire to protect the worowth of sexism: Women are physically weaker than ue the fact that th The problem was that soth s That hat pissed me off, and I’d met a lot ofthey were lesser beings It was one of the reasons I didn’t let most men step between me and a problem I was not lesser, just smaller I was not less just because you could outlift ths and weaknesses Some people could do the math for astrophysics; other people could drive a stick shift—no one person could do it all