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"Can’t say I’ers on the table "But he did change things Soh one of the books his father had kept on The Su Are you sure you haven’t heard of hi necromantic vampires before?"

"Positive I would have heard about it Hell, he would have boasted about it" Cian unfolded his arot the ied on the ends of her long hair, studying theain, he never said he was surprised that I was a necromancer like him Maybe he was surprised that my powers manifested the way they did He could call the dead without shedding blood like I have to"

The frown on her face deepening, Samantha asked, "But why did he leave Bianca behind?"

"She didn’t rise when expected" Cian finally joined theed it to the end of the table, sitting near Jeff "He e Sometimes the blood transfer doesn’t work The person never transforhouls coross," Alexia gruhouls come fro through "Ghouls are the bastard children of vampires"

"What’s this ghoul thing?" A her eyebrows

Benchley raised his hand as though he were in school, realized what he was doing, then aardly put it down "Uh, they’re really nasty looking Kinda like zombies meet the Gollum They eat dead bodies"

"And sometimes live bodies," Alexia interjected

"We saw one once In a graveyard in Fredericksburg," Benchley continued "Really nasty"

"They have a taste for vaht a pack once They nearly took es

Jeff looked at hi

"So, houl?" Benchley looked dubious "So he leaves her behind and goes after Amaliya because he thinks she’s the experihtfully

Amaliya returned the look with her eyebrows raised "What?"

"Maybe he’s been trying to do this kinda thing for a long tirandlanced toward Jeff curiously "Is sheimpressed "Isn’t she, Jeff?"

Samantha looked pleased with herself

Jeff suddenly felt a lota news article on Bianca Leduc that Jeff had added to the back of the book when her body had been discovered during the Satanic Murders coverage Jeff scooted his chair closer to Cian and craned his head to read the article

"Well? Is she onto so at so Calm down" Eduardo slid to his feet and prowled around the table to the coffee and ht, aren’t I?" Samantha excitedly jumped to her feet and scurried around the table She nearly crawled onto Jeff’s lap trying to see what they were looking at

Jeff gave up and slid over on his seat, giving her a corner to perch on

"I’ht!" Saazeto say the least"

"Disconcerting is his favorite word tonight," A us!" Benchley cried out

"Tords: Josephine Leduc" Jeff glanced up at the two prihost hunters

"Oh, !" Alexia exclaiend!"

"Wasn’t she the one who solved actual ot a whole book on her!" Benchley loudly scooted his chair back and rushed into Jeff’s office

Aeek squad is talking about?"

"Nah" Eduardo slid into the chair that Samantha had abandoned next to Amaliya and smirked "They all talk in riddles I’ one of his ier, Amaliya said, "I can see that!"