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"Maybe I’ll wear a disguise too Just for fun" I winked at Rafe "Why not go? It couldn’t hurt to hear some new ideas I would definitely like to increase lanced around my apartment too Why had I been satisfied with such a subpar lifestyle? I hated to ade Go for it Don’t be satisfied with less than the best

Since I’d refused to let the men in my life help me and I lacked a forle Well, I was tired of living hand to h money to pay my bills at the end of theher If I could just hear froet excited about this se just as Sienna shouted, "Score!" and got a confirmation number for our tickets

"Jerry, where the hell have you been?" I know, not thefor hours

"I don’t know, Gloriana I had a, um, blackout" He sounded tentative Not like the Jerry I knew at all "I’ht be a residual effect froht about it "Wait How can that be, Jerry? You were cured It was a sorcerer’s spell that took your ot it all back thanks to another sorcerer Were you with Mel when your blackout started?"

"I think so When I finally got her on the phone last night, she insisted on a face-to-face In her room at her hotel"

"Of course Then I bet she put the moves on you Do you re to her hotel rooured out a betterthe door After thatnothing"

"What was she wearing when she opened the door?" Hell, did I have to drag every last detail out of hi you I’ain, I don’t knohat I’ll do The last thing I recall is seeing her in her hotel rooht after sunset"

"Oh, God, Jerry" I could hear how upset he was so I didn’t press hireeted hi Victoria’s Secret carried in an extra large "Didn’t Bart or Cait hear you coht?"

"Apparently not Look I’es, knew you orried so I called first thing Now I’ve got to go I’ll talk to you later" He ended the call abruptly

I stared at the phone in ry at the end of that call What had I done? Ary at me, of course Just scared I didn’t bla my mother would pop in for a visit She’d caused the last memory loss I needed to know if she’d had any part in this one No answer Of course not She only came on her own schedule

I found Cait’s nuht I’d be hearing fro on with Jerry" She sighed

"Does Bart think he could be having soain?"

"Let one out You know my brother He wants to find a mortal to feed from Jerk We can talk freely"

"Glory, it’s Bart My first thought was that Jerry had been drugged He’s the one who assu back I explained about flashbacks That it was possible he could have some brief episodesThat was all it took Now he’s convinced this is the start of so a few hours" Bart swore "You kno the amnesia made hi his ain, I don’t knohat he’ll do"

"Oh, God" I closedto erase his ether Did she have any idea how horrific that would be for hi into his worst fear Maybe she did know and this was his punishive me a blood sample I called Ian MacDonald and I’m headed over to his place to use his lab and run a test I’ed I’m pretty sure that’s what it must have been There are several co for one, though I’d be surprised if it worked on a vampire The wo act You did say she could do that, didn’t you?"

"I thought so, but now I’ic trick She is mortal, you know I’ll just bet it was all s about voodoo" Date rape drug? I barely held on to my temper If I showed up at Ms Own-the-World’s roo I really needed to know more Fury rode s through, rationally "She could have help, Bart Backup to drive her away after she left hiht I looked at her Web site She’s bound to travel with a few flunkies, people to help her set up for her seminars and so on Apparently she’s quite charismatic They’d do whatever she told them Even help her move an unconscious man" Bart was a scientist and always the voice of reason

"What gets ed him and then" I had to stop and clear my throat "Thanks, Bart If you can prove she did such a horrible thing, then that should convince Jerry to stay away from her Or to take some reinforcements the next time he sees her"