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"Very nice, Wildrif What ive you as a reward?" Baltis s?" Wildrif nodded hopefully to Baltis "These are worn through the soles" Wildrifboots

"Very well Raze," Baltis called out to one of his newly appointed Destroyers, "Get the seer shoes and clothing" Baltis waved both aith a flick of his wrist and went back to studying the iven him, the army base circled in red upon it

"I dislike the heat in Texas this ti, but he didn’t like this assignment Nevertheless, the Honored One had instructed hiue vampires, with their last known location in the US on his tablet He used to take a laptop on his travels, but the tablet replaced it and was much easier to carry

"Anthony, are you ready?" Gavin called out They were to fly to New York first, spend the day sleeping there in a safe house and go on to Texas the following evening

"I’ue’s bedroom door Both lived in a manor house decorated in Louis XIV style Many of the furnishings were antiques from that era It wasn’t Gavin’s favorite era by any means, but his cousin René, as Anthony’s sire, had loved the period René had died not long after Tony’s turning, leaving thevao after first?" Tony walked in and lifted Gavin’s tablet, scrolling through the inforton," Gavin muttered Rydley was a mere three hundred years old and had always been reckless, in Gavin’s opinion Rydley was now bilking hu as a wealthy investor He’d killed a few humans, too, who’d attempted to pull away froia, if those records are correct"

"How recent is this infor to Charles Charles also says that there is a ruht buyers, of course"

"That’s frightening Do you think he has contacts with terrorists?" Tony tossed the tablet onto Gavin’s bed with a sigh Before his turning, Tony had been Director of the Joint NSA and Homeland Security Department He ell aware of the implications, should vampires become involved in terrorist activities "I don’t knohat to think about working with that kid" Tony voiced one of his concerns aloud

"Anthony, we have been instructed to do so Therefore, ork with him Should he refuse to obey, compulsion will be placed It will be a simple remedy" Gavin’s dark eyes narrowed as he stowed the tablet in an outside pocket of his leather carry-on

"We’ll have to place coht hours anyway"

"Very true I have no desire to have hiet away in some other fashion I had hopes that Wlodek would send Aedan with us, but that was not to be I have no desire to ith a young one, Anthony," Gavin’s whisper was alrowl "I have no patience for this"

"Hey, Ashe What’s shakin’?" Marco pulled up a deck chair and sat beside Ashe on Winkler’s deck

"Last-e, paperback study guide "Test is Tuesday Just in time for the va?"

"Yeah"

"Knoho they are?"

"Tony Hancock and his surrogate sire, Gavin Montegue"

"Did Winkler tell you who they were?"

"Nope He knows both of ’e--besides hauling you around on weekends and telling you what to do?" Marco blinked dark eyes at Ashe, who’d gone back to reading the study guide

"That’s pretty much it They won’t trust me, that’s for sure Just like I won’t trust them Maybe we can uide and dropped it on the deck beside his lounge chair "Marco, so s I need to take care of, and all of it is a big, fat headache" Ashe rubbed the space between his eyebrows to prove the point

"Anything you can talk about?" Marco leaned back in his chair and stared at the gulf waters

"No Marco, it’s best if you don’t know"

"Want to talk about last night?"

"I did what I could, so Jeremy’s parents wouldn’t suffer I’m sorry if you and the others are scared witless, now"

"I hear Josiah Dunnigan won’t be a probleus"

"That doesn’t mean Zeke Tanner won’t send soet the leak from Star Cove"