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Winkler’s ears perked up at Merrill’sit almost as well as I was He knew Daniel Carey, too, I realized Daniel and Shirley had co for Winkler Winkler pulled his phone out and dialed a nu up--a little abruptly, I thought I wanted to ask about Greg, but didn’t get the chance I hadn’t asked Gavin to borrow his computer lately, either, and I wanted to see if there were any e with Daniel Carey while my mind wandered a little, and I realized I was ht "Ading me back to a normal orbit
"I heard," Daniel said on the other end
"Someone named Lawrence Frazier was kidnapped as well," Winkler said "Do you happen to know if they knew each other?" There was a lengthy silence on the other end I atching Winkler’s face carefully, now Daniel decided to talk
"This involves state secrets," Daniel said "A vampire helped me out with this, otherwise Anthony Hancock’s name would have been splashed all over the one doith hiot in on the conversation now
"Is Lissa there with you?" Daniel asked
"She’s here and we’re working with Director Jennings on this," Winkler said
"Merrill helped hed "Hafer had dirt on Hancock--said he approved a risky experi, the last I heard Hafer wanted you, Lissa, and if he didn’t get you, he was going to cause a lot of trouble I think Dr Frazier was his inforuess Dr Frazier was trying to cover his own ass," I gruo ahead and try his little concoction on huh the proper procedures"
"You know about this?" Daniel asked Winkler still held the phone but Daniel was talking to me, now Winkler handed the phone over He could still hear the conversation, after all
"Yeah, I know about it," I muttered into the phone I was hip deep in theents are still alive as far as I know, because I got outside help to cure them," I added Winkler’s eyebrows lifted at that information "Do you knoell Hafer knew Frazier?"
"Frazier was Hafer’s physician a few years back Hafer had a hip replacement, plus one or two serious repairs done on his heart The whole thing was hushed up and never made public Frazier was the perfect person for that, obviously"
"I don’t knohy Bill doesn’t have that information," I told Daniel
"You have no idea what can be erased froh up," Daniel replied "Poor health could have forced Hafer into retirement, and that would have kicked him off a lot of defense committees He didn’t want that I don’t knohy, he never told me That’s all I know, Lissa And remember, you never talked toup when Daniel tero find Bill," Winkler said, tossing his coffee cup into a nearby wastebasket I dropped the rest of one cold and my appetite disappeared while I spoke with Daniel
"Hafer was planning on exposing the experiments?" Bill paced in front of us Gavin, René and Tony had wakened and Roff and Michael, ere sharing a roo an early night Tony was growling until René got him calmed down--he hadn’t known about Larry’s duplicity, either His friend had been willing to let Tony take the fall, even though he was more responsible, in ist; he should have known not to take shortcuts Vampire DNA would kill huasped, I think, when the thought hit ?" Gavin ca my shoulders
"Who came up with the idea to introduce vampire DNA into the flu vaccine? Who told Rahim and Xenides how to do it? Do you think that Larry Frazier was under Xenides’ thumb all that ti to conclusions," Bill said
"Larry was in Oht in frohanistan That’s why he was on the Navy ship afterhen the pirates hit," Tony said He was trying to piece this together, just as I was
"They kneas on that boat," I , I think, for soet the anywhere with their hostage"
"Rahim may have paid them to take Larry--he was the only one they kidnapped, but they shot several others getting him off the ship," Tony nodded
"So, Xenides, or one of his brothers or children placed compulsion on Larry while he was in Oman? Is that what you think?" Bill asked "That Rahih to Frazier to do this?"
"That’s what I think, but since I don’t have proof, right now it’s just a theory," I said "Regardless, soured out how to put vampire DNA into the flu vaccine and now at least two vampires have Larry Frazier and Admiral Hafer Frazier probably pointed those vampires in Hafer’s direction, so he’d be taken How does that fit into the equation?" My breath was shaky, no e could Xenides do with Dr Larry Frazier in his clutches? What did he ith Hafer? I couldn’t figure that out unless it was for information of some kind Thatthe sa Only he was in a better position to knohat Hafer ht be able to hand out as far as information and state secrets went
"It’s not looking good," Tony rubbed his forehead as if he had a headache René atching over his newest vaainst his chest He kneas upset I was shaking
"Sounds like we need to find these guys fast," Winkler said He’d been standing nearby, listening to everything
"Let me make so to show signs of wear, just as Tony used to Bill left us, walking out our hotel roouard was posted outside and he fell in behind Bill
"Lissa, have you eaten?" Gavin pulled my chin up so he could see my face
"She had half a cinnamon roll earlier," Winkler said "That isn’t any kind ofof blood and tossed it to Gavin, asn’t satisfied until I’d drank as ave the rest to René, who locked it inside the cooler
"Gavin, do you think Xenides et what vaave Rahiet it into the flu vaccine?" I asked while aited for Bill to return "I uys without a second thought"
Gavin was now sitting beside me on the bed I had my back to the headboard and my knees drawn up to my chest I’d pulledon the bed, but he had his long legs stretched out in front of him and had kept his shoes on Oh, well It was a hotel