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"So, if this guy was living in Juarez, but moved--"

"He would probably let Ivan know, since Ivan is the point man in that area for the cartel that controls Mexico Or he’d tell Ernesto, if he lived on this side of the border"

Natalie sat up straight "Wait, cartel? As in drug cartel?"

"So like that It’s complicated"

She frowned but turned back to her notes "You’re explaining that later"

He muttered under his breath as he started to pace the room "Of course you think I ah the line "Listen, Natalie I know you want to follow this story--and I think we all agree whoever is doing this has to be stopped--but can you accept that even if you find out the truth, you may never be able to publish the results?"

She snorted "Why not?"

A heavy silence fell over the room and Baojia turned to her "Are you serious?"

"Hey, whoever is killing these women--human or vampire--they deserve justice" She stood to face hiirls deserve to have their killer put away I’et it"

"When we find who this is, he will get justice I’ll kill him myself, but if you publish this story--"

"What? You’re just going to kill hiain "That’s the way it works in our world"

"You just decide? No courts No trial"

He pointed to her notes "What kind of trial do you think this ht and he’s killed over fifteen women--"

"The world deserves to know!"

"The world deserves nothing!" he roared "Those girls deserve nothing They are dead They are past caring And if you publish a story that exposes our kind to the world, then you will be dead, too You will be ridiculed by your own press and then so; I a, Natalie And you cannot die It is not acceptable"