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, and serious-looking

the backyard, where they disappear with the bodies. Two of them measure the door, and not thirty minutes later, a similar glass

far as to wipe out the

ess than an hour, and they l

shelter, it is like

clock, I realize it's time to feed the kittens

e milk into the pan, I

the intruder's face. The footsteps are slow and careful. I put myself in an ideal

e pan when I saw the pers

to stop the momentum, and Ri

crouching by the side of the dazed man. "I'

ung vet groans, c

e. "I really did think you were a thie

le I get him a cold compress out of the freezer. I app

icky snatches the compress from me. "I ju

p apologizing these

He glares at me. Explain the logic to me.

y paranoia to him, so I

g me a good, hard look. "

tion that doesn't involve vampires and

ze narrows. "Do I look like I'm

ant to tal

ks abruptly. "Are you seeing

orrified. "Of course no

vet says darkly, "and you're making up stories a

n. All those self-defense classes, and I couldn't stop someone from punchi

forward to touch it. "Get yourself an ice pack, and

hat as a vet?

I can. I'm an MD as well.

hating the fact that I had to lie so blatantly. Anyway, I d

e hospital. I tried calling, but my cell phone battery was dead, and I didn't

t down opposite h

ew. Her husband finally got there, so I left. Come on, I'll dro

ittens first?" I suggest.

fferent frequency ranges. Robert's people managed to delete the security footage from our cameras, but when my father begins to look for the two missing vampires, he's going

pull up in his car. He gets out

tles within me. I have no way of downloading this footage. It would be wiser simply to delete it, but something prompts me to take out my phone and record it.

ove the stick from m

him was a software engineer, and he taught me a lot of things. Most

to a pharmacy to pick up the painkillers, and the

y back," I advise. "You do

l probably take a nap once I

new one. It kind of looks the same, so it shouldn't be a problem. And since Ricky is the only one who carries a key to the shelter, nobody els

a problem for

m inside my apartment, I collapse on th

have I

not going to be any repercuss

n Alpha was attacked and

and is going to become

, a ball of tension f

ged into this mess any mor