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the shape of an X, as was the custom for necromancers, under an incomplete marker bearing the letters J B and nothing more."
"But what about the vampire? What happened to him," I asked, feeling like a child being told a terrifying bed time story.
"I brought Gaius Caligula Caesar before the Council. Agrona planned to make him personally responsible for Mercy's care for all of their unnaturally long lives but the other members, even Kedehern, demanded release for the innocent girl forced to become a vampire. Caligula was made to take her to meet the sun. He stayed with her longer than he should have. It took years to heal the burns."
"Where is he now? I need to talk to him."
Cash had been busy, his fingers flying over the keys on the laptop. "I think we should all have a history lesson before we talk to this guy."
"He's our only lead. We are talking to him."
Cash swung the laptop around and tapped the screen. "I didn't say we weren't, just that you should gather your intel first. You need to know who you're dealing with in order to know how to negotiate."
"I'm not a noob, in case you forgot , I used to interrogate people for a living. This is what I know how to do."
"And how's that been going for you lately? Because I kind of remember picking you up off the floor today only to have you pass out again in my arms." Cash didn't even glance at Aidan. He didn't have to. He hit his target.
I needed to figure out a way to stop this love triangle before it got started. Ignoring the problem would only make it worse. I had to talk to Cash. He deserved to hear it from me and I was going to tell him. As soon as we found the missing girls and our killer.
"I think that's because the girl was dead. I don't do so well with dead things." I closed my eyes. It was too late to take it back.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Cash gave me a wink and leaned back in his chair.
"Ah, yes. You'd much prefer she shopp ed at Pet Smart, in the werewolf section, no doubt." Aidan glared at him.
Ready to get the conversation back on track I started reading aloud from the profile Cash pulled up on Caligula from the Council's files. "This can't be right. Gaius Julius Caesar? Like ancient Rome? That would mean he's..." I tried to do the math.
"Incredibly old and powerful. Which is why we are going to be sure he is involved before we barge in with guns bla zing." I wasn't sure why Aidan was looking at me when he said that. Okay, maybe I deserved it a little.
"The necklace is enough to connect him to at least one of the girls. We have to talk to the crazy bastard." Cash slid his chair closer so we could both look at the file. "Scroll down. See if there's an address."
"I said he was crazy not stupid. The words are not i nterchangeable. He has not seen two millennia of sunsets by being the village idiot. And despite his past transgressions he is well received in vampire communities today, even the Council seems to have forgotten the incident in Willington. Though I doubt he has."
"So what's your plan? You want to invite him over for dinner and see if it comes up in casual conversation? How've you been Caligula? Things are good. I've been drai ning girls and leaving them in their bathtubs. Would you please pass the o-neg?" Cash grabbed the mouse.
I couldn't help it, I laughed. For some reason I pictured Caligula in a toga, complete with sandals and olive branch crown sitting at my kitchen table. Aidan didn't seem amused. Maybe if I described the whole toga and sandals thing, nope even then he wouldn't have seen the ridic ulousness of it.
"Do you trust me?"
I wasn't sure if that was a trick question. Did I trust him? With everything but my heart. I was happy he had come to his senses and that we were back on. Still, it was going to be a while before I stopped wondering if he was going to find another reason why walking away was better than being together.
"Yes." It was the only answer I could give but we all heard the hesitation in my
"But what about the vampire? What happened to him," I asked, feeling like a child being told a terrifying bed time story.
"I brought Gaius Caligula Caesar before the Council. Agrona planned to make him personally responsible for Mercy's care for all of their unnaturally long lives but the other members, even Kedehern, demanded release for the innocent girl forced to become a vampire. Caligula was made to take her to meet the sun. He stayed with her longer than he should have. It took years to heal the burns."
"Where is he now? I need to talk to him."
Cash had been busy, his fingers flying over the keys on the laptop. "I think we should all have a history lesson before we talk to this guy."
"He's our only lead. We are talking to him."
Cash swung the laptop around and tapped the screen. "I didn't say we weren't, just that you should gather your intel first. You need to know who you're dealing with in order to know how to negotiate."
"I'm not a noob, in case you forgot , I used to interrogate people for a living. This is what I know how to do."
"And how's that been going for you lately? Because I kind of remember picking you up off the floor today only to have you pass out again in my arms." Cash didn't even glance at Aidan. He didn't have to. He hit his target.
I needed to figure out a way to stop this love triangle before it got started. Ignoring the problem would only make it worse. I had to talk to Cash. He deserved to hear it from me and I was going to tell him. As soon as we found the missing girls and our killer.
"I think that's because the girl was dead. I don't do so well with dead things." I closed my eyes. It was too late to take it back.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Cash gave me a wink and leaned back in his chair.
"Ah, yes. You'd much prefer she shopp ed at Pet Smart, in the werewolf section, no doubt." Aidan glared at him.
Ready to get the conversation back on track I started reading aloud from the profile Cash pulled up on Caligula from the Council's files. "This can't be right. Gaius Julius Caesar? Like ancient Rome? That would mean he's..." I tried to do the math.
"Incredibly old and powerful. Which is why we are going to be sure he is involved before we barge in with guns bla zing." I wasn't sure why Aidan was looking at me when he said that. Okay, maybe I deserved it a little.
"The necklace is enough to connect him to at least one of the girls. We have to talk to the crazy bastard." Cash slid his chair closer so we could both look at the file. "Scroll down. See if there's an address."
"I said he was crazy not stupid. The words are not i nterchangeable. He has not seen two millennia of sunsets by being the village idiot. And despite his past transgressions he is well received in vampire communities today, even the Council seems to have forgotten the incident in Willington. Though I doubt he has."
"So what's your plan? You want to invite him over for dinner and see if it comes up in casual conversation? How've you been Caligula? Things are good. I've been drai ning girls and leaving them in their bathtubs. Would you please pass the o-neg?" Cash grabbed the mouse.
I couldn't help it, I laughed. For some reason I pictured Caligula in a toga, complete with sandals and olive branch crown sitting at my kitchen table. Aidan didn't seem amused. Maybe if I described the whole toga and sandals thing, nope even then he wouldn't have seen the ridic ulousness of it.
"Do you trust me?"
I wasn't sure if that was a trick question. Did I trust him? With everything but my heart. I was happy he had come to his senses and that we were back on. Still, it was going to be a while before I stopped wondering if he was going to find another reason why walking away was better than being together.
"Yes." It was the only answer I could give but we all heard the hesitation in my
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