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them.
They’re just Goblins trying to make some extra cash.”
    A cracking sound came from my left. Nona
shifted back into human form. “Me think your breeder is right. Them
no mean any wrong.”
    “Who is the breeder?” Lanore coughed some
more and rubbed her eyes.
    I ignored Lanore’s question and said, “I
think we should make an example of them.”
    “You kill anyone in this room, and you’ll
get the same fate that Mixie got at the end of the ladder.” Lanore
rubbed her eyes again.
    I smirked at her and her little threat.
    We’re perfect for each other.
    “Nona, can you handle getting the Goblins
out?” Lanore sucked her teeth at me.
    “Yeah, mon.” Nona stomped over to the
Goblins, tapping on their shoulders.
    Piles of glittery blue and yellow powder lay
in the center of each table.
    “Where is the brimstone coming from,” I
asked.
    “It’s the brown liquid in the pots.” Lanore
pointed to them. “They’re using brimstone to bind the Vamp blood to
the Pixie poop.”
    “Pixie Poop?”
    “Yep, that’s the secret ingredient.
Freeze-dried Pixie poop. A bunch of college students from the
Christianity habitat invented it.”
    “At least they didn’t waste their
education,” I said dryly.
    I shook my head and watched one of the
Goblins grabbed a dropper, stuck it in the boiling pot, and then
released red drops onto a silver tray.
    “We’ll have to figure out a way to destroy
the drugs.” Lanore backed up a little more.
    Red shaded the whites of her eyes. She
blinked them several times and coughed again. She added, “If we
burn the place up, the fumes will get all of Shango District
high.”
    Nona rounded up the Goblins. Each one jerked
a little in surprise and then waddled to the wall where she had
others lined up. They couldn’t come out during the day. The sun
burned their skin. We would have to let them stay down here for
now.
    They’ll tell whoever owns this place we
destroyed the drugs.
    A grin formed on my face.
    Good.
    Lanore had now retreated to the doorway. “It
must be over $100,000 worth of drugs in this room.”
    “Ray will consume it all.” I walked around,
looking under the table and at the walls. “He’s on look out and
garbage duty.”
    “I don’t understand,” she said. “He’s such a
little guy.”
    “Trust me. He’ll lick the room clean within
minutes.”
    “Won’t that get him high?” she asked with
concern in her voice.
    “His metabolism is too high,” I replied, not
willing to give her the real reason, which was that Ray was too big
of a monster to get high off such a small amount.
    The whites of her eyes were now dark red.
She seemed as if she had difficulty swallowing.
    So stubborn. She wants to make sure it’s
done to her liking even if she passes out.
    She stepped back in the room, covering her
nose, and peered down at the tiny Goblins, waving her hand in front
of their faces.
    They stared beyond her with blue glowing
eyes.
    “They’re all spelled.” She touched one of
their necks and examined the bronze amulets hanging from bands of
leather. “This has a letter B on it. This one is probably owned by
a Vamp family since they love to tag their property with bronze
labels.”
    She dropped the amulet and checked the other
chains. “Another B, two P’s, and several O’s. I’m sure the O is for
the Ortiz Vamp family.”
    “Nona, grab all of the chains off their
necks.”
    “Why?” Lanore asked, pulling the shirt back
over her nose.
    “I have a habbie that could check for
fingerprints.”
    “Can I take them to my Air Witch first?
There may be some spell residue on them. Then we’d have residue and
fingerprints to make a stronger case.”
    “For who?”
    “The habbies.”
    There won’t be a trial for these drug
mongers.
    Nona chuckled. “Your breeder is funny.”
    “I’m not his breeder.” She gazed at
Nona.
    “Nona, have your Rebels check other sewer
systems throughout Santeria. I’m sure we can find more drugs to
destroy,” I said.