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friends unwilling to admit they were no longer as young and invulnerable as they used to be succumb to overdoses and disease. There was no percentage in denying change. Evolve or die. He should have had it tattooed on his forehead.
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer ( http://www.novapdf.com ) He took another swallow of his drink, glancing over the rim at his savior. She sat on the edge of the parapet, scanning the surrounding rooftops. Palmer was uncertain as to whether he trusted the mirror-eyed woman, but did not see he had any choice.
"Is Pangloss really your grandfather?"
She shrugged but did not turn to face him. "Some would say so. But if you mean is he my biological grandfather, no, he is not."
"I didn't think so. He's nowhere near old enough to have a grandchild your age."
"Pangloss is at least fifteen hundred years old, Mr. Palmer."
"So I'm lousy at guessing ages."
"You seem rather... calm, considering what's just happened."
"After talking to the dead, discovering I possess psychic powers and being brain-raped by a crazed telepath, being told my employer is a vampire is rather anticlimactic."
Sonja glanced at him. "You spoke with the dead?"
"Actually, it was more the other way around. It was your old boyfriend."
"Chaz?"
He nodded, watching her face for a reaction. If the news affected her in any way, it did not show.
"And what did he have to say?"
"That I should avoid you like the plague and get the hell out of Dodge."
"Death has given him some smarts."
"He said you killed him."
"The dead don't lie. But they don't speak the truth, either. Yes, I killed him. Does it matter?"
"It did to him."
"Chaz was my... partner. He was like you-a sensitive. He was a smalltime hustler when I met him. We clicked. It was good-for a while. Then there was trouble. Chaz ended up selling me out. He betrayed me with a kiss. He always did have a flair for irony. I spent six months in a madhouse because of him. I do not expect loyalty from humans, but I do not countenance treachery. His death was not just, but it was fair.
I have been a murderer for a very long time, Mr. Palmer. Killing is a habit of mine.
It is only proper that I tell you this."
"There was a boy..." He felt his throat tighten at the taste of Jimmy Eichorn's blood, but continued anyway. "A boy with blue hair you did something to."
"The Blue Monkeys? Yes, I remember. I take it the boy is still alive?"
"If you want to call it that."
She shrugged. "He possessed information. And I was in need of... well, let us say I was in need and leave it at that."
"He was only fifteen-"
-and already guilty of gang rape, hit-and-run driving and second-degree murder. Do not waste your sympathy on him, Mr. Palmer. Like I said, what I do is not just, but it is fair."
much attention to themselves. That's what Renfield had planned for you, if you haven't figured it out by now."
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer ( http://www.novapdf.com ) Sonja Blue showed Palmer to a small attic room. A narrow bed was placed where the slope of the roof met the wall.
"It's not much. Then again, I normally don't entertain guests. You'll be safe here.
It's another four hours until dawn. I'll be outside guarding the door. Once the sun comes up you shouldn't have to worry about Pangloss's pet ogre."
"Ogre?"
"What do you think the lunk chowing down on dear departed Renfield was? The tooth fairy? They're big and dumb and have some seriously nasty habits, as you might have guessed, but they're pretty much helpless without a handler. Left to themselves, they'll spend their time eating children and wandering around raping and looting villages. They could get away with shit like that back during the Dark Ages, but it tends to attract notice nowadays. So most of them end up signing on as muscle with various vampire or vargr big shots. That way their employers can dispose of the empties without calling too
"But why did he do
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer ( http://www.novapdf.com ) He took another swallow of his drink, glancing over the rim at his savior. She sat on the edge of the parapet, scanning the surrounding rooftops. Palmer was uncertain as to whether he trusted the mirror-eyed woman, but did not see he had any choice.
"Is Pangloss really your grandfather?"
She shrugged but did not turn to face him. "Some would say so. But if you mean is he my biological grandfather, no, he is not."
"I didn't think so. He's nowhere near old enough to have a grandchild your age."
"Pangloss is at least fifteen hundred years old, Mr. Palmer."
"So I'm lousy at guessing ages."
"You seem rather... calm, considering what's just happened."
"After talking to the dead, discovering I possess psychic powers and being brain-raped by a crazed telepath, being told my employer is a vampire is rather anticlimactic."
Sonja glanced at him. "You spoke with the dead?"
"Actually, it was more the other way around. It was your old boyfriend."
"Chaz?"
He nodded, watching her face for a reaction. If the news affected her in any way, it did not show.
"And what did he have to say?"
"That I should avoid you like the plague and get the hell out of Dodge."
"Death has given him some smarts."
"He said you killed him."
"The dead don't lie. But they don't speak the truth, either. Yes, I killed him. Does it matter?"
"It did to him."
"Chaz was my... partner. He was like you-a sensitive. He was a smalltime hustler when I met him. We clicked. It was good-for a while. Then there was trouble. Chaz ended up selling me out. He betrayed me with a kiss. He always did have a flair for irony. I spent six months in a madhouse because of him. I do not expect loyalty from humans, but I do not countenance treachery. His death was not just, but it was fair.
I have been a murderer for a very long time, Mr. Palmer. Killing is a habit of mine.
It is only proper that I tell you this."
"There was a boy..." He felt his throat tighten at the taste of Jimmy Eichorn's blood, but continued anyway. "A boy with blue hair you did something to."
"The Blue Monkeys? Yes, I remember. I take it the boy is still alive?"
"If you want to call it that."
She shrugged. "He possessed information. And I was in need of... well, let us say I was in need and leave it at that."
"He was only fifteen-"
-and already guilty of gang rape, hit-and-run driving and second-degree murder. Do not waste your sympathy on him, Mr. Palmer. Like I said, what I do is not just, but it is fair."
much attention to themselves. That's what Renfield had planned for you, if you haven't figured it out by now."
Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer ( http://www.novapdf.com ) Sonja Blue showed Palmer to a small attic room. A narrow bed was placed where the slope of the roof met the wall.
"It's not much. Then again, I normally don't entertain guests. You'll be safe here.
It's another four hours until dawn. I'll be outside guarding the door. Once the sun comes up you shouldn't have to worry about Pangloss's pet ogre."
"Ogre?"
"What do you think the lunk chowing down on dear departed Renfield was? The tooth fairy? They're big and dumb and have some seriously nasty habits, as you might have guessed, but they're pretty much helpless without a handler. Left to themselves, they'll spend their time eating children and wandering around raping and looting villages. They could get away with shit like that back during the Dark Ages, but it tends to attract notice nowadays. So most of them end up signing on as muscle with various vampire or vargr big shots. That way their employers can dispose of the empties without calling too
"But why did he do
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