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us?” Goran asked.
    “I know things,” he said. “Big things.”
    Motre stopped and stared at him. “What kind of things?”
    The doctor smiled. “For starters, I could tell you about what’s beneath this hospital building.”
    Motre stopped and stared. “What? There’s something under us? What the heck?” He turned to the other two. “Now what do you want to do?”
    Goran glared at him. “I already know what’s under here. We don’t need you.”
    Motre stepped forward.
    “No, wait. There are cameras down there. People.”
    With a shrug, Goran figured Serus could fill him in later. He motioned to Motre.
    Motre was on him in an instant.
    *
    Ghosts? Serus couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Somewhere in the recesses of his mind, he remembered hearing about such vampires. You only saw them if they wanted to be seen. There were whispers about Ghosts living where they wanted, how they wanted. There had only ever been a small group of them. He remembered that. He thought they’d all died out.
    Interesting twist. He wouldn’t mind having a talk with one of those Ghosts himself. They were supposed to be the eyes and ears of vamp society. That was another reason their presence gave vamps the willies way back when they could be in places where you least expected them – and often were.
    They made the best spies.
    Then suddenly they were gone.
    He couldn’t remember why.
    He studied the three men more panicked than he’d seen them before. He glanced surreptitiously over at David to see him tense, muscles ready to attack. They had their diversion.
    He jumped without warning and hit the bigger of the two men sideways. His attack was so fast, he had the vamp knocked down and out without warning. He hopped to his feet and spun around. David had taken out the other large vamp, a spike in his hand still smoldering.
    Serus eyed the weapon. “I thought we’d left all those at the Council.”
    David gave him a savage grin. “I was never asked to hand mine over.” He pocketed his spike while Serus watched, his own in his hand.
    “Just be careful with that thing,” he growled, already studying the mouse of a man who appeared to have lost his wits after seeing the Ghost.
    He quaked in front of them. At least he hadn’t bolted. Then again, the Ghost was out there somewhere.
    “So,” Serus said, walking around the smaller male. “Where the hell were these guys trying to take us?”
    David interjected, “And why?”
    The man’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he swallowed nervously. “Anyone who comes down here is taken prisoner.”
    “And why is that?” Serus asked in a pleasant voice. “And when was the last one taken?”
    “Oh, not for decades. It’s really unusual for anyone to come down here. And then you lot show up today. Well, they couldn’t let that alone, now could they? Not you guys.” As if that made perfect sense, the man fell silent while Serus was still trying to figure out just what he’d said.
    “You’re watching us?” David asked, astonished. “How would you know who we are?”
    “The video cameras.”
    Shit. Serus hadn’t seen any cameras on the way down or anywhere in this mausoleum. From the look on David’s face, he hadn’t either.
    “A video would show our faces, but not identify us,” David said slowly, eyeing the man who’d started to quake again. “Why would anyone know who we are?”
    The man looked nervously from one to the other. “’Cause you’re on the wanted list, of course.”
    Serus’s eyebrows shot up. He’d only ever heard of a wanted list in terms of humans and crimes. Never for vamps. “Wanted for what?”
    The man swallowed, then swallowed again. “For your DNA.” He said it in a harsh whisper, as if the words would choke him on the way out. “The bosses want your DNA.”
    *
    Wendy dozed off and woke up with a start, realized the room was dark and silent except for Rhia’s heavy breathing, and dozed off again.
    When she woke the next time, it