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before and that was at his master s knee. He was different from Robert Cooper. Ted probably
had a sire that oversaw his change and wanted him to actively recruit others to his cause.
I agree. Geri replied. It s unfortunate that we cannot question Ted and find out more
about his sire and what s going on. Next time guys, try not to fry a potential source of
information. More satisfaction than scolding colored her voice.
The next one better not have his hands on our mother, Bernadette growled defensively.
I didn t say that you shouldn t have defended your mother. Quite the contrary, I think
you performed extremely well given the circumstances. I see Ted s death as unavoidable. And,
you resolved the situation without Tal s help, which is even more important. Please try to
remember that he s only supposed to be an observer, and not a participant in all of this.
So we rack this one up for experience and go on, Alex said with a nod. So what did
David want, and how far gone is he?
Geri sighed and shook her head. David s fairly far gone. The poor boy wasn t cut out to
be a wer, and now the sudden influx of vampires and werewolves is pushing at his sanity. His
grip there wasn t very strong to begin with. I don t think he ll be with us as David much longer.
Seeing you with Tal last night was almost all he could handle. As it is, after tonight he cannot
seem to pull himself together enough to resume his full human form. At least I could understand
him. She got up and walked over to the ever present pot of tea on the stove.
He said that a lot of the rats are falling back to Magenta s place outside of town since it
sounds like a pack of werewolves is working with the vampires, she said, returning to the table,
her cup steaming with fragrant mint tea. David was at the Huff and Puff Book and Novelties
store tonight. At that point, he was still able to pass for human and was out looking for a trick.
He s never said for sure, and his alphas aren t saying either, but I think that he may have
contracted lycanthropy there and has been searching for the rat that bit him. But that has nothing
to do with tonight. He managed to stumble onto a vampire feeding off someone. The poor fool
was already dead by then and it scared David out of his mind. He said that the vampire would ve
caught him, but he shifted and got away as fast as he could. All he could think of was to come
here and tell me.
I checked the police scanner and the sheriff responded to a call down there, Geri
continued. So far, I have only heard about one body they recovered. I d like to know more.
So you need me to tap into the police computer and find out what s up? Terry sounded
eager to help.
Geri took a long sip of the tea. That s one of the things that I have in mind. I want
someone to go by the morgue and make sure that the body stays there. Also I need another one of
you guys to go by the Huff and Puff and get a psychic impression of what happened and maybe
who we re dealing with.
Burn, Hill and I can get in and out of the morgue the fastest and easiest, Stan offered
with nods from Bernadette and Janie. We can make sure the guy stays dead and anybody else
there does the same.
I want to go to the Huff and Puff, Charles added.
No Char, I need you to stay here and keep a telepathic link open with Burn so that if
they run into trouble, we can get to them quickly. You can also help Terry with the computer. I
need Alex to go on that one, but would prefer not to send him alone, she said, taking another
long sip of her tea.
Tal could go with me, strictly as an observer. I ll do all the spell work, Alex replied
eagerly.
But he doesn t have a cloak of invisibility, Charles objected.
I chuckled, how little these people really knew about who they were dealing with.
Charles, I don t need one. I m only seen when I want to be seen. That is true of most magical
creatures. The human mind has a way of not seeing that which is out of the ordinary. You ll find
that to be true when they deal with vampires, werekind, and magic as well. How often do you
hear about real magic when it happens in public?
I remember one time that I had to actually do a public execution of a werewolf that was
trying to run for office in a small town in Alabama. I could never get him alone, so I waited until
he was doing an appearance at a Fourth of July celebration, and just took him out with a leven
bolt in front of several hundred people. The papers the next day called it a freak fireworks
accident. Most of them saw the bolt that was obviously not pyrotechnic in nature, but their minds
couldn t accept that. It s second nature for me not to be somewhere. I haven t needed a cloak of
invisibility in years.
I remember that mayor thing. Geri said with interest. For some reason even as an
eleven-year-old school girl, it didn t seem right when I read it.
So what about me then? Larry asked looking young and dejected.
I need you here with me, Char and Topper to keep in contact with Alex and Tal, and as
back up for either group if they need us. Geri replied.
What about me? the spirit in the bottle whined.
Geri snatched up the beaker and tossed it to Larry. Here, Weasel, keep our friend here
moving until everybody gets back and we can shake some information out of him.
It was hard not to feel sorry for the poor spirit, but that s part of being a bad guy. You get
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