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Bloody Bones :: Гамильтон Лорел
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"I guess this means you don't want me to put ketchup on my fries."
He looked at me with something near physical pain on his face. "How can you make jokes?"
My beeper went off. Had they found the vampire? I hit the button, and Dolph's number flashed at me. Now what?
"It's Dolph. Eat hearty. I'll phone from the Jeep and be back."
Larry stood up with me. He put a tip on the table and left his salad nearly untouched. "I'm done."
"Well, I'm not. Have Magnus pack my meal to go." I left him staring forlornly down at my half-eaten burger.
"You're not going to eat it in the car, are you?"
"Just have it packed up." I went for the Jeep and its fancy phone. Dolph answered on the third ring. "Anita?"
"Yeah, Dolph, it's me. What's up?"
"Vampire victim out near you."
"Shit, another one."
"What do you mean another one?"
That stopped me. "Freemont didn't call you after I talked to her?"
"Yeah, she said good things about you."
"That surprises me; she wasn't too friendly."
"How not friendly?"
"She wouldn't let me hunt vampires with her."
"Tell me," Dolph said.
I told him.
Dolph was quiet for a very long time after I finished. "You still there, Dolph?"
"I'm here. I wish I wasn't."
"What's going on, Dolph? Why would Freemont call and tell you what a good job I'm doing, but not ask for the squad's help on something this big?"
"I bet she hasn't called the Feds either," Dolph said.
"What's going on, Dolph?"
"I think Detective Freemont is pulling a Lone Ranger on us."
"The federal boys are going to want a piece of this. The first vampire serial killer in recorded history. Freemont can't keep it to herself."
"I know," Dolph said.
"What are we going to do?"
"The body on the ground this time sounds like a straightforward vampire kill. It's classic, bite marks, no other damage to the body. Could it be a different vamp?"
"Could be," I said.
"You sound doubtful."
"Two rogue vamps in this small a geographical area, this far from a city, doesn't seem likely."
"The body wasn't cut up."
"There is that," I said.
"How sure are you that the first killer is a vamp? Is there anything else it could be?"
I opened my mouth to say no, and closed it. Anybody who could cut down all those trees in one drunken brawl could certainly cut up people. Magnus had his glamor.
"I guess this means you don't want me to put ketchup on my fries."
He looked at me with something near physical pain on his face. "How can you make jokes?"
My beeper went off. Had they found the vampire? I hit the button, and Dolph's number flashed at me. Now what?
"It's Dolph. Eat hearty. I'll phone from the Jeep and be back."
Larry stood up with me. He put a tip on the table and left his salad nearly untouched. "I'm done."
"Well, I'm not. Have Magnus pack my meal to go." I left him staring forlornly down at my half-eaten burger.
"You're not going to eat it in the car, are you?"
"Just have it packed up." I went for the Jeep and its fancy phone. Dolph answered on the third ring. "Anita?"
"Yeah, Dolph, it's me. What's up?"
"Vampire victim out near you."
"Shit, another one."
"What do you mean another one?"
That stopped me. "Freemont didn't call you after I talked to her?"
"Yeah, she said good things about you."
"That surprises me; she wasn't too friendly."
"How not friendly?"
"She wouldn't let me hunt vampires with her."
"Tell me," Dolph said.
I told him.
Dolph was quiet for a very long time after I finished. "You still there, Dolph?"
"I'm here. I wish I wasn't."
"What's going on, Dolph? Why would Freemont call and tell you what a good job I'm doing, but not ask for the squad's help on something this big?"
"I bet she hasn't called the Feds either," Dolph said.
"What's going on, Dolph?"
"I think Detective Freemont is pulling a Lone Ranger on us."
"The federal boys are going to want a piece of this. The first vampire serial killer in recorded history. Freemont can't keep it to herself."
"I know," Dolph said.
"What are we going to do?"
"The body on the ground this time sounds like a straightforward vampire kill. It's classic, bite marks, no other damage to the body. Could it be a different vamp?"
"Could be," I said.
"You sound doubtful."
"Two rogue vamps in this small a geographical area, this far from a city, doesn't seem likely."
"The body wasn't cut up."
"There is that," I said.
"How sure are you that the first killer is a vamp? Is there anything else it could be?"
I opened my mouth to say no, and closed it. Anybody who could cut down all those trees in one drunken brawl could certainly cut up people. Magnus had his glamor.