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Bloody Bones :: Гамильтон Лорел
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"Heh," he said. "I found a clue."
Deputy Coltrain was watching us, but we were running out of privacy. I kept my voice down and hoped that was enough. "Yeah, and you went out, alone, unarmed, in the dark with a vampire that had already killed once on the loose."
"You said it was a really new vampire."
"Not before you went out after the gloves."
"Maybe I figured out that it was a new one all on my own," he said. He was looking stubborn, like far from taking my warning to heart, he just might do it again.
"New vampires can still kill you, Larry."
"With a cross on?"
He had a point. Very few of the new dead could get past the pain of a cross, or play enough head games to get you to take it off voluntarily.
"Fine, Larry, but where's the vampire that made him? That one may be a couple of centuries old, and it's out in the dark, too."
He went a little pale around the edges. "I never thought of that."
"I did."
He gave a shrug and had the grace to look embarrassed. "That's why you're the boss."
"That's right," I said.
"All right, all right. I promise to be good."
"Great; now let's go ask Deputy Coltrain if he knows anyone who could track our vampire."
"Can you really track a vampire like that?"
"I don't know, but with one less than two weeks old, one that falls out a window and into some shrubs, you might be able to. They at least might be able to narrow down where we should look first."
He was grinning very broadly at me.
"Yeah, knowing it fell out the window is useful information. It might not have occurred to me to check for tracks outside the window."
If he grinned any wider, he was going to pull something.
"And if a vampire old enough to get past your cross had eaten your face, I'd have never known about the shrubs."
"Ah, Anita. I done good."
I shook my head. For all that Larry had seen of vampires, it wasn't enough. He still didn't fully appreciate what they were. He didn't have any scars yet. If he stayed in the business long enough to get his license, that would change.
God help him.
14
The wind was cool and smelled of rain. I turned my face to the soft touch of it. The air smelled of green growing things. It smelled clean and new. I stood on the grass looking upward. Ellie Quinlan's window shone like a soft yellow beacon. Ellie had opened the windows, but her father had turned on the lights. She had met her vampire lover in darkness.
"Heh," he said. "I found a clue."
Deputy Coltrain was watching us, but we were running out of privacy. I kept my voice down and hoped that was enough. "Yeah, and you went out, alone, unarmed, in the dark with a vampire that had already killed once on the loose."
"You said it was a really new vampire."
"Not before you went out after the gloves."
"Maybe I figured out that it was a new one all on my own," he said. He was looking stubborn, like far from taking my warning to heart, he just might do it again.
"New vampires can still kill you, Larry."
"With a cross on?"
He had a point. Very few of the new dead could get past the pain of a cross, or play enough head games to get you to take it off voluntarily.
"Fine, Larry, but where's the vampire that made him? That one may be a couple of centuries old, and it's out in the dark, too."
He went a little pale around the edges. "I never thought of that."
"I did."
He gave a shrug and had the grace to look embarrassed. "That's why you're the boss."
"That's right," I said.
"All right, all right. I promise to be good."
"Great; now let's go ask Deputy Coltrain if he knows anyone who could track our vampire."
"Can you really track a vampire like that?"
"I don't know, but with one less than two weeks old, one that falls out a window and into some shrubs, you might be able to. They at least might be able to narrow down where we should look first."
He was grinning very broadly at me.
"Yeah, knowing it fell out the window is useful information. It might not have occurred to me to check for tracks outside the window."
If he grinned any wider, he was going to pull something.
"And if a vampire old enough to get past your cross had eaten your face, I'd have never known about the shrubs."
"Ah, Anita. I done good."
I shook my head. For all that Larry had seen of vampires, it wasn't enough. He still didn't fully appreciate what they were. He didn't have any scars yet. If he stayed in the business long enough to get his license, that would change.
God help him.
14
The wind was cool and smelled of rain. I turned my face to the soft touch of it. The air smelled of green growing things. It smelled clean and new. I stood on the grass looking upward. Ellie Quinlan's window shone like a soft yellow beacon. Ellie had opened the windows, but her father had turned on the lights. She had met her vampire lover in darkness.