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Liu hunkered down and examined the carpet.
I just stared at the two little holes in the wall.
So this was where Lilly had been killed.  Her own home.  
Questions flooded my mind.  A forced entry or a familiar face?  A struggle or a swift surprise?  An unannounced visit or a scheduled meeting?  Where had the sword [...]

Jeez it was creepy.
There I was, a Vampire at night in a graveyard.  You’d think I’d be right at home.  No friggin’ way.  I was totally creeped out.
I sat next to Detective Alvarez in a quiet little golf cart as we made our way through the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, heading for the place where they’d [...]

Detective Liu stared at the people in the photographs and the people in the photographs stared back.
Earlier, Brianna and I had arrived at Parker Center and asked Liu and Alvarez the Big Question.  The answer was obvious to them: a) visit the scene of the crime and b) search the victim’s residence.
So Brianna and Alvarez [...]

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I sat in Brianna’s kitchen, sipping at my evening glass of blood and contemplating the joys of eating.
When you’re human, you don’t really appreciate food.  You can eat everything from the most cholesterol inducing steak to the healthiest leafy greens yet you don’t really truly appreciate it until all you have to eat is blood.
Fancy [...]

I sat on the steps, staring at nothing in particular, as activity raged all around me.
The live food Humans were taken away by a team of Nightwatch/Daywatch personnel who were trained in such work.  Now would begin the work of helping them recover and return to normal life.  Recalling the eyes of those poor souls [...]

Al sighed again, looked down at the dirty concrete of the floor, shook his head in a sad despairing way, like an English soccer fan, and then … he walked out.
“Alistair?” I called after him in surprise. I even used his full name, but there was no response.  
What was up with him?
I wasn’t sure what [...]

Sugar’s revelation was like a slap in the face to me, but it looked more like a baseball bat across the side of the head to Alistair.
Sugar made the most of it.
“Get back over by Brianna and don’t take a step in this direction or I swear I’ll blow your head off.”
Alistair just turned and [...]

“You’re not taking me for trial,” said Blade Clone.  He sounded desperate, which made me feel a little bolder than when I first stepped into the room. 
“Trial?” I said. “What are you talking about?”
He lunged at me with his big sword. “I know what they do to Vampires who were turned without permission.”
I grunted as [...]

The eyes of the Humans in the room brought back unpleasant memories of times I’d had to force people to share their blood with me.
We didn’t always have the Network to supply us with our daily blood and although we don’t need a lot of blood each day, we still need some.
You can go a [...]

Leo had only taken a few gulps of my blood when he became aware of the Conflict.
Vampire cells, and especially blood cell, are interesting little critters. They can change other cells to be just like them. That’s how turning works. It’s some sort of DNA conversion that we are only now beginning to understand.
Mix some [...]

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