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I loved that he didn’t argue, or ask stupid questions, but wentright for the important parts. “Still figuring that out, but if I can get to Jean-Claude and redo the marks in person, then we should be all right.”
“Why did you say it like that, if you can get to him?”
“Tell him that Deimos may have been fucking with your dream,” Nicky said.
I told him.
“Didn’t Deimos mess with people’s emotions last time?”
“Some, yeah. He got in the audience’s head.”
“What if he got in the heads of the hate groups?”
I thought about it for a second or two, then said, “Jesus, Edward.”
“I’m packed and heading to the airport. I’ll be on the ground in two hours.”
“Not from New Mexico you won’t.”
“I just finished up a monster hunt in Louisville, Kentucky. Lucky for you, that puts me a lot closer.”
“I’ll take the help.”
“St. Louis put a call out for more marshals to come help with the overwhelming number of supernatural-related crimes, so it’s not just me heading your way.”
“Bernardo’s welcome, but you mean Olaf, too.”
“He’s farther away than I am, so I’ll be on the ground before he gets there.”
“I do not need tall, pale, and scary here while we’re dealing with this shit.”
“If we have to fight Deimos in dragon form, we’ll need all the help we can get.”
“Olaf is a good man in a fight, Anita,” Nicky said.
“Fine, though maybe the reason he keeps screwing with people’s emotions is that he isn’t able to do the whole dragon thing anymore.”
“You know we can’t count on that, Anita.”
“Yeah, I know we have to plan for worst-case scenario, not best.”
“Could your rogue Harlequin be working with your dragon?”
“I don’t know.”
“Kaazim was a good asset with us in Ireland, but isn’t Queenie his master vamp?”
“Yes, he’s under guard as a precaution.”
“Good.”
“Let me know when you get on the ground; I’ve got to move heaven and earth, or at least a few cars, so I can get to Jean-Claude before dawn.”
“Move a few cars?”
“We’re stuck in traffic behind a multicar pileup.”
“It’s three in the morning in St. Louis, not Los Angeles,” he said.
