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They were alone. Kaine figured Tam, a nurse, was in the bedroom with Nica, Dane
and Evie, which was better.
At least she didn t have to endure Tam s questions as well as Kyle s.
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She waited, standing at attention. He was going to start in on her about John so she
just waited.
After what seemed like forever, he finally said,  No change in her condition. Nica
and Dane are still talking. I want you to head back to your place, provide support for
Nic and Duke. I just sent them out on assignment.
Shock made her blink at him stupidly for several long seconds. He wasn t going to
interrogate her?
Feeling like she d dodged a silver bullet, she nodded then realized what Kyle had
said.  Wait. Where d they go?
 Report of another possible kidnapping, this time lucani. Could be a false alarm.
The guy s been known to go off radar but his parents are worried because of what s
happened and we don t need a fucking panic on our hands.
 Why didn t you send me with them?
She blurted out the question before she gave it much thought and nearly shrank
under Kyle s stone-faced expression.
Shit. He hadn t told her because she d been fucking around with John.
 You were needed here, Kyle finally said, though she knew what he wasn t saying.
You wouldn t have been any good to them right now.
Which was true.
Vaffanculo.
With a stiff nod, she turned on her heel and headed out the door. Kyle didn t call to
her. He let her go without a word.
Trying not to run, she slipped into John s car, because she didn t have her own, and
started to drive.
She wasn t going home, though. She had something else to do.
From her cell, she made a quick call to Camillus de Feo. The linchetto, an Etruscan
night elf, ran a private investigation firm for those of Etruscan descent with his brothers
Antonin, Teo and Rio.
Cam woke up fast when she told him who she was and what she wanted, and
twenty minutes later, she had to shake her head as she pulled to a stop in front of John s
apartment building.
Small fucking world.
The address Cam had given her was directly across from John s apartment. She
couldn t see the house though because of the thick rose hedge already in bloom. In
April.
Cam had told her he d call his brother Rio so he d be expecting her. Then he d told
her how to find the gate to Rio s house and how to open it so she didn t get her hand
pricked by thorns. When the gate opened inward, she walked through and headed for
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the front door of the stone home that looked like a miniature castle. Truly, it did. It had
turrets and everything.
Enchanted, she thought. Had to be.
And smack in the heart of the city.
Cool.
On her walk through the small garden to the front door, her attention settled on a
small rose bush that seemed to have fallen behind the rest in terms of blooming. To say
it called to her would have been pushing it. Still, she stopped by its side, her hand
reaching out to stroke the petals of its lone white flower.
She sucked in a sharp breath as the bush quivered beneath her hand. Like a dog
begging to be petted. As she watched, her mouth hanging open, the leaves turned a
little greener, and several buds appeared on the branches.
 Wow, my godmother s gonna love that. She s been babying that plant for months.
Nothing she s done has helped.
Kaine tore her gaze away from the plant to look at the woman standing in the now-
open doorway of the house. She had a sweet smile, a pleasant face and purple eyes.
Elizabeth Taylor eyes. Wow.
 Hi, I m Rosie de Feo. You must be Kaine. Rio s still getting dressed. He needed a
shower to wake up.
 Kaine Giliati. Sorry to come so early.
Rosie waved her concern away as she stepped through the door. And into an art
gallery. Of some of the strangest art she d ever seen.
Her mouth literally dropped open and her feet faltered at the statuary and artwork
filling the open space of the first floor.
 My godmother Lora likes to sculpt.
Okay. Kaine guessed Lora also liked sex because every one of the pieces depicted
naked men and women in various erotic poses.
 And my godmother Fanny loves to paint.
And Fanny apparently had a thing for horror movies George Romero would be
proud of.
Paintings recreating the murderous shower scene from the movie Psycho, the
zombie cemetery scene from Night of the Living Dead and the rape scene from Evil Dead
hung on the walls.
 Wow. Good taste in horror movies. And the black velvet Elvises are, uh& 
 Pretty hideous. Rosie laughed as she walked to the circular iron staircase winding
up in the center of the room.  Don t worry. I know. But Fanny loves them so they stay.
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