"You want to head over to my place and, you know, talk some more about what it's like giving yourself raises?"
I said, "When you say 'talk' don't you really mean boff my brains out?"
He grinned and reddened. I reached over and patted his superheated face.
"You'll just have to give yourself a raise tonight," I said, and left him my card. "Call me if you hear anything new."
"But I live right around the cor - "
"Sorry," I said. "But your calculations were off."
I smiled sweetly and left.
Chapter Six
We were at the beach, sitting on the wooden deck of a lifeguard tower. The sign on the lifeguard tower said no sitting on the wooden deck.
"We're breaking the law," I said.
Kingsley Fulcrum turned his massive head toward the sign above us. As he did so, some of the moonlight caught his cheek bones and strong nose and got lost somewhere in the shaggy curls that hung on his beefy shoulders.
"We are risking much to be here," he said. "If we get caught, our super secret identities may be discovered."
I said, "Especially if I show up invisible in the mug shot."
Kingsley shook his head.
"You vampires are weird," he said.
"This coming from a guy who howls at every full moon."