"And?" There had to be another explanation, because I wasn't buying the first one at all. From what I'd seen, Hunter wasn't the type to have friends. And even if I was totally wrong, she didn't seem the type who did favors for them. She was more of a "what's in it for me" type of vampire.
"And because," she said, "Dark Earth is no place for a non-vampire to be after dark."
Fear quickstepped into my veins. "Meaning?"
"Meaning," she said softly, "that even the presence of your dark angel could not guarantee that you'd walk out of that club alive."
Chapter 3
The sick sensation of fear settled deep in my stomach. "So how is going to this club in the daylight any safer?"
"The bar will be almost empty, and Brett is powerful enough to control the few who are there. He has guaranteed your safety this afternoon."
Which didn't mean I would be safe. Not if the place was as dangerous as Hunter was making it out to be. "What about viewing the body?"
"I'll send you his name and address. He lived alone, so you can choose your own time to go there. He will lie in state until his maker arrives to officiate his final death in a few days."
Makers officiated the final deaths? That was something I hadn't known. "Have autopsies been done on all five victims?"
"On what remained, yes. Results will be slow to come, though, as we need to keep this private."
Which suggested the autopsy was being done in-house via high council resources rather than through the Directorate. "And what, exactly, do you expect me to find at this bar?"
She shrugged—an oddly elegant movement. "Talk to Brett. Look around the bar. You may see or sense something that the Cazadors—who don't have your psychic skills or your knowledge when it comes to the gray fields—wouldn't be capable of."
Given that they had Cazadors capable of astral travel, I actually doubted they'd have any less knowledge of the gray fields than I did. Although I guess astral travelers were restricted to this plane and weren't able to travel on the fields themselves. "I'll give you a call once I've gone there." And gotten out alive.
"Be sure that you do."