Larry frowned. "He told me he had a thing for men with red hair. Was he kidding?"
I laughed, and it made my head hurt. I was suddenly very aware of a growing headache, as if it had been there all the time, just masked by drugs. Modern chemistry, there is no substitute.
"Probably not, but don't worry. You're not on the menu."
"Who is?" Larry asked.
"I don't know yet. Has Dolph found out who's behind the bombings and stuff?"
"Yes." He said that one word like it was enough.
"Tell me or I will get out of this bed and hurt you."
"It was Humans First. The police raided their headquarters earlier today, got most of the leaders."
"That is wonderful." I frowned, which hurt, then closed my eyes and said, "How did Humans First know where all the monsters were? They hit private homes, secret daytime lairs. They shouldn't have known where everyone was."
I heard the door open a moment before Dolph's voice said, "The vampires had a traitor in their midst."
"Hey, Dolph."
"Hey, yourself. Good to see you awake."
"Good to be awake," I said. "What traitor?"
"Remember Vicki Pierce--and her little scene at Burnt Offerings?"
"I remember."
"She had a boyfriend that was with Humans First. She gave him up when we questioned her a second time."
"Why'd you bring her in?"
"Seems she got paid for her little acting assignment. We threatened to charge her with assault and attempted murder. She folded like a cheap card table."
"What does little Miss Blue Eyes have to do with a vampire traitor?"
"She's been dating Harry, the bartender and part owner of Burnt Offerings."
I was confused. "Then why stage the scene at his business? Why give himself grief?"
"Her human boyfriend wanted to pay her to do it. She didn't want him to know she was seeing Harry. Harry went along with it because he thought it would look funny if his place was the only vamp-owned business not hit by the fanatics."
"So Harry knew what she was using the information for?" I said. I was finding it hard to believe that any vamp would do it, let alone one as old as Harry.
"He knew. He took his cut of the money," Dolph said.
"Why?"
"When we find him, we'll ask."
"Let me guess. He's vanished."
Dolph nodded. "Don't tell your boyfriend, Anita."
"The vampires may be your only hope of catching Harry now."
"But will they turn him over to us or kill him?"