"To see if I can find a clue," I said.
"So you'll miss the hunt just because they wouldn't give you the warrant ?" he said.
"We'll be back for the hunt," Edward said, and went around to the driver's side of the car, which left me with Raborn. Perfect.
"I heard a lot of rumors about you, Blake, but I never heard that you'd leave before the monster was dead. Everyone said you were tough."
"I am tough," I said. "You let the dogs do their best, but they won't find these things, not today, not just with dogs."
"How can you be sure of that?"
Edward leaned over and pushed the door open as a sort of hint that I needed to get in now. "Call it experience," I said, and climbed in the open door. He was still frowning at us as we drove off.
I had Alex Pinn's cell number and I'd called it, but he didn't answer it. A man I didn't know answered it. "Alex's phone, whom may I say is calling?" It sounded way too formal, and I was betting an assistant of some kind.
"This is Anita Blake, to whom am I speaking?"
Edward glanced at me as he pulled out onto the highway, but he didn't ask questions he knew I'd explain later.
"Then, this is the phone of Li Da of the Red Clan, son of Queen Cho Chun. Why are you calling our prince?"
"I think that's private between Alex and me."
"You are not alone?" He made it a question.
"No."
"Can the person with you not be trusted?"