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known vampires. Then when I moved in with you, I had to tell them because the League knew you would know the secret.”
    “So you’ll love me old and gray?” Kenneth asked with a smile.
    Walking around the bar, Besseta hugged him. “I’ll love you always. Old and gray doesn’t matter to me. When you do leave me, I will carry you in my heart forever,” she told him, trying not to cry at just the thought of him not with her.
    “No matter Heaven or Hell, I’ll wait on you, and in this world, I’ll be with you. I have and always will love you,” he told her with a tear rolling down his face.

Chapter 3
    Coming to a stop, Besseta took off her backpack and pulled out a cellphone. The fight with Kenneth to just let her run to make the call had been long and hard. In the end, he relented, not able to argue that she could get further than he could drive her. She was just outside of Detroit as she dialed the number and started the phone tag.
    “You do fast work,” Maliki answered.
    “Let me tell you if you say their name again, I will find you and rip your head off!” Besseta shouted. “They are scanning the cell waves, looking for certain words!”
    Silence met her on the phone, and she looked at the screen to make sure Maliki hadn’t hung up on her. “I’m sorry; I truly didn’t think they had that capability,” he finally told her.
    “Well, they do,” she huffed. “There are only nine associates left here. Across the pond, they have a few more.”
    Laughing, Maliki said, “Not more than that. They tried to hit the League there, and they keep much more security than we ever have. I’m told the human casualties were over fifty, and they took some of the attackers to see what they knew.”
    “Don’t gloat. This war is long from over. We have found new information that they know about our physical limitations. There are also a whole lot more of them than us.”
    “Believe me, I won’t underestimate them again,” Maliki assured her. “When will you attempt the change to your initiate?”
    “When he’s ready and not before,” she snapped.
    “I was just asking.”
    “Our deal still stands, correct?” she asked.
    “Of course,” Maliki chuckled. “I am a man of my word, and the League agreed with me.”
    “I’m taking this war on a different front, so I’ll try to make contact when I can.”
    “Oh, how so?” he asked. “Just to make sure we don’t waste resources after the same target,” he clarified.
    “I’m going after those in the trenches. You need to concentrate on those at the top. You got one of their top guys.”
    “You ARE very good,” Maliki smirked. “Yes I do, and he’s still with us.”
    “I hope you’re not bobbing anymore?”
    “No, we stopped that after our last talk,” Maliki told her. “What else have you found out?”
    “Nothing that I can tell you over a phone and not have helicopters here in minutes.”
    “Ooh, sounds interesting,” Maliki told her. “When we can, I’ll ask you to visit.”
    “I’m sure you know already,” Besseta told him. “I need a break, but I will be busy.”
    “Very well. Take care,” he told her. “You have always been one of my favorites even with your foolish quest.”
    Not even responding, Besseta hung up and destroyed the phone. Putting her pack on, Besseta vanished into the night. She replayed the conversation in her mind, not liking any part of it. Maliki didn’t tell her anything and seemed cheerful. Devious didn’t even come close to describing him as far as she was concerned.
    Within two hours, she was back and found Kenneth down in the basement marking the map with pins. “Hey baby,” he said without turning around. “What did creepy guy have to say?”
    “That would describe him,” she said, giggling. “Not really much, and I don’t like it.”
    Stopping, Kenneth turned around. “What don’t you like?”
    “It’s what he didn’t say,” she told him, trying to figure it out. “He gave me no information