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except the European League killed most of the drone vampires.”
    “Drone vampire, that’s good.” Kenneth smiled. “Well, you will figure it out.”
    “I want to go and see Tiffany,” Besseta told him, walking over.
    “Will she rip my head off?” Kenneth asked.
    Besseta smiled. “Hardly. She rarely kills—unless you burn books of course. If you look back in history when people burned books, the natural death rate and murders went up. That was Tiffany.”
    “I’ll make sure she knows I love books and have a nice collection,” Kenneth told her and started putting up pins.
    She walked up beside him and said with a smile, “She would like that.”
    “I can go with you, right?” he asked with just a touch of remorse.
    “Kenneth, not again, please. I was in Detroit and back in less than two hours. You can’t drive that fast,” she said, closing her eyes for a moment and hoping another dispute wasn’t getting underway. “But yes, I wouldn’t dream of going to see Tiffany without you.”
    “Really?” he asked with some excitement, and she nodded, thankful the dispute seemed to go away. “I can’t protect you if I’m not with you,” he said pointedly, putting up another pin.
    Well, so much for that thought, she thought, closing her eyes. “You said you understood,” she said.
    “Oh I do, but I don’t like you out there without me. I worry,” he admitted.
    Watching Kenneth as he checked notes and put up pins, she smiled. “That’s why I was so fast; I was worried about you,” she told him.
    Putting the pins in his hand down, he grabbed his pistol and said, “Well, let me go take care of Ted.”
    “I thought we were going to wait?” she asked, confused.
    “We did,” he said and headed for the door.
    “Hold on,” she said, stomping her little foot. He stopped and looked at her. “Do you think we can find out more from him?”
    “Oh yes,” Kenneth nodded. “Wait till you read what they plan to do with the masses.”
    “You questioned him without me here?” she asked in a low voice.
    “Hey, Bonnie and Clyde were asleep, so I was productive,” Kenneth told her, putting his gun up. “That reminds me; we need to build a garage at the dock. We don’t need someone to notice a collection of vehicles.”
    “Collection?” she asked.
    “Ah yes, we need to keep a collection here and spread some out around at your safe houses,” Kenneth told her and moved over to put up pins. “You, ah…um… trust Tiffany around a human?”
    “Yes, I trust Tiffany around you,” Besseta grinned, “as a vampire and as a girl.”
    “I was just curious,” Kenneth said.
    Seeing Kenneth drop his shoulders in relief, Besseta jumped up and sat on the desk. “I’m more worried about her being a girl than a vampire,” Besseta told him.
    He looked at her. “I’m more worried about her being a vampire with telekinesis.”
    “You will understand when you meet her,” she assured him.
    “Since she’s your friend, I’ll be more at ease,” he told her. “I know you don’t have any other vampire friends, but does she? Will we…um… find her with a few ‘hungry’ friends?” he hinted. When he saw Besseta thinking, Kenneth started getting worried again.
    Finally, Besseta spoke. “You know, I’ve never seen her with or around another vampire for any length of time other than me. That doesn’t count the few times I saw her at tributes.”
    Dropping the pins on the counter, he turned to her. “Just why in the hell do a group of vampires appoint themselves to a League and want others to pay tribute?”
    “We may be vampires but still have human tendencies. Power, Kenneth. That’s what they want is power.”
    “Okay,” he said, “why the sudden change in Ted? Don’t think I can do it?”
    With a long face, she shook her head. “No, I realized you were right, and I know you could.”
    “Damn right I can,” Kenneth mumbled.
    “Can I ask you something?”
    “I’ve told you, baby, you don’t ask