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quietly. “Do you think it’s the villains that the Captain has
mentioned?”
“It must be.” She heard some of them shift uncomfortably,
and wished she could stop playing her role long enough
to look up and read their expressions. The soldier’s voice
dropped so low that a human wouldn’t have been able to
hear it, although of course a vampire could. “She called
them men, but we can’t be sure that it’s not one of those
. . . other crimes.” His volume returned to normal. “The
bandits must be getting more bold. The new captain will
surely want to increase patrols.”
“You won’t be able to spend so much time in the city
brothels anymore,” another one chuckled, and Rebekah
heard sounds of scuffling.
Really? A murdered man and a damsel in obvious distress
and they still acted like children? Humans could be so
unpredictable; so undisciplined. She could barely remember
how it felt to be their kind of alive—the kind that was
temporary. She cleared her throat a little and straightened up
again, tossing her loose blond hair as if it were the accidental
result of her movement. Once again, she had the patrol’s
undivided attention.
“Madame,” the nearest soldier began, diplomatically
placing a hand on her shoulder, after introducing himself
as Felix, “I am terribly sorry this has happened. We will
escort you to back the city.” He was reasonably attractive,
Rebekah decided, with thick black stubble and a hooked