Incubus Dreams - October 30th

[anita_blake]

Anita sits on Jean-Claude's bed, frowning at her cell phone. She knows she's going to get chewed out by Zerbrowski if she calls, but she needs him. Taking a breath and letting it out slowly, she dials Zerbrowski's cell number and listens to it ring a couple times. When he answers, she doesn't bother with niceties.

"Zerbowski, it's Blake. I need to know if you've received any missing persons reports for lycanthropes."

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[anita_blake]

Anita sighs, rubbing her eyes as she leans against the sink.

"I doubt that's what happened. Something... is off in all this. A swanmane goes missing a few days ago, and now a new vampire. A new vampire would be easy to pick off."

She chews her lower lip a little, considering.

"Can you keep your ear to the ground and see if anyone new comes up missing the next day or so? I don't like this, and I'm sure it's not going to end well."

[ab_npc]

"Well, gee, Anita, I don't know. It's not like I'm a cop or anything. Oh, wait. Tell you what, I'll even run it past a buddy in missing persons and see if they've got anything that might fit, too."

[anita_blake]

Anita gives the toilet a foul look, imagining it was Zerbrowski.

"You'd be shuddering at the look I'm giving you. Just thought you should know that."

[ab_npc]

He laughs. "You can make me shudder any time you want, Blake. I'll even bring the wine."

[anita_blake]

"Pervert."

Anita scoffs.

"Call me back the moment you know anything more, all right?"

[ab_npc]

"You got it." Zerbrowski hangs up -- 'bye' fell out of his vocabulary about three months after working under Dolph. He looks around the room and spots his prey. "Hey, MacDonald! C'mere; I need to talk to you about this missing vampire."