He rubbed his face wondering if he had even remembered to shave his face this morning. He had."There is this flavor of spice in the air. I can almost ...ell you what it is, but then again I can't. It does smell nice though," Valerie shook her shoulder length hair with dismissal and adjusted her glasses. "There is an overnight package waiting for you on your desk. I think it's that proposal you were expecting."Nick tried to read the modified contract for the fourth time and finally gave up the. "It helps I found all of Davika's money she made from the warehouse. It was a ton! Like I don't know what all she did to make all that money, but I am spending it on the house and to take care of Priya and me!" she paused as she showed me into Davika's old room. She had repainted the walls a crisp pure white and had put down new flooring. That room appeared to be almost complete. "Ooh and did you see I got rid of the minivan? The Mini is so much more me! It is electric too!"Priya was. After checking in and tipping the bellhop, I took a long, hot shower to clean myself up. At that point, there was nothing I wanted more than to nap for a few hours, but it was already 2:37 in the afternoon, their time, and I needed to make effective use of my day. I got dressed and groomed and headed out in search of a cab. Ten minutes later, I was dropped off at the front gates of the American embassy, where I had an appointment with Consul Karl Stross.A young woman, who could have been a. The question was why did she change back to a human upon her death, but the fetus did not change? Was that because the fetus had never been human? That was enough to convince us that we had to kill all of the werewolves—we sure as hell did not want to leave alive a breeding pair of werewolves!Here I go again! I was interviewed by a gazillion scientists and technical people. Everybody was delighted to learn that just a scratch by an iron implement was enough to cause the immediate death of a.