After all, I know the inner workings of Vampires a lot more intimately than he did. Normally when it came time for him to pass out assignments, I’d ...ake my with grumbling reluctance and do as I should. After all, usually undercover work for me meant going in as one of the participants of an underground fight ring, or as a private dancer for some hot-shot Vamp that needed assassinating. That wasn’t the case this time. And my reasons for arguing back on this particular mission were clearly. “I’m sure everybody will be surprised that Senator William Barnes has a daughter that was unknown to the public.”His eyes widened in shock, and the three of us were silent as I waited for Barnes to respond. Moore’s date looked between us, afraid of breaking the tension.Finally, Barnes cleared his throat. “I don’t have a daughter.”“Of course, I’m sorry,” I laughed, acting sheepishly. “Must have confused her with your niece. The news is such a mess these days. I never even saw anything published. I may not have wanted to get involved with any other girl but I was not blind and I still appreciated the female form in most of its guises.Barbara Jenson was just under twelve months older than I was and was one of the department's many clerks. Apparently, her heroine was Twiggy and she always tried to copy the famous model's latest fashion, usually with reasonable success. During the ride she was very tactile and very attentive. I didn't realise it at the time but she'd decided that I was. Is this guy really one of the convention geeks? He gently pulled her up and onto her feet in the slow, steady motion of just his one arm, not heaving back or yanking her jarringly. Stronger than he looks, too. Kelly realized, casting an admiring glance. Something in that distant and isolated void within Kelly was falling, and this guy seemed to be tweaking her trajectory in all the right directions. Yeeeah, uh. Fuck it. All bets are off.“Means a lot to me, you calling, you know, looking out for.