“Well, whatever they felt for one another,” said the police officer sympathetically. “This gal certainly feels it strong. I don’t often see gr...ef that bad. And I’ve seen some pretty crazed shit I can tell you. That Crystal Passion chick must have been one heck of a gal!”The responsibility of positively identifying Crystal Passion’s body was only the first of a series of duties we all had to do, including Matt and Joe, and even Skull. And on this occasion the police were on our side. Whatever. She was a Mekhet, and would always prefer to be on the sidelines.Case in point, Daniel stood next to the Prince, and Tash knew her sire might say three words in the whole meeting.“Please, spare no details, Miss Vola.”“R-Right.” And she didn’t. She told the Prince about the trip into the Hisil with the boys, Eric, and Sándor. She told her about their encounter with Street-Tail King; mentioning its name earned a scowl from her. And she told her about what Sándor said about the tear.“Minerva’s. I walked up the hill away from school with Anna and Erika, who livedjust up the road from me. I bet the planning department thought it wasquite funny placing a school at the bottom of a steep hill - pupils getto classes quickly and when they are tired from a hard days work theyjust rub it in with the walk home. Home was in a new housing estate justless than half a mile away so it didn't take that long. As we walkeddown the passageway linking the old miners houses and the new estate Inoticed. This was the weirdest session she had ever had, and that included the two leather-clad lesbians who had joined last week. She'd never seen anyone respond this way, and she thought she'd seen everything from nervous apprehension to eager anticipation.Then she heard a gentle buzzing from behind the door and relaxed. Ahhh, okay then. She was just... shy? Tasha took a seat outside the door, glancing at her watch. She would give her a warning at five minutes. The hum from behind the door grew a.