Page 60 of Even Vampires Bleed

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“We do. But didn’t you have everything at theSacré Coeur?” he asks.

“Cassiopé got captured,” I say.

I never knew that three little words could make that man jump, but they do.

And he’s out of his seat in a second.

“We’re getting a team ready,” is all he says before he dials Pierre on his holo, but I don’t wait for him. I go straight to Luc.

I know that if there is someone in this church that can get me the blueprints of Versailles on my holo, it’s him.

I find him in his room with half a dozen screens on his desk.

I honestly don’t know what he’s doing, but I’m not going to ask.

I don’t have time to spare.

“Luc, can you load Versailles’s blueprint to my holo?” I ask him.

He raises his head from his keyboard and looks at me like he’s seen a ghost.

Oh, did I forget to mention I barged in without even knocking or announcing myself?

Well, that’s what I did—which can easily explain Luc’s spooked expression.

“My door was closed,” he tells me instead.

Yeah, I don’t have time for apologies.

“I know, but it’s really urgent,” I say instead.

The man just nods and types on his keyboard. I see a circle appear on the screen and then disappear.

“All done,” Luc tells me and I’m out of his door before I say “thanks.”

He’s a bat, he’ll hear it, anyway.

Without waiting for Elhyor or the team he’s building to get Cassiopé out, I run back to theSaint Michelquarter and to the tunnels.

I don’t know how long it would take for them to be ready, but I’m not waiting for anyone.

I saw what she did.

She was ready to fight them just to give me extra time—even if it was just seconds.

And it worked.

But now I don’t have any wings that need protecting.

There is only her that needs my protection.

And that can’t wait.

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Cassiopé

My head hurts.

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