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Meg checked her watch. It was almost time to meet him. He was

picking her up to look at another spot.

It had been the longest three weeks of her life. The computer had

found an astonishing number of potential sites, and each one had been

a bust. It was frustrating, but Meg had no other choice. She couldn’t

give up.

Dante had been a godsend. He’d quickly figured out how to use

the computer to their best advantage. He’d learned through trial and

error that the computer had settings to detect everything from

atmospheric content to the pH of the soil. Dante had hypothesized that

the door to the Faery plane could potentially be found by taking

careful readings and comparing it to the rest of the area. Dante had

been busy taking measurements and putting them into his program. So

far, they’d had no luck.

“Hey, Meg.” A familiar voice pulled her out of her thoughts.

Meg carefully put the weapon away as she greeted him. “Dante, I

thought I was meeting you outside.”

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He shrugged and offered to carry her case. “I have Gina watching

the store. It’s no big deal. I wanted to get a chance to run by this one

address I found. I think we have a shot there.”

Meg eyed the young man. It was odd how different he was from

his vampire counterpart. They looked almost identical, but the

differences in their lives had taken a toll on this Dante. He hadn’t

grown up with the privileges of the vampire. He had been raised

middle class after his father sold his family’s cattle ranch to a

corporation. From what Meg had learned, Dante’s parents had split,

with his mom returning to her Irish home with his sister Susan. Dante

had remained behind and been forced to drop out of college to take

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