I was clapping my eyes and acting like a clinical fool from my point of view. Ramirez moved his eyebrows. I think he was counting on a little one-on-one. Isn't he ho-ho-ho?
- I won't mind," said Mecislav.
I think he wanted to add something, but I didn't give him anything, shaking him like a crazy magpie:
- Oh, Mieczysław, you're so cute! I just adore you! Ramirez, really, I'm terribly lucky that I became a family name at Mecislav's! - I tried to make a particularly nasty giggle. - He's so charming! Well, we still have time to talk about it! We'll sit with you at the club, have a Coke, talk... Oh! I forgot you don't drink Coke! You look so human! Sometimes I forget that you're much older and wiser than a normal person. - Flecks, feel free to pour the honey river to the edge of any fate...
[15]
So Ramirez smiled a little. - All the women in the club will envy me for sitting with such a handsome man! Is it true that you and Mieczysław have known each other for a long time?! Will you tell me about your acquaintance later?! Will I?!
The last word came out as an ultrasonic squeal. But it worked.
Ramirez wriggled and nodded.
- Julia, I'll wait for you downstairs in the restaurant.
- Oh! Are you interested in watching people too?! They're so funny! Like drunken monkeys! - I'm sorry.
Ramirez nodded dry and closed the office door. He heard quiet footsteps.
Mecislav listened, then he looked out into the corridor.
- He's gone.
- Praise be to Allah. I was afraid that he would ask me for a private meeting.
- He obviously wanted to. But he got confused. You've been acting strange.
- How stupid was that? I know I was.
What else was there to do? Soap up the rope? Yeah, in your dreams...
- And he knows. What are you gonna do next?
- It's just as stupid. And I'll also assure you that I can only be serious after your lectures.
- He's not gonna believe it.
- But he's not gonna get it either. What's the stupid demand?
- What's the stupid demand?
- Nothing.
- What do you think of my offer? - The vampire was clearly having fun.
- Spend the whole day with you?
- Yeah. (laughs)
- Let them shave my head first!
It came out of me with this feeling...
Too well I imagined how this would end. No, fire me. To join the slender ranks of necrophiles?
There was a knock on the door, and Valentine showed up in his office.
- Oh, good evening. Yulka, you're trouble.
- If you don't like it, don't bust it, I snapped.
- I wouldn't, but life makes me do it.
- Hum, - I'm sulking. - Razorbit!
- Where's everyone else? - Mieczysław informed me in an icy tone.
- We're here, Chief," Vadim jumped up and waved over the werewolf's shoulder. There was no way around that Slavic closet in the door.
Valentine turned around, walked into the room, and mockingly snorted over his shoulder:
- Balabol.
- Who, me?! - Vadim was outraged. - Yes, I am! Yes, you! Yes, you! How dare you, you wretched despicable mortal, argue with me...
- With me, the baldoy himself, - Mechislav also knew the classics very well. - That's enough. Come and sit down. I do not want to spend the rest of the night on your stupidity.
The subordinates obeyed. They didn't curtsy, they didn't sing Hosana Mieczysław, even without much courtesy. Mieczysław did not insist. Time is money. And the time spent on all sorts of nonsense like ritual greetings is generally an unacceptable expense. And that's it.
His Serene Highness (the title of Prince - your Grace, right?) again settled down in his chair. Valentin and Vadim pressed me from both sides on the sofa, the already familiar to me vampire Sasha and some tanned werewolf with brown eyes took the chairs.
- Julia, I'd like you to meet me. Alexander. My security service.
- Nice to meet you. The king.
Alexander did not appreciate the joke and almost nodded. But Vadim snuck a snort nearby. At least someone understands me.
- Leonidas. The security service of my tiger friends.
Yeah. I got a closer look at the werewolf. It's not a bad aura, orange, blue, a little red and green. There's a silver drawing in the kit. But the outlines are very different. We'll have to take a look at the other tigers as well.
- It's a pleasure.
- Nice to meet you, too," said the werewolf. The aura has not even changed.
- Okay, here we go. Julia will now retell everything that happened to her this evening. You'll still listen again. You can and must ask questions. Then we'll each report back to our area of work, then we'll form a plan of action. Julia?
I briefly recounted the events at the IPF, once again went through the shooting and my actions, told me in detail everything Peter told me, but left the story of his life behind. They'll get over it.
When I was silent, Mechislav took a look from left to right. That is, from Valentin to me, to Vadim - and further on Sasha and Lenka.
- Valentin. Now you're with me. What did you learn from the werewolves?
- A week ago, one of the adoptions of the pack gave them to this Diego. And ordered all his orders to be carried out as his own.
- Who's the leader?
- Someone named Vladislav. The most interesting thing is that he's from Tula.
- So Ivan Tulsky may have had something to do with this?
- Yes. Only fuck we can prove. The thing is, the receptionist named Vladislav was in a car bombed with the embassy.
- And the leader of the pack doesn't know where his men are being given to? - I was wondering.
- And the leader of the pack still has to get there," shook Mechislav's head. - By the time he gets here, he'll be shot three times.
- And through a webcam? Or are you so immature?
- Through a web-camera he can lie to us anything. We won't feel any lies through it.
- It's sad.
- This line is broken, - summed up Mecislav. - Anything else interesting they said?
- Practically nothing. They came here and settled in a rented apartment. Diego solved all the issues related to nutrition. The second vampire sat with them and made sure they didn't go out or shine anywhere. Helped them control the animals. Now is the time...
- Raoul, the fox caller, I said calmly. - And now, I suppose, he can do much more.
- Gentlemen, have you noticed anything interesting?
Sashka raised his hand like in class.
- What was it?
- They came here again.
week
back. When to our esteemed mistress even
on the move
relatives.
Everyone's thinking. I was the first one to decide.
- Did somebody provoke this situation or did they calculate everything in advance? Escape, chase, murder...
- Isn't it a lot to count? - Lenka's wince.
Vadim began to curl his fingers on his hand, loudly reasoning out loud.
- Your brother's acquaintance with the Padi and their sympathy. Is it a miscalculation?
- No. But it can be used," said Valentine. - The mistreatment of her...
- And how do we know about the abuse? From what she said? I didn't like her aura! - It's already me.
- Yulia, she didn't lie," Vadim said. - She was telling us the whole story, and no one could feel the lies in her words.
I shrugged my shoulders. I trusted the vampires. But the acquaintance of Slava and Klavka was too successful. Too well.
- But calculating their escape or even pushing him to abuse the Padi is possible," added Valentine.
- Let's move on," said Mieczysław. - Valentin, after our meeting, go back to the werewolves. Let them retell all the conversations that they remember.
- I tried to interrogate them. But they all say about the same thing.
Only Diego knew everything, but he never shared it with anyone.
- Curly, you killed him very badly.
- It wasn't me. It was Raoul. But we still didn't have a choice.
- I know we didn't.
Vadim bent his second finger.
- Escape is miscalculated? It's a giveaway.
- That they'll come to me for help sooner or later, too.
- Why to you and not to your grandfather? - quickly asked Sashka.
- My address is in the directory. And my grandfather hasn't been listed there for a long time.
- Leonid, tomorrow you have an assignment: that my surname is not listed in any directory either. Change the number and don't give anyone a new one. No directory services.
- Yes, Chief.
- The fact that Julia will go to the chief for help is not even math, it's arithmetic," Vadim bent his third finger.
- How predictable we are," I sighed. - By the way, someone called me. And said that the embassy is a huge set-up. I'm telling you right away: I didn't know the voice.
- Did you find out who called? - Mechislav looked at werewolves and vampire Sashka.
- Not yet.
- Rastyapa. Valentin, do it.
- Julia, will you write down the time and phone from the magazine?
- The phone is undecided.
- Then it's day and time.
- Okay, I'll write it down. Boys, I have one more question. Why Ramirez all of a sudden? Does the Council have one emissary?
- No. Exactly thirteen.
- Then why this one? Or do you have so much trouble that you sent the first one to be caught?
Mecislav has been thinking.
- I don't know. It's hard to say. I don't know all the Council business now. I suspect the emissaries don't know them either.
- Is there any way to find out?
- We have to. Sashka, did you hear that? If you keep checking on Diego, be sure to find out about Ramirez. I would never send the same person to the same city twice. Especially in such a short time. There's too much chance he'd be biased.
- I'll find out.
- All the more reason for that Spanish hidalgo not to look at me, but to roll out his lip.
- Work, Mecislav frowned. - So tomorrow night I'll know what and how. Next. If we are talking about a set-up - it could not be done without the approval of the Tula Prince.
- Chief, do you think Ivan Tulsky...? - quietly asked Leonidas.
- Either by himself or with his knowledge. It would be good to know everything there is to know about the ambassadors who were shot.
- I'll tell you what, they'll bring us all the papers.
- Make the call. Have them bring it, and we'll move on for now. Let's not waste any more time.
Leonidas obediently got the phone. Yes. Well, Mecislav is building them. That's how the army's home army seems to be, "Stand still, smile-r-r-r-na!"
- Next. Who's our spy?
- A spy? - That question came as a complete surprise to me. Mecislav wasn't angry. He just shook his head.
- Julia, turn on your brain. The IPF wouldn't set werewolves on you. By the way, try to make peace with this organization. Tomorrow, talk to...
- Rokin.
- Yeah. You got it?
- To say that I forgive everything?
- No. That you're a fragile girl, you can't balance your powers, you're scared, you're hysterical...
- – Я?!
- You.
I snorted.
- And if they try that number again, half a block will blow up?
- Or half a quarter of the IPF. It's their choice. It's like talking, you know?
- Yeah. I went crazy, but they provoked me.
- That's right. And from now on, you can't go to the FPI without security. Valentin, take your orders.
- I'm on it.
- What are you, mad at me?! Maybe I should go to the institute with security.
- You'll have to, and you'll also have to go to the bathroom with security. And make sure that Ichthyander with a grenade doesn't swim out of the toilet. Any questions?
I shut up.
- Yulka, thank you for the guys, the werewolf said awkwardly. - Kostya told me everything.
- If you give me the sugar, I snapped. - You'll set them up again, asking them to guard me, don't you understand that?
- I understand everything. Except that they can survive after a dozen bullets or when a car collides with a pole. And if you were alone today? I can't drag them away from you myself now. That's what Constantine said: Over his dead body. And Gleb thinks he owes you his life.
- And I owe it to them. Don't they understand that?
- It's life, Julia. And they're the primitives in my pack. This title is not given for nothing.
- That's right. Leonidas, you have to put two reliable tigers on Julia.
- Yes, Chief.
I realized I couldn't argue with them. Then I'll try it with Mieczyslaw. And in the meantime...
- Let's go back to the source, huh? Mecislav, what did you say about the spy?
- A spy has to be identified.
- A spy? From where?!
Valentin was genuinely surprised. Vadim gave him a hideous look.
- Why do you think there's no one here to spy?
Valentine didn't think so clearly anymore.
- I'll find out who, I'll rip his head off.
- No, it's a professional case," the vampire made a tough decision.
- You'll find him first," I said. I had a hard time believing in success.
- Now let's sit down and think about it," Sashka cut off. - Who knew about your visit to the IPF?
- Everything at all?
- Yes.
- Theoretically... Mechislav.
- I told Boris and Vadim.
- And those?
- I didn't tell anyone. I didn't even tell Lisa! - Vadim was outraged. - This is not information to be made public! About such silence and silence! In a rag!
One minute went to a phone call Boris and interrogation of Vadim, but eventually the vampire found out that his loyal aides did not say anything to anyone. Getting acquainted with the IPFovtsy for some reason was not welcomed among vampires, so they were silent, not to spoil my reputation.
- It's clear from this side. Yulia, who else?
- Valentin knew.
- Gleb, Konstantin, Peter and Alexander, Slavka and Clara, Nastia...
- Anyway, all foxes. It's sad.
I think we're at a dead end here, too.
- Well, not all of us. But... a lot.
- There's no point in looking," the vampire sighed. - In days like this, werewolves are unbridled. They could discuss something with each other, and they were heard.
- Yes. Interrogates said they'd been waiting in an ambush for four hours.
- Why's that?
- Somebody called Diego, he snapped and ran.
- Guys, there's one thing I don't understand! You guys are vampires. You're supposed to sleep in the daytime! Danielle was the exception to the rule! But Diego? Or was he, too?
- He was an old enough vampire. Although the possibility of not sleeping during the day is also available to youngsters, - wince Mieczysław. The topic clearly did not give him any pleasure. But I wasn't going to back down.
- Which one? What are these, herbs? Pills? Mustard under your tail? Is it easy to get here?
- It's easy. Yulia, then, -Mecislav asked.
But I got caught under my tail like a leader.
- And why not now? What are you hiding? Don't I know anything else about you, gentlemen vampires?!
- Yes! - Sashka barked. - To keep a vampire awake during the day, he just needs to kill a man. And drink the whole thing out of him.
power
с
last
with blood. That's it!
And he was hoping to scare me with that? I couldn't take his eyes off him and asked him loudly:
- And if you drink a werewolf, does it
have the same effect or more? Or is there no need to drink a werewolf? The werewolves are stronger...
Mechislav shook his head.
- Alexander, Julia, stop the banter. Valentin, Leonid, please go to the hospital and get everything out of the werewolves. Write it on the tape recorder, listen to it yourself, bring it to me. This is an assignment for you, get yourself someone to help. One for the foxes, one for the tigers. Alexander, you're wearing Diego. Have you learned anything yet?
Alexander nodded.
- Yes. But not enough so far. The bulk of the information will be sent to me later. Gossip, hints, suspicions... we'll isolate the main thing. Shall we read what we've already sent?
- Yes.
- Diego. Diego da Morano. He's Alex Versailles, aka Yuri Grachev, aka John Lindsay. Originally Spanish, Jose Manuel Carras. He's four hundred and twenty years old. Appearances - missed. Sexual and taste habits... missed...
- No! - I raised my hand. Hell knows why. - Please read it. What if there's something useful?
Mecislav wince, but nodded.
- Only in brief.
- Briefly, he prefers to use women. It's better to use werewolves. Ideally Spanish, Mexican, or close to that. Black hair, black or brown eyes. Blondie doesn't like it. Neither does a man. Unless you have a choice. But he also prefers brunettes among them.
- Were there any of these in the police reports the last few days?
Vadim grabbed the idea on the fly.
- Do you want to know how long he's been here or when he's switched to reinforced food?
- Ever since the spy started to report to him - by the way, it happens during the day, obviously during the day, otherwise they would have left at night - our buddy switched to the enhanced food. I'm sure he has. I don't think the vampire who sent this team to us would have forgiven them for their mistakes.
- You think it was a vampire? - Valentine shrugged his shoulders.
- And he's pretty high up. As much as he's not a member of the council. You gentlemen are too bastardly a people to obey anyone else," I imprinted, staring at Sashka.
It's a strange thing, but the vampire wasn't offended.
- About the reports - the only wish?
- No. Are you sure that the group was alone?
- They could be as many as you want," Sasha shrugged.
- Here you go. And how many are missing? Knowing vampires... they're in a strange city, they don't dare to watch much, but...
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