My mind is blank for a moment. “Oh, right. No gratitude. My bad. Wait— can I say ‘my bad’?” I produce my most angelic smile. “Are apologies okay?”
He sighs. “Just go to bed, killer. You’re going to have a long and unpleasant day tomorrow.”
“Am I?”
“Yup. It’s hybrid parade time.”
“Please, tell me it’s not what it sounds like.”
He folds his arms. “It’s exactly it. You want to lure the Vampyres to you, we’ll have to make sure they see you with me. Which means that I’ll have to show you off a little.”
“How, though? There are no Vampyres walking around the Den.”
“They gather information in other ways. Vampyres and Humans fly drones over our territory all the time.”
“And you let them?”
“Yup. It’s how we manipulate them into thinking that they know more than they do. It’s highly offensiv
