Laura squeezed my arm. ‘I’ll hold the fort here. I won’t manage it for more than a couple of days, but I can postpone your post-mortem and make up something about other cases when the police come calling. It actually helps that they weren’t able to identify you immediately. With nothing else to go on, your case will be put on a back burner.’ She nodded decisively. ‘And if the worst happens, I can always pretend to lose your body for a day or two. I can’t keep it up forever, but it’ll buy you some time.’ She hesitated. ‘I should draw some blood from you.’ ‘To test for vampirism or signs that
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