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taken care of.”
    “How long has he been gone? I thought this just happened. I couldn’t have been in the theatre for more than—”
    “He’s been gone since yesterday,” Morgan interrupted.
    I was livid. Dr. Death has no understanding of emotions. For all his advancements he relies heavily on me to keep him out of trouble. Things like sarcasm and charm are completely lost on him. He doesn’t know how to take a joke or a snide remark. There’s no telling what trouble he could have gotten into on a planet like Tarnak.
    “And you just now thought to say something to me?”
    Ash seemed uncomfortable underneath the weight of my stare.
    “I think it’s my fault,” Dark Dream said.
    I rounded on him and the specter took a step back.
    “What did you do?”
    “I think it’s how I worded something, actually. Ash had given him the currency, he was waiting for me to teleport him down.”
    “And?”
    “And I told him not to worry, to just give them what they wanted and everything would be fine.”
    “Since we haven’t heard from him yet, I’d say they wanted his body,” Morgan said.

Chapter Three
     
    “That’s it, I’m going down.”
    Since it was still mid-day on Tarnak, my uv-suit would be necessary. It was a marvelous invention, but I hated having to wear it. I felt like I was going to freak out from lack of air, not that I needed it. Still, I hadn’t completely broken the habit of thinking I did. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you forgot to breathe? Well, I did as a kid. Of course this was long before I was old enough to realize such things are controlled by the subconscious mind and not by thought. I remember trying to think of every breath. It didn’t take long before it slipped my mind.
    Since becoming a vampire, it’s sort of the opposite. Now I’ll realize I’m not breathing and start thinking of every breath again. Only it doesn’t matter. Naturally, that’s why some vamps back in the day used to stay in coffins. It kept out the light, but it also kept out the air. Claustrophobia does not work in favor of the undead.
    Bob said, “I got all the sand out of your suit” at the same time that Ash said, “It’s not safe.”
    But I was already on my way to my room. If they wanted to talk to me, they’d have to follow. I heard the door slide open behind me and knew they were all standing there. I didn’t care. There was no time for subtlety. I turned my back, unzipped my bodysuit and let it fall to the floor.
    Ash cleared his throat nervously and it made me smile. I glanced over my shoulder.
    “Something wrong?”
    “No, um, I just haven’t seen any of that in a while.”
    He was laughing right up until Morgan said, “I’ll go with you.”
    I could tell Ash was pissed off by the comment, but even I was surprised when he said, “The hell you will.”
    Morgan, who is four inches taller and not used to being refused, glowered down at him.
    “No one is going down to that planet right now,” Ash said. “Dark Dream can’t teleport anyone past the shields and Icarus isn’t ready.”
    Bob stepped forward to help me into the uv-suit. As I zipped the front I answered, “I’ll jump.”
    Ash took me by the arm and pulled me aside, speaking for my ears only.
    “Have you gone completely mad? Is it something I’ve done? Something I haven’t done? And what the hell is going on between you and Morgan? I saw you leave the bar together that night, but did you actually—?”
    I kissed him. Nothing deep or vulgar, just a soft smack right on the lips. It was the only way to ever shut him up completely. And right now I needed the silence.
    Ash started down at me, obviously confused.
    “You remember me telling you what I thought D was, right?”
    “Yes.” His voice was a little shaky. Wow. Didn’t realize my kisses could do that. At least, not just a little peck.
    “If he gets into the wrong hands, I can’t even begin to imagine all the things that could happen. And if there ever was