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has some, too.”
    “Did you try the 35-millimeter on her?”
    “No, I… didn’t get a chance.”
    “Because you were too busy taking a hundred photos of her.”
    “I didn’t take a hundred. Only about… sixty.” Sheesh. He was smitten.
    Emma lifted a dark brow and refrained from saying the obvious. “Was she alone?”
    “No. She arrived with a male I have identified as Gregori Holstein, and an unknown female. They’re both undead.”
    “So, she’s traveling with two vampires to a vampire-owned television station? Austin, this is what we in the business refer to as a clue. The woman is a vampire.”
    “It’s not proof.” She had to be alive. She had to be.
    Emma regarded him sadly. “You are smitten. And with the enemy, no less.”
    “We don’t have proof that she’s a vampire.”
    “Is she or isn’t she? Only her hairdresser knows for sure.” Emma gave him a wry smile. “She wouldn’t show up in the mirror.”
    “Forget it. I doubt I’ll ever see her again.” He divided the license plate photos in half. “Let’s get to work on these.”
    “There you are!” Sean Whelan strode toward them. “I need you in the conference room now. Garrett and Alyssa are already there.”
    “Yes, sir.” Emma picked up a legal pad and pencil from her desk, then headed toward the conference room.
    Austin checked quickly that there were no more pictures of her lying about. He followed his boss, wondering if he should convey condolences over Shanna’s engagement to a fanged fiance. Probably not. Sean’s face was grim as he held open the door to the conference room. Austin entered quietly and sat in one of the chairs at the long oak table. He gave Garrett and Alyssa a brief nod. Emma greeted them personally. And cheerfully, of course. Austin yawned and wished he’d brought his coffee.
    “Any news about your daughter?” Garrett asked as Sean closed the door.
    Austin winced. He was beginning to think Garrett wasn’t the sharpest guy around.
    Sean stiffened and gave Garrett a cold stare. “Do you have anything positive to report?”
    Garrett shifted in his chair, his clean-shaven cheeks reddening. “No, sir.”
    “I thought not.” Sean stalked toward the head of the table. He grasped the leather back of the chair there, his grip so tight his knuckles showed white. “My daughter is still missing. What’s more, that bastard Draganesti has twisted her mind to the point she has agreed to many him.”
    Alyssa and Emma gasped.
    Garrett’s mouth fell open. “But—but how do you know?”
    “It was announced on DVN last night,” Austin spoke quietly.
    A strangled sound vibrated in Sean’s throat as if he were suppressing another long litany of curses. He released the chair and began to pace about the room. “Obviously, time is running out. We have to find Shanna immediately, and the stake-outs are not getting us the information we need.”
    “We should check Draganesti’s financial records,” Emma suggested. “He may have rented or purchased another residence.”
    “Do it,” Sean growled as he continued to pace.
    Emma made a note on her legal pad.
    “We need someone on the inside,” Austin muttered.
    “An informant?” Alyssa asked.
    “No, an agent working undercover.” Sean stopped at the head of the table and narrowed his eyes on Austin. “I was thinking the same thing. And I know how we can do it.”
    Silence pervaded the room as they all waited for Sean to elaborate. He began to pace again. “A month ago, I had Homeland Security contact businesses in the five boroughs and give them a list of names and businesses to look out for. One of those businesses was the Digital Video Network, the bogus name the vampires use for their network when dealing with humans.”
    Sean strode toward the door and paused. “Shortly before dawn, a female at DVN called the Stars of Tomorrow Casting Agency and left a message. Another call was made this afternoon to finalize the arrangements. Someone at DVN plans to