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Aaron turned his attention back to me. "I want you to get into contact with Mila later and see if you can help her out while they look for the next Vampire on their list. She's aware now that Eliza was speaking to you." He must've seen my eyes widen because he assured me, "Eliza's not in trouble or anything, but I'm sure it's yet another reason why Mila doesn't quite trust her. Anyway, if we can find that guy, and take him alive, we might be able to figure out the answers to some of our questions."

I said, "All right," but I didn't think that would be possible. I knew enough about Sylvester, the next mark, from my research to know he wouldn't go down easily. They looked ready to move on to the real reason I was here, so I switched topics. "Something else happened last night." Even thinking about the situation with Daunator made me nervous. I could feel sweat popping up on my upper lip, and a lump formed in my throat. I needed to tell them, but I really didn't want to talk about it.