文档介绍：Contract in Blood
Madeleine Oh
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Chapter 1
He’d been in some low places in his time, but this seedy space bar beat them all. Rand Faràr stared at
the bottle of ale between his hands and made a conscious effort not to catch the eye of the bar’s other
customers.
A contract of death from Bryn Gorlan was bad enough, but at least the bounty hunter would be fast and
professional. These specimens looked as if they’d drag out his demise for their own entertainment. Rand
took another sip. Why in the name of sanity had he agreed to meet Drake in a dive like this?
Because he was desperate.
Rand figured only a Vampire could protect him from Bryn Gorlan -- assuming the bloodsucker would
accept Rand’s payment. Assuming Rand lived long enough to actually meet the Vamp-for-hire. By the
looks that pair of Grebs over at the bar were tossing his way, Rand wasn’t sure he should count on living
through the night.
Rand shifted in his seat to make his laser-knife more accessible. He took another sip of the tepid ale,
grimacing as he studied the ingredients listed in small print in all thirty-monly accepted
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