章 32: Chapter 32

“I may not have my full faculties, but what’s going on, Gideon?” His words were hoarse and low. “Who’s Tricia?”

Gideon’s hands were tight on the steering wheel. “Toby Richards’ girlfriend. I was hoping she’d be here tonight.” They pulled to a stop at a red light, and Gideon twisted to grab a backpack tucked behind the passenger seat. He handed it over to Jess. “There’s bottles of water in there. It’ll help your throat until we get home and I can make you some hot tea.”

“Thanks.” He opened one and downed the entire thing in several long, greedy gulps. “So, Henry, who I’m assuming is the owner of the club, is dealing something, probably the substance we’re looking for, out of the warehouse where we found the knob, and that’s linked to a girl, probably a vampire, named Tricia, who was dating Toby, and also is clearly connected to this Henry fellow?”