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The only question was: What?

In the meantime, if they’d found my apartment, I needed to find a new place to stay. And fast.

FIVE

Minutes from March board meeting of The Collective

Present: Guinevere, Patricia Benicio Hewitt, Giuseppe, Alexandria, Philippa, Gregorio, John, Miss Pennywhistle, Maurice J. Pettigrew

Absent: George

Called to order: 9:15 PM

Memorial Hymns sung to The Founding Eight: Led by Alexandria

OLD BUSINESS:

Saint Margaret’s annual bake sale: A smashing success! Number of frightened human children: up 57% from last year. Number of humans exsanguinated: up 25% from last year. Recruitment: half dozen new familiars welcomed into fold. (Round of applause was given for MissPennywhistle, for all her hard work in making this year’s event so successful.)

The Search for Reginald Cleaves: We have learned the man responsible for the deaths of our sires now lives in Chicago, Illinois. We have relocated to a house just west of the city to monitor his movements.

Cleaves is, unfortunately, aware of our intentions and now hides in plain sight by wearing more modest attire than his usual. We believe this is due largely to Giuseppe’s cardboard Muppet stunt, taken without board approval. While usingThe Countappears to have successfully communicated our fury regarding theCountWyatt ContesqueINCIDENT, the implementation was as subtle as a vampire at sunrise. Giuseppe was reprimanded for acting without board approval and was admonished not to do something so silly again.

As no one else in the vampire community is committed to bringing the ungrateful monster responsible for THE INCIDENT to justice, it is up to us to remain vigilant. No person who would so callously end the lives not just of our sires, but of his own, should be allowed to escape justice.

NEW BUSINESS:

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