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"But you’ve been bitten before.”
Will’s chin snaps up. Though he still doesn’t meet Jack’s gaze, he focuses on the set of his mouth, the tilt of his brows, anything that might betray an underlying threat. He sees merely a hunger for insight, and a reckless ambition that has probably gotten people killed before. He doesn’t like either, but they present no immediate danger, so his eyes fall back to the floor.
“You’re thinking of werewolves. Takes more than a bite to turn someone into a vampire. It’s a communal experience.” A hint of mocking curls his tongue around the phrase, words borrowed from the very creature who had done the biting. “Do they have you chasing monsters now, Jack? One would think they’d have the sense to open a new department by now. The sheer volume of cases alone.”
“Bureaucracy moves slowly. That’s why I need help. Eight girls, eight months, eight different Minnesota campuses. What do you say, want to take that overactive imagination out in the field?”