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she flipped through his mail.
    Michael frowned, but Gigi wasn’t sure if it was
because Ella was messing with his things or because she said Katia wasn’t a
Were.
    “What was she?”
    “She might still be alive,” Ella said then grunted
when Michael yanked the mail from her hands.
    Gigi walked over to Michael who was checking the
mail he took from Ella. She snapped her fingers in front of his face the way
she saw Justine do to Silas when he wasn’t paying attention to her.
    “Someone took her and no one cares. Someone
should care.”
    Michael glanced at her then reached back and
grabbed a beer bottle.  He took a swig and sighed.
    “I don’t help humans.”
    “Why?”
    “Because I’m not human.”
    “If you needed help, I would help you and I’m not
a Were.”
    “Yes, but I’m not you.”
    “No, you’re not,” Gigi said. Again she felt a
hint of frustration at how people didn’t behave the way she thought they should.
“I can pay you.”
    “Not enough.”
    “How much do you want?”
    Michael cocked an eyebrow. “How much do you
have?”
    Ella jumped up and walked over. “No way are you
taking advantage of her just because she’s…”
    “She’s what?”
    Ella frowned at Michael. “She just moved to
town.”
    “To look for her dead friend?”
    “No. She didn’t know Katia. In fact she took
Katia’s spot at The Moon Rises.”
    Michael turned his frown to Gigi who stared back
at him, not caring if it was rude to stare. She was pretty sure he was being rude
too.
    “One, Silas definitely knows how to find new
talent. Two, as a waitress you can’t afford my services. Three, why do you care
about some chick you’ve never met?”
    Gigi stared at him and Michael stared back. If it
was a contest, Gigi was pretty sure she won because he finally looked away and
watched the television.
    “Why won’t you help me?” Gigi asked. “Do humans
not matter?”
    “No, not particularly.”
    “How come?”
    Michael frowned darkly and another staring
contest took place. Again Gigi won.
    “I don’t like humans.”
    “Is it because I snapped in your face? I don’t
think Silas liked that either.”
    Michael smiled like he thought she was weird. It
was a look she got a lot.
    “This girl is probably dead and finding a dead
person in the Circle is pretty impossible. If someone ate her, there won’t be
anything left to find.”
    Gigi hadn’t considered Katia being eaten. The Circle
was full of monsters and monsters ate people. It made sense, but Gigi wanted to
know the truth like the lady on the TV.
    “Can you try?”
    “I’m very expensive.”
    “Why?”
    “Because I’m very good.”
    “At what?”
    “At finding things out.”
    Ella snorted. “You’re an enforcer, not a
detective, so you better not take her money when we both know you can’t find
Katia.”
    “What’s an enforcer?” Gigi asked.
    “It means I hurt people.”
    “Because you don’t like humans?”
    “No, sweetheart, I’ll hurt anyone. Weres, Vamps,
ghouls, witches, humans, doesn’t matter. If someone hires me, I make their
enemies pay. Now if you were asking me to punish whoever killed Katia, maybe
I’d help you. You have no clues. Like the ginger pointed out, I’m not a detective.”
    Gigi stared at him, unsure what to do because for
some reason, she just assumed he would help. It made no sense for him not to.
    “You’re a dog, right?” Gigi asked.
    Ella laughed, but Michael only squinted at her.
    “I think I’ve figured out what you were talking
about, Ella.”
    “Say it out loud and I’ll enforce your head into
the toilet, Michael.”
    Smiling, he took another swig of beer. “Yes,
sweetheart, I’m a dog.”
    “On TV, the police used dogs to find a dead body.
Can’t you smell around Katia’s apartment and see what you find?”
    “Well hell, Gigi, I could do all sorts of things,
but that doesn’t mean I will.”
    “Because you don’t care?”
    Michael sighed. “You’re a nag, aren’t you?”
    “She has a