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where information could be found. The kitchen of the most notorious technobrothel in New Chicago was where prime gossip could be found. The newsvids would never get wind of anything as juicy as these people knew.
    It helped that this was also the last place that her target had been seen alive, and that Delilah’s sister Lorelei owned it. All roads led to Tail.
    A wide smile creased the scarred face of Sienna, the retired jade who ran Tail’s kitchen. “Good to see you, Gea.”
    â€œYou too.” She walked in and dropped a smacking kiss on the old woman’s cheek. “Got any tidbits for me?”
    Sienna laughed and handed her a pastry filled with rockfish. “This is the juiciest thing I’ve got for you tonight, but Lorelei and Dee are waiting for you in the office.”
    â€œMmm, thank you.” Gea’s stomach rumbled and she realized she was famished. She hadn’t eaten anything since before she’d been to Quill’s, and she’d burned off a lot of energy since then. She took a bite, and the mellow flavor of the fish combined with spices exploded in her mouth. “You’re the best, Sienna.” She spoke around the food. “I’m looking for a woman who was here a few months back—Felicia Tamryn. You know her?”
    â€œI’ve met her once or twice, but I wouldn’t say I know her.”
    â€œThe buzz on the street was that she left here in a hurry.” She stuffed the last bit of pastry in her mouth.
    Sienna snorted. “Grifters sometimes need to make a quick exit.” She shrugged. “Lorelei would have been the last one to talk to her, so you might want to ask her about it.”
    â€œI will. Thanks for the meal.” Gea felt a lot less shaky now that she’d eaten, and except for the occasional twinge, her leg seemed to be doing fine. All in all, it could have been a much worse night for her. Now, if she could get the intel she wanted, she’d be all set.
    â€œAnytime.” The old woman waved her off, already back at work. “And, yes, I know. If anyone asks, you were never here asking too many questions about people who don’t want you to find them.”
    â€œYou really are the best.” Gea skirted around the prep table that dominated the kitchen and took the staff hallway to Lorelei’s office. The staff areas weren’t gilded in the finery of the public areas, but they also granted privacy and quiet from the raucous customers.
    The door to the office popped open before she reached it, so she swung it wide and stepped inside. Delilah sprawled across a red kleather chaise while Lorelei sat behind her polyglass and mercurite desk. She motioned to a wall of vidscreens behind her that showed angles of every room in Tail. “I saw you coming. Mooching for information in my kitchen again?”
    â€œAnd food, naturally.”
    Lorelei’s green eyes—so like her sister’s—twinkled with amusement. “What do you want to know about this time?”
    â€œA few months ago, there was a couple in here, caused a small commotion.” Gea moved to the chaise, dropped her bag on the floor, and sat sideways next to Delilah, propping her feet up on the rolled arm of the couch. Her leg ached, but it felt better after she elevated it.
    â€œWhat’d you do to your pants?” Delilah leaned in to look at the shredded cloth.
    â€œThere was this guy earlier—during my constitutional stroll—who just couldn’t get enough of me, Dee. He wanted to take home a souvenir, so I let him have a bit of my pants.” Gea grinned as sweetly as she could, which wasn’t very. “I’m nice that way.”
    â€œI bet that’s exactly what he thought, too.” Delilah settled back into her seat with a chuckle.
    Gea glanced at Lorelei, but one of the vidscreens behind the desk caught her attention. A woman arched in ecstasy, her mouth opened in a silent scream, riding