He looked up. "You're the cop who got iced over at the Casa de Sade?" When Shamira nodded, he continued with, "Welcome to the big show. That place was a dive. Nothing like that would've happened here." He went back to looking at his screens.

"What'cha looking for?" the Brazilian asked, looking over his shoulder.

"Got word that someone was looking to trade some morning star here, and it was supposed to be tonight."

Renata laughed. "Who would be dumb enough to try and make a deal like that here?"

"Folks looking to make ten grand a vial."

"Uhm, what's morning star?" Shamira asked.

"It's a magical drug. It's a...