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"As"

"Speech?"

"Yes"

"Consciousness?"

"Obviously"

Her eyes narrowed "Emotions?"

"Your emotions are your own Vampires can’t influence those" He let his eyes fall to their hands "Other than by normal means, that is"

Natalie pulled her hand away and the water fell, splattering on the ground until he swept it up and returned it to the happily gurgling fountain in the corner "None of that"

"You liked George well enough" He was surprised by the stab of envy toward his hue was a liar"

He felt his fangs drop but was careful to conceal them froht youht? Did you followwith et under his skin so? Baojia stifled a growl "I had an assignnry, but there was a hint of so…

"You have friends in my world--people I respect--ould like me to keep you safe I have promised to do this As I said before, I keep my promises"

"Have a va resigned "Have a vauess thatto wake up in the psychiatric hospital soon and this will all be over"

The key was to appear as normal as possible He knew it h to remember his own horror and incredulity when faced hat he had thought were only horror stories htmares had come to life on the streets of old San Francisco to kill his attackers and eventually claim him

"Maybe you’d like to call Dez now"

"Maybe you could tell me what all this has to do with thosethem, wasn’t it? But I’an to rise "I think you should call Dez"

"I think you should answerWhy did she cause hiht Luis was going to drive off the road He’d probably never heard Baojia raise his voice in anger Or raise his voice, period "I think lots of things But right noant you to call Dez She will be able to explain this better than I can And you trust her So why don’t we just call your friend so we can get this cleared up and get back to finding so up in the desert? That sound like a plan, Natalie?"

Her face was flushed and her eyes blazing, but at least she didn’t look scared anymore "Fine"