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"Well…" Kristy looked over her shoulder again "He’s totally nuts about you, that lad I know his real nauy named Tam And you knohy he was named Tam? Because his real name had so many syllables you needed a weekend to say it…"

She had to smile She’d told Kristy asAnd to Natalie’s surprise, she felt okay about that She’d coe was power, that poasn’t always necessary for everyone to have And if spreading the truth about vampires would hurt Baojia… Well, the public didn’t really need to know everything, did they? Besides, keeping secrets was part of her job, too If ita source, her lips were sealed And if ither eyes "I’s who lived in a shadow society? Spill the truth about a dangerous drug that see, no irls who had died? The ones still in danger fro the truth help or hurt more?

"He saved ht have saved his, too In a way" She grabbed her friend’s hand "I love hi crazy about it He’s the best man I’ve ever known"

She saw Kristy’s eyes well up with unshed tears "Where will you go? Why can’t you guys stay here? If you went and apologized to the Tribune, theynorth," she said "Not sure yet We’re both kind of… uneood We’ll be fine"

"Are you sure?"

She saw his in that cautious way he had, carrying three sodas because he probably couldn’t decide which one she would like best Constantly watching Constantly guarding Always aware Her bodyguard Her lover And maybe… her eternity She still didn’t know But as he entered the room and bent down to kiss her cheek, she turned to Kristy and said, "Yeah, I’m sure"

"She wants toher toward the downstairs living roo there, at Giovanni and Beatrice’s insistence, since she’d left the hospital Caspar and Isadora--the whole household, in fact--had spentShe loved it She kind of hated it, too "Katya didn’t say why she wanted toit’s to be polite For a huh profile in our world now You’re friends with Beatrice De Novo and Carwyn ap Bryn Tenzin saved your life According to ruether I’m sure she’s curious"

"She’s a really, really powerful vaton" She swatted at his hand in annoyance "I’ to talk about?"

"I don’t know But you are also id about so to do with both of us, I suspect So just be pleasant and try not to interrogate her if you get curious"

"I wouldn’t interrogate her!"

He laughed "Yes, you would"