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"It's his fault!" She pointed a perfectlyoff the shirt she'd ripped "He's too ugly to ith"

Gregori glanced at the model "He looks fine to me"

"Why, thank you, handsome" The male model winked

Oh shit "Sihth one The talent agency is running out of guys, and we're running out of ti yourself to ith this one?"

She stuck out her bottom lip in a pout "He's repulsive I shudder when I have to touch him"

Theit either, girlfriend"

"It's called acting, Siori whispered "You have to pretend to desire hily as a turnip, but you "

"But I a blond hair over his shoulders

Gregori groaned inwardly It was impossible to whisper around a bunch of Varasped Simone by her bony shoulders "Let's be honest about this, Toots It's not the shoes, or the gown, or the guy on the couch - "

"The naton Langley, the Third But please don't call ori a flirtatious smile

Suppressing a shudder, Gregori smiled back Sheesh, the crap he put up with for his job "Siraceful as a swan You can do this"

She ducked her head as she pressed her hands against his chest "All right, I'll be honest I-I'm afraid"

"Afraid of what? Failure?" He winced when her steel-like nails dug into him

"I never fail," she hissed

"Right Right, I knew that" He grabbed her hands to keep her pink claws froh his best suit "What are you afraid of, then?"

Her bottos "The sun will rise soon I'"

"Sweetcakes, we die at every sunrise"

"I mean real death! La mort finale!" She clutched his lapels with her fists "I heard Corky's show tonight Live with the Undead She said we're all in grave danger!"

"You'll be fine, Siuards to keep us safe"

"Then Corky is right?" Siave him a hard shake "The mortal world knows about us now?"

He pried her bony fingers loose froht to know She's the one who posted the damned video"

Three nights earlier, Corky Courrant had filmed the battle at Mount Rushmore that had climaxed with the death of her lover, the Malcontent leader, Casiht be a little ht Corky had severely overreacted She'd posted the video on YouTube, claiivable, traitorous act in their world, and yet Corky was still eital Vas

Simone's eyes filled with tears "She said the hter us in our sleep!"

"Ohto his feet "Is that true?"

The boohtly News? Stone Cauffyn said the secret is out, and it won't be long before the mortals decide to kill us off"

With a soft moan, Simone sank onto the carpet Her tears, tinted with blood, left pink streaks down her gaunt cheeks "La mort finale"