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"Whoa, whoa, whoa ! " I said, wishing I wasn&039;t doing this all by er little pups Garrett would eat his own balls before he&039;d ever hurt Antonia, and he&039;d never, never kill her"

Derik shuddered and covered his eyes "Must you use phrases that I&039;ll never get out of my head? &039;Eat his own balls&039;? Who says that?"

"Not to mention, it&039;s hard to believe," Cain added

"Believe? Why is that so hard? Now all of a sudden you&039;re big vampire and Fiend experts?"

"Vampires aren&039;t accident-prone?" Jeannie asked, and to her credit, it sounded like an honest question

"Well, I am," I admitted "But not Garrett"

"You can explain about Fiends?" Sure

"There are no taboos against discussing such things with outsiders?"

"I dunno" Wyndham couldn&039;t hide his surprise, so I borrowed a phrase fro again If it&039;ll keep you fros off, I&039;ll answer any question you like"

"That&039;s a good thing, chief," Derik said "Stop looking like you&039;re expecting the other shoe to drop-on your head"

"For a ruthless despot of the undead, you&039;re awfully char," Michael said, and no one in the rooot his breath back in no time at all

Lara asked-and received-perot up to accompany her And I used the kid&039;s absence to explain about Fiends, about Nostro and his sick-ass psycho garess he made and how much he and Antonia loved-

"So by your own ado?"

"I don&039;t know if sub-"

"Subsisting on buckets of blood, running around on all fours, and howling at the moon?"

"Physician, howl thyself," I pointed out