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"Well, thanks for stopping by," I said again, and it was even more lame than the first time I said it

Derik, upon his quick recovery, had done so to save me fro And not being very subtle about wanting to get the hell out of my house, either If I hadn&039;t felt so anxious, I would have been a is when he&039;d hit bottoenerated as fast as Sinclair and h-in-protein diet M them file past Why had I never noticed how delicious Antonia was?

Easy When Antonia was around, Sinclair had also been around, and his blood was just fine More than fine We&039;d actually incorporated blood-sharing into our lovee on the Seinfeld episode when he equated salted cured et a whiff of someone&039;s delicious blood and also find myself horny as hell Which wasn&039;t exactly-

"Why are you looking athis knee

"Uh No reason Thanks again for visiting And good luck picking up Antonia&039;s scent"

I&039;d offered to show theet a whiff of the sheets or whatever, and they&039;d all looked ata scene right out of a copsheets or a dirty sweater and then howling off into the night, hot on the trail Apparently real life was different And olves weren&039;t bloodhounds

Which was a sha vampire," Jeannie muttered, so softly she probably assu gifts!" I cried, sending Lara after them with a helpful shove

"Thanks for your hospitality," Michael said without the teensiest bit of irony We shook hands as the others filed past He squeezed I squeezed He squeezed harder So did I I figured anybody else&039;s hands would have been crushed to bloody powder by now "We&039;ll be doing so around town and will keep you posted," he added, slightly out of breath from our mano a bimbo

"And I&039;ll call you"-I held up the card with his cell phone nu froht"

"You, too Bye, Derik Cain Brendon Lara Jeannie Michael"

"Betsy," Jeannie said, "I want to make clear that I only shot you because-"

I shut the door And since it was a big heavy door about two hundred years old, it cut her off with solid BOOM!

Did I think they had anything to do with everything that was going on? No I really didn&039;t Werewolves weren&039;t exactly fa or subversiveness I seriously doubted they&039;d-what? Snatched Antonia back, staked Garrett, then shown up atlike they had no idea where Antonia and Garrett were?

Vampires would pull that sneaky shit in a cold minute The Wyndham bunch? Naw

Probably naw Their appearance today was still an awful coincidence

It was either a really really good thing that the olves were in town right now, or a really really bad thing Too bad I had no idea which it was

I took the stairs two at a ti Babyjon out of his crib, fixed a fresh bottle (he liked &039;ee in his roo tyke have at it While I alking with him back to the kitchen, I wondered about Derik&039;s extreme reaction to nant? Maybe babies freaked him out

I cuddled Babyjon closer into my side and kissed the top of his fuzzy dark head "Guess he&039;d better get over that in a hurry," I told hi on the sorceress&039;s couch"

The phone rang as I got near the swinging door, and I grimaced What fresh hell was this?