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"My grandparents are asleep upstairs," he said, keeping the crossbow pointed in ar cubes into my tea "Twitch in their direction, and I won&039;t take the arrow out"

"I tremble and obey Got any lemon?"

"Yes, and you can&039;t have any"

"Crybaby" I took a sip, then dropped in two more cubes Delk knew that a stake (or wooden arrow) to the heart wouldn&039;t kill me like it would any other vampirebut until he pulled it out, I&039;d do an excellent irabbed a snack on the way" Frouy who&039;d actually goosed ister I&039;d nearly bitten his fingers off Settled instead for hauling hi myself to a pint

Delk shifted in his chair, the arrow point never wavering "What do you want?"

"Oh, the usual World peace, a pair of Christian Louboton heels, a perfect wedding"

He tried not to wince, and I pretended not to notice "StillPsycho, huh?"

That remains to be seen Did you kill him, Delk?" Fraid so," I replied with a cheerfulness I sure didn&039;t feel

"What do you want?"

"Info"

"So take a community ed course"

"I don&039;t want to learn how to throw clay, Delk So on in St Paul I ondering if there was anything you wanted to tell et it over with?" he sneered, but the tip of the crossbow shook

"Why don&039;t you just answer me?" I deliberately looked away I didn&039;t want to take a chance on even accidentally h byhurt Some of them are victims My dad&039;s dead My stepmother&039;s dead, and I&039;, and people are acting weird Jessica&039;s trying not to barf out all her guts froned surprise "Jesus Christ!"

"So on Andwell, I couldn&039;t help wondering"

"You think I killed your parents?"

"She wasn&039;t myagainst your dad and your stepht I-"

"Well You and I didn&039;t exactly part on good terms"

He snorted and leaned back, and the crossbow dipped until it wasn&039;t quite pointing at my chest anymore "You mean when I found out that I&039;d written a book about you- your Goddaet all about it, all to protect the precious vampire nation? Except for so, ended up getting submitted to a publisher and is a fall title? A fall fiction title?"

"Well, yeah," I ad sounds bad when you say it like that"

"I take it Sinclair is gone, too?"

"Yeah"

"Well I didn&039;t do it I doubt any of us did The Blade Warriors disbanded"

I giggled, the way I always did when I heard the name of their kiddie club

"Knock it off My point is, I haven&039;t talked to any of them since Ani and Tina broke up You know about that"

"I also know that ere kind of friends once, and then I let Sinclair and Tina do so"

"Do you blaar bowl and the creaood food, sturdy furniture, checkered tablecloths, crossbows

"No! Heck, no I never blaing a few firearms before I left town"

He s out with the farm since I last saw you Grandpa has plenty of help for harvest, so I&039;ll probably finish my senior year at the U this fall Iisn&039;t your cup of crossbow, either"

He laughed and looked about sixteen instead of twenty "After the shit I&039;ve seen? And done? I&039;d probably strangle my rooot plenty of room at the mansion You&039;re welcome to crash there until you find a place of your own"

He just looked at me Noas my turn to shift unco it wouldn&039;t be aard or anything-"

"Aard?"

"-but botto And I let theot responsibilities that I didn&039;t have when I was alive That doesn&039;tone You can live with us as long as you like"

"I&039;m sure Sinclair and Tina would love that"

"They owe you a big one, too"

He chuckled and helped hiar in a Coke You&039;d really let e for uest to move in Usually they justot the drop on Sinclair and Tina and threw your dad down the stairs-I&039;m sorry about your folks, by the way"

"Thanks, but Tina&039;s alive and well, and my dad died in a car accident"

"Maybe I&039;ood actor"

"Well That&039;s why I didn&039;t call I wanted to talk to you in person Watch your face Your eyes"

He sed hard "Oh"

"You&039;re slick, Delk, but I&039;m the vampire queen"

He fiddled with the yellow tablecloth for anot to stare at me "I think that&039;s the first time I&039;ve heard you refer to yourself that way"

"Yeah, well, it&039;s been a super fun week And by &039;super fun&039; I mean &039;horrible and endless&039;&039;