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"But now they&039;re here Ostensibly to pay their respects"

"But ot what it takes," I said

"Exactly"

"Well" I hated saying anything nice or close to nice about the Euro-asses, but still "They&039;re here now Right?"

"They&039;re probably still in town, somewhere," Tina muttered "And I don&039;t know that borderline insult is the right phrase, Eric"

"One thing at a ti to do to Alonzo, on Sophie&039;s behalf?" I asked

"What do you propose we do to him?" Sinclair replied

"Huh" That was a stumper Execute him in cold blood? Spank him? Banish him? Lock him in a room with Sophie and let her finish what she tried to start? "Huh," I said again

"Can you even do anything? I mean, all respect to Sophie, but Alonzo killed her what? Over a hundred years ago? Way before you guys were on the scene And like they said-it&039;s what vampires do Not you, Betsy But you know" Jessica sounded as doubtful as I felt "Can you punish hi someone decades before you were born?"

"A thorny problem," Sinclair admitted "I have to admit, one rarely faced Often, a vampire sired by another either joins forces with that elder, or conores the connection Many, in fact, do not even remember their sire Sophie does not fall into any of these three categories"

"Ya think?"

"Darling, no one can understand you with that wad in yourto blow a bubble, and now it felt like yards of guered the chunk at the back of lared at Sinclair, and tried to look both authoritative and syain," I uess We can&039;t just leave it like this"

"We will," Sinclair promised, but for once, he looked like he didn&039;t have a clue what to do As frightening as Sophie&039;s breakdown had been, watching him now actually made me feel worse