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"So I&039; out" I took a sip of ; htclub, Scratch It was finally running in the black, which had taken sohtclubs were awful-blood-drinking, rapacious et the clientele to behave

At least I had a little money left at the end of each irl likes to have a little independent income of her own

Laura nodded sympathetically A real bear for sy lanky blonde with sky blue eyes and a flawless co lashes shadowed her eyes and her pretty mouth was turned down in a frown as she considered ar cookies She used vanilla extract as perfu withelse out of the pantry Lemon zest? Paprika?

Laura was my half sister by my father Her other parent was the Devil Yes, I docutie-pie with a lethal left hook and a murderous temper The beast only showed about one time in a hundred; but when it did, eneht?"

"Yeah" I checkedto say to her?"

As my eyes wandered around the bar, I noticed all of the vaer problems, and if vampires came to the Queen&039;s club because they were too scared not to, it was a nice daht be afraid of Laura-she&039;d killed a nuhtclub-why, right over there She was quite good at it

I guess that sounded cold, and I didn&039;t mean to be I tried to treat vampires like everybody else I really did They wouldn&039;t let me It was just-why did so many of them have to be such unrepentant murderous assholes?

Case in point: Alonzo He didn&039;t even reh to be htless and casual about it?

"I&039;," Laura said, which was nice, if totally unhelpful "Do you want me to leave?"

"Well, it&039;s just that this is, uh, Sophie&039;s private business I just wanted to explain e couldn&039;t hang together tonight, even though we ht," she said at once "I&039;ll go to the evening service instead"

I finished oodness Her attendance had been off since I firstto think I was a really shitty influence Although, as Jessica pointed out, Laura could have a lot worse habits than occasionally skipping the nine o&039;clock service Freebasing cocaine was the example she&039;d used

Laura looked hurt "I only ht Honey, I&039;e" I couldn&039;t remeh nothing aboutso now Crosses, holy water, Christmas trees-none of that stuff could hurt "

"Well, I&039;d better go before your friend gets here" She rose, bent, kissed me carelessly on the cheek "We&039;ll reschedule, yes?"

"You bet Say hi to your folks for me"

"I will Say hi to iven birth to Laura while possessed by the devil and then callously du rooet right on that Then I&039;d cure cancer and give all o I wasn&039;t the only one Clearing uys scoping my sister&039;s ass until they all went back to their drinks Sure, the package was nice, but it was the inside that concerned hter, she was prophesied to take over the world Her way of rebelling against her mother was to be sweet, and not take over the world Which was a good thing

But we all wondered if-and when-she&039;d crack under the pressure

As shethe surly hostess and zoo in on my table like a Scud missile She stood over ot how you take your coffee," I replied, not terribly surprised I ht, I&039;d had an idea how our little o "Besides, you could probably use a drink"

She plunked down in the seat next to me "I fed earlier," she said absently "Lia"

"In fact," she went on like I hadn&039;t spoken, which was very unlike her-she was usually the soul of French courtesy, "I had to persuade him to let me come here alone He may have followed me anyway He-he is most cross As am I"

"Honey, I was there I know you&039;re pissed And I feel shitty about it I really, really do I&039;m open to options What can we do?"

"Hand me his head"

"See, that&039;s just not helpful You&039;ve got to ith me, Sophie"

She didn&039;t smile "With all respect, Majesty, if you are unable-or unwilling-to assist "