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"You&039;re gettingin the kitchen having hot chocolate and toast Jessica was sitting on Marc&039;s other side, and Tina and Sinclair were sitting on s were finally getting back to nor that; you sound like a crackpot parrot"

"Better be a uess That&039;s okay We could do like a roses in the garden ht theme, with masses of red and white flowers everywhere" Was that a shudder froes and didn&039;t appear to be paying attention, but I knew da to every word I narrowedbut was foiled by Tina

"When is the date?"

"We haven&039;t decided yet I thought Easter, but that-uh, well, ood," Jessica said "We&039;ll need time to plan" That was a shudder! Before I could act, she went on "But you&039;re still going to live here, right? There&039;s plenty of rooe "This is our headquarters I see no reason to leave Though," he added with a sly look, "you et it" Jessica eyed rinned "Well, et back to the death and betrayal and all that?" Marc broke in He was so intent, he dropped his toast into his tea Oh, wait That was the way he ate it Shudder "So the workers at Scratch turned on you? And you and Miss Goody-goody killed them?"

"Don&039;t call her that And yeah, etting was good"

"They&039;re like rats that way" Jessica saw the look Tina was giving her and added defensively, "Coet aith it, then get the hell gone when it goes bad It&039;s not the first ti all offended on behalf of all vampire kind"

"No," she admitted

"Steps will be taken," Sinclair said, still not looking up fro habit I&039;d have to work on that after the wedding

"Indeed," Tina said "With all respect, Majesty, I wish you would have said soone there alone It&039;s er"

"Which one of theled but sobered up when Eric clarified "There wasn&039;t tio there?" I asked "I&039;ve been wondering about that for hours"

Jessica coughed "I iven hi it," he said, looking wry "I didn&039;t rush there to save you I rushed there to-" He looked around at the group We were all hanging on his every word But then, he had that kind of effect on people "That is a private matter between Elizabeth and me Needless to say, I was annoyed to find the queen in trouble yet again"

"One more time, pal: Not My Fault"