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"My ue "What other things?"

For a moment the doctor didn’t answer her, and then she sat down on the side of the bed "You’ve been through a lot the past couple of days So has Robin Maybe toodoith a bad case of the flu "Aht of hoeak her lover had been "Robin Oh, God Did I infect hi?"

"It’s kind of the other way around" Alex put her hand in her pocket and filled with so "You love him, don’t you?"

Chris nodded "Don’t ask me why"

"It never really comes with a full explanation, does it?" Alex sounded tired "Do you want to be with hiarden-variety hu a vampire lover," Chris confessed "At least this e’re the saether, and have a normal life"

Alex nodded slowly "And if you could ever be Kyn, would you want that instead? You’d have the chance to live forever, you could still be with Robin, if you were careful"

"Me, a vampire?" Chris chuckled and shook her head "No, thanks" Sheme all these weird questions?"

"Call it idle curiosity" She stood and took so sleepy Close your eyes and take a nap, sweetie"

The scent of lavender filled her head,off, she felt the sting of a needle in her arift"

Robin agreed to rest, stay in bed, and do everything else Alexandra ordered As soon as she left the room he rolled out of the bed

For a moment he wondered if he should have listened to her--as he stood there the room upended itself around hiarardens with his nose, which despite all he had been through still seeh the pretty flowers to a bower of sweet pea, and sat on the stone bench beneath it

"Lord Locksley"

She ca with her the scent of tansy blooht She still wore her leathers, but the treated her body froirl to a , Robin thought His had just arrived

"Suzeraina" He didn’t move over to make room for her He could see she did not wish to sit beside hiland?"

"Not especially"

"Neither ah to be roa about by yourself?"

"Probably not, but if I had stayed in that bed, Alexandra would have inserted another thousand tubes in ue, and he abruptly abandoned all the pretense "I am sorry, Jayr I never wished you to know"

"You felt it would be better if I assuham was my sire?" She nodded to herself "Of course He is a villain You were a friend Why would I wish to name my mother’s rapist?" She ca for you to awake I gave you the marrow from my bones to save your life Now you will tell me why you raped my mother"

"I loved her" He didn’t flinch as she slapped hi her back to ht ht her wrist before she struck hih"

She yanked free of his touch, breathed in, and went down on her haunches before hi"

He touched his split lip "Aye You have a strong swing Another slap and Iand you’re not healing" She straightened "I shall su she can do, other than mop it up" He used his sleeve on his mouth "Humans bleed"

She turned around to stare at him "What did you say?"

"Alexandra’s poison remedy worked very well It healed all of me, even that part that was cursed by God" He rubbed his throbbing cheek "I forgot that pain does not go away in an instant for aand BASE ju"

"You cannot be human" But she could smell that he was; the shock on her face testified to that "She has helped others change I shall have her change you back"

"She cannot, Jayr Even if she could, I no longer wish to be Kyn" Robin rose and walked as close as he dared to her How pale and unworldly she was, his girl "I have good reason to reent"

He nodded "When you no longer feel like killing me, I would like you to meet Chris"