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A stunned silence greeted my obscene offer Evra was the first to break it

"No!" he screamed "Don’t do it! You can’t!"

"Debbie for Evra," I said, ignoring Evra’s pleas "How about it?"

"Debbie?" Murlough scratched his cheeks slowly It took hi to Then he reirlfriend" His eyes twinkled as he thought about her

"She’d be more use to you than Evra," I said "You could drink from her You said you’d like to You said she’d have nice blood"

"Yes," Murlough agreed "Salty Juicy" He took a step back from Evra "But why choose?" he mused aloud "Why not have both? Kill the snake-boy now, drink from Debbie later She won’t be hard to find I can watch the square toht corinned

"You don’t have tiht You can’t wait"

"Still yapping about leaving?" Murlough snorted "If I let you go - as you’ve convinced me I should - I won’t have to leave"

"Yes you will," I contradicted him "It’ll take a while for the vampires to discover I’ht down these tunnels when they arrive They’ll find out about me eventually, but if they kill you beforehand"

"They wouldn’t dare!" Murlough shrieked "It would mean war!"

"But they wouldn’t know that They’d think they were in the right They’d pay dearly for their mistake, but that would be no consolation as far as you’re concerned You have to leave, as soon as possible You can return in a couple of weeks, but if you stick around now, it’ll be a recipe for disaster"

"Young Murlough doesn’t want to leave" The vao But you’re right" He sighed "For a few nights at least, I et out Find a dark, abandoned cellar Hole up Lay low"

"That’s why Debbie would be better than Evra," I pressed on "You , yes?"

"Oh, yes," Murlough agreed, rubbing his bloated stoerous Vampires are used to it, but vah said "We’re smarter than vampires We think ahead Plan it out Mark our meals in advance"

"But you can’t do that now," I re while you’re away I can provide that Agree to et you in and out without anybody knowing"

"Darren! Stop!" Evra roared "I don’t want this! You can’t -?

Murlough punched Evra hard in the sto him up

"How can I trust you?" the vampaneze hissed "How do I know you won’t trick me?"