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I was still upset the next , but I wouldn’t tell hi of killing Mr Crepsley

Evra told me he’d met Sam and RV after the show "Sam loved it,"Evra said, "especially Cormac Limbs You should have stayed to see Cors off"

"I’ll see him next time,"I said "How did RV take it?"

Evra frowned "He wasn’t happy"

"Upset about the goat?"I asked

"Yeah,"Evra said, "but not just that I said we bought the goat from a butcher, so it would have been killed anyway It was the wolf-man, the snake, and Mr Crepsley’s spider that bothered hi with the treated right He didn’t like the idea of thees I told him they weren’t, except for the spider I said the wolf-e And I showed him my snake and how she slept with me"

"Did he believe you about the wolf-man?"I asked

"I think so,"Evra said, "although he still see And he was very interested in their eating habits He wanted to knoe fed theot the food We have to be careful with RV He could cause proble in a day or two, but until then, beware"

The day went by quietly Sam didn’t show up until later on in the afternoon, and none of us was in theIt was a cloudy day, and ere all a little out of sorts Saain

Mr Crepsley su to go, but decided it was best not to annoy hiuardian, after all, and could probably have me booted out of the Cirque Du Freak

"What do you want?"I snapped when I arrived

"Stand over here, where I can see you better,"the vaers and rolled up my eyelids to check the whites of my eyes He told me to open my mouth and peered down my throat Then he checked my pulse and reflexes

"How do you feel?"he asked

"Tired,"I said

"Weak?"he asked "Sick?"

"A bit"

He grunted "Have you been drinking much blood lately?"he asked

"As much as I’m supposed to,"I said

"But no human blood?"

"No,"I said softly

"Okay,"he said "Get ready We are going out"

"Hunting?"I asked

He shook his head "To see a friend"

I got up on his back outside the van, and he began running

When ere far enough away from the camp, he flitted and the world blurred around us

I didn’t really pay attention to where ere going I was et new clothes, and now, the more I examined it, the worse the suit seemed

There were dozens of srayer than it was supposed to be, because of the dirt and dust Strands of thread and fibers had co I looked like I was shedding hairs

I’d never been very worried about clothes, but I didn’t want to look like a bu neear

After a while we approached a city and Mr Crepsley slowed down He stopped outside the back of a tall building I wanted to ask where ere, but he put a finger to his lips and n for silence

The back door was locked but Mr Crepsley laid a hand over it and clicked the fingers of his other hand It opened instantly He led the way through a long, dark corridor, then up a set of stairs and into a brightly lit hallway

After a few minutes, we came to a white desk Mr Crepsley looked around tofrolass wall on the other side of the desk The door in the glass wall opened and a brown-haired h He looked like a doctor

"How an, then stopped "Larten Crepsley! What are you doing here, you old devil?"

The

"Hello, Jimmy,"Mr Crepsley said The two shook hands and s as I thought it would be,"the man called Jimmy said "I heard you’d been killed An old eneh your rotten heart, or so the story went"

"You should not believe everything you hear,"Mr Crepsley said He put a hand on edcompanion of mine Darren, this is Jiist"

"Hello,"I said

"Pleased toto the club ?"

"He is a vampire,"Mr Crepsley said

"Only half of me,"I snapped "I’m not a full vampire"

"Please,"Jiuys are, and I’m fine with it, but that ’V’ word never fails to freak me out"He shivered playfully "I think it’s because of all the horror movies I watched when I was a kid I know you’re not like those e out of ist do?"I asked