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Kara quickly grew bored with staying hoo As a consultant, she often traveled to nearby towns to advise large co fronment when the accident happened Oneto Billy Ray Cyrus; the next thing she rees with no otten there She was lucky to be alive

She flipped through the TV channels Soap operas and talk shows, talk shows and soap operas With a grimace, she clicked off the set and picked up Alexander&039;s latest book She had asked Nana to buy it for her Unlike The Hunger, which had had a strong ro, this book, titled Lord of Darkness, was strictly horror It was a frightening story, and yet, when she tried to analyze it, she couldn&039;t pinpoint exactly what it was that made it so scary The horror wasn&039;t lurid The bloodletting wasn&039;t so gory that it was disgusting Perhaps it was the fact that it all seeht about one thing, though She didn&039;t read his books at night

She put the book aside when Gail caood day?"

"It was all right I got a B on a reat Nana baked cookies this lass of milk?"

"Okay" Gail tossed her sweater and books on a chair and went into the kitchen She returned lasses of milk and a plate of oatmeal cookies "Where&039;s Nana?"

"She went over to Mrs Zimmermann&039;s to play canasta"

"Oh" Gail sat down on the end of the sofa "How&039;s the book?"

"It&039;s good He&039;s a very talented writer"

"Why do you think people say a vampire lives in his house?"

"That should be obvious, even to a kid like you," Kara said with a grin "The uess His house was really dark inside when I went there"

"You didn&039;t go inside, did you?"

"No But I could see inside a little" Gail nibbled on a cookie, her expression thoughtful "There weren&039;t any lights on"

"Maybe he&039;d gone to bed"

"It wasn&039;t that late"

"Soo to bed early, you know"

"Maybe It&039;s funny, though"

"What&039;s funny?"

"Well, one out there lots of ti the day, and we&039;ve never seen anybody around"

"So? Maybe he sleeps late and writes at night"

"Vaoodness sakes, Gail, will you please stop thinking every stranger you ht Are you going to eat that last cookie?"