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"Think about it," Juliet said "I died I was buried in the family touy gave you a potion"

"Friar Lawrence? And what kind of potion was that?" The kid looked at her blankly "Your culture has ‘ that causes te in?"

"The plague did"

Juliet tossed back her black hair, then ran a hand down her ivory neck and across her boso out--kind of like a real husky’s--as he watched "Do I look like a zo

"Lawrence was no potion-maker; he was a vampire He turned me I was dead--truly dead--then I woke up undead" She sain "Happens every day"

Husky Boy’s forehead furrowed in confusion His friend leaned over and whispered to hi him perk up "Yeah!" he said He turned back toward Juliet "If you’re really Juliet, say, ‘Ro"

Juliet snorted, sounding like she’d gotten Bloody Mary up her nose "The balcony scene? Oh, please Shakespeare was a hack He got the story all wrong For one thing, I enty-two, not fourteen For another, Tybalt--you know, Shakespeare calls hi when Ro for love of you and all that Is that part wrong?"

Juliet’s eyes glittered in the diht "Only partly He did come to look for me in the tomb He arrived just before I awakened"

"And he killed hiht you were dead"

"No"

"You ht" She smiled "When I woke up, I was famished"

"LIME?"

Axel deposited my tequila in front of lass, and downed the drink in one gulp, leaving Juliet to mess with the ed not to cough I slalass down on the bar "Another," I said, my voice hoarse froain, but he nodded and moved to fetch the bottle In case you haven’t noticed, Axel doesn’t talk much

This time, after he poured the tequila, he stood and waited, bottle in hand I threw the second shot back This one burned less, and a pleasant warh my body Tension seeped out of my shoulders, my neck, my back Axel looked as synon could, and I motioned to him for another refill

By now, Juliet had turned on her stool to look at me

"Axel, how many shots is that for Vicky?"

He held up three salaers

Juliet’s eyes widened She scrutinizedalmost shocked For a second, I felt proud of myself It takes a lot to shock a vampire

"Three shots? What’s up with you?" She paused "You look terrible"

"Thanks," I said The war cold and hard as I considered how to answer Juliet’s question I fingeredabout Difethwr h "There’s a Hellion loose in Boston"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>