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She shrugged "I kneas in town He had stopped by to say hello And we are old friends"

"Yeah, right So tell me--is it really over?"

"Is what really over?"

"Whatever you had going with this Lucian fellow"

"It was never serious"

"That wasn’tdown at her, he felt a forceful shudder tear through his body He’d never known a need like this, such fierce desire

Her eyes old-flecked, exotic Her hair spilled around her naked shoulders He looked at her, and wanted her again

He leaned lower, taking his weight off her, but leaving a leg lying over her Her fingers trailed over his shoulder and she inched lower against hi it to spring back to attention

"It better really be over," he said Tough guy Yeah, sure What could he do?

She s around rather carelessly here We have to get married" Her smiled faded "Sean?"

"Umm?"

"That’s one of the reasons you shouldn’t love me I--I can’t have children" The look on her face captured his heart He drew her closer to him

"Then on’t have children," he said softly

"You want children"

"I want you"

"But--"

"We can always adopt if we both choose Doesn’twithout you"

"Sean--"

"Stilldon’t stop what you were doing"

She ainst his body, taking hiht, they slept

Despite the fact that he was deeply in love, Sean aith a terrible weight of responsibility hanging over hirowing ie awoke She, too, seeht they had shared

She sat up, staring out at theas it slowly began cliher in the sky Apparently, she kneake, and she are he atching her

"Sean?" she said softly

"Yes?"

"I am a vampire," she told hi’s light, his suspicions see at hi that, by day, the whole thing was foolish "No coffin, Maggie, I looked No dirt in your bed You have a reflection, you eat and drink norht" She didn’t laugh "We aren’t destroyed by sunlight, we’re sith comes at dusk I don’t need a coffin, Sean, and I have a lot of human tendencies because "

"No, don’t tell"I know the story You have human tendencies because you’re only half vadalena and her vampire lover, and so you’re a mixed breed? Kind of like a mulatto or a half-breed Indian?" She stared at him seriously in return

"I don’t need a coffin becausewe don’t really need coffins They’re just dark and comfortable

Besides, I don’t seem to have as many weaknesses as soave me blood before I passed into darkness He had friends ere familiar with vampires, and I think that so back, the way it is with most Think about it, why should it have to be a coffin for any vampire? People choose to sleep in different ways, beds, futonsany place of rest is fine for vampires What is a coffin but a box? Secluded, protected<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>