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Cyn eyed him doubtfully He looked no lanced pointedly at the uncovered s "You can’t be Vampire"

"No, no My partner is one of Raphael’s He shares his blood with e, don’t you think?"

"Did you ever think aboutyou know, changing?"

Saephan gave her a blank look "Oh, you ht about it, but then we’d both have to get our blood fro as how it’s such anintimate experience Most vampires pair up with humans, if they pair up at all And of course, Lord Raphael would have to give permission for my rebirth in any event"

"Rebirth?"

"That’s e call it See it what it is"

She looked up with interest "What is it?"

"In a word, coobbling up everything in its path, but there’s so much more to it than that How do you explain Raphael’s mental power, for example? His ability to communicate with his vampires telepathically, to affect the physical world with a thought?"

"Magic?"

He made a pained expression "I’m a scientist; my mind cannot encompass that possibility Let’s say instead that we don’t yet have the knowledge to explain it"

"Yeah? Well, this--" She touched her injured shoulder with a slight wince "Is pretty h? Of course, Lord Raphael’s blood is far stronger thanproperties of vaeon, so research isn’t exactly , really"

"Don’t let the Botox crowd know about it They’ll storm the walls"

"Isn’t that the truth? No worries there My lips are sealed"

She focused on the other part of his revelation "So Raphael has to give permission before any of his people can ue with her choice of words, then smiled instead "Well, naturally The vaently Can’t have stray va all over the country; they’d soon outnuular folks and where would that leave us? Or the her empty plate "I’d be happy--"

"No, thank you That’s more than I usually eat for breakfast in an entire week Speaking of which, how long was I out?"

"Thirty-eight hours, give or take I got here shortly before sunrise yesterday, and you’d already been under for quite awhile Somebody really did a job on you"

She picked up her empty plate and carried it to the sink Saephan was there, taking it fro it in the dishwasher "You need to rest," he reood, a little sore," she said absently, distracted by the sight of her front door Frowning, she walked slowly across the living roo Probably because a new door had been installed She gave Saephan a confused look over her shoulder

"New door," he confirmed A look of realization lit his face "But, you don’t remember that, do you? I wasn’t here, of course, but I believe Lord Raphael had to quite literally knock the door down to get to you He saved your life, you know"

"I know," she said so the door, running her hands around the edges