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"Will he come back?" she asked "Or was that just … randooing to hang around for a few days and make sure he’s cleared off So don’t worry tooalone in the woods at dusk, okay?"

"Don’t worry I’m not exactly in a rush to repeat the experience" Her eyes met his, only for a moment, almost shyly He didn’t understand why; after all, they’d known each other for almost three years Granted, they’d never shared more than a feords of conversation, and he’d borrowed her Twentieth-Century History notes once to get soers And she’d always struck hiot it when she said, "All right, I know the answer to this question, but still, I have to ask You’re--you’re a vaht" He studied her face carefully in search of her fear or revulsion, but she didn’t turn away "Does that bother you?"

"Not as hed at herself "I uess I needed to hear it from you"

Perhaps Skye distrusted him now; he wouldn’t blame her if she did "I don’t feed from humans You’re safe with me"

"I know that If I hadn’t known it before today--I would now"

"Anything you need to know about any of this, you can ask ht not know the answer, but if I do, I’ll tell you So you don’t have to stay in the dark any longer"

"Okay Good to know" As she ran one hand through her hair, Balthazar could see that she still tre up, Lorenzo’s attack had shaken her

Placing one broad hand on her shoulder, Balthazar said, "Listen Go inside and warht, and we’ll talk it over toriotten all about it Iit up until now But the whole va kind of put it all in perspective"

"See, it won’t be that bad And I ht He won’t bother you again"

"Do you want to coet home for hours yet, so they won’t know or care And it’s cold out here"

"I can watch the house better from out here Don’t worry Vampires don’t feel the cold as badly as humans do"

Skye looked up at hiratitude, than words could For aelse besides--