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"Though I did not attend, there was un petit bal at Mearkanis Clan Ho to those who attended, it was tout à fait ennuyeux" He translated without an at ten of the evening and ended two hours after ht, which made it a dismal failure"

A faint san to sound more French as he took the trip into his past "Successful parties of the tiht and often into the next day, taken into lairs and" Leo waved the thought aith an indolent hand, but I got the idea Caligula had nothing on the vamps

"You weren’t there?"

"No J’ai eu d’autres plans" When I raised my eyebrows in question, he added, "I had other plans In the early evening I ith Adrianna and one of her friends Adrianna wanted soer remember what When I refused her, she and her parahteous fury"

"You drank from them and boinked them and then turned the until he tucked it behind his ear "A"

It didn’t sound like love to , I ith Katie and one of her new girls In the days after, I discovered that when Adrianna and her friend left my apartments, they went to the Mearkanis bal Santana left the party with therave; l’éclateive

"In those tie, travel across the city was ti or even sleep We know that when the trio arrived at Acton House, their clothing ry and the scent of blood was strong in the closed confines of the carriage Santana ordered tea and a small repast to be prepared, and the three retired to his room They were later joined by others, but these were not seen by the h no one heard anything out of the ordinary"

"Of course, with vamps, screams and loud noises were commonplace"

"Oui, oui Vous dîtes la vérité When the ht breakfast just after sunset--a young mulatto boy, as ordered--he discovered the room, with the body of Adrianna’s paramour on the floor, and Santana, as on the bed The professor sent the boy to collect me in my rooms, and I sent word to A mulatto boy, as ordered A boy For breakfast It took effort, but I kept hts, and my heartbeat even and steady Not easy when I really wanted to smack Leo for his callous cruelty "What shape was Santana in?" I asked, my words flat

"Pardon?"

At Leo’s polite query, I clarified "When I saw hi of leather-covered bones What did he look like when you found hih and browned, as if scarred, what is called keloid scarring He had lost the ability of coherent speech He had lost the ability to control his bowels He was raving and dangerous, and when my uncle arrived he established control and sent us into action We gathered Santana up in his coach and carried him to the Council Chambers, which were much smaller and less stately than now, but which had the deep baseroundwater We removed the scions from the lowest basement and secured them in a separate scion lair We prepared the wall for Santana Amaury sent me back to seal the room at Acton House, and he put out the word thatle Fils des Ténèbres avait disparu avec lesthat Santana had sailed on the tide"