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"Yes" Rue could see in Dama’s eyes the miracle that this was

"We truly live in a brave neorld" The vampire shook his head There was real awe in his tone, so Rue had never heard before

"I suppose if anyone could ood Alpha, ht if it that way "I suppose he will Very cultured, exactly what a London Pack needs"

"And all those ties to that horrible Lord Woolsey will finally be purged"

"That was beforeshe was, orhow short her life-span would be It must be horrible for him How many pack transitions had he watched in his lifetime? How many friends had he seen die because of them?

He patted her hand "Of course it was, periwinkle But this must have come as quite a shock for you I hope you understand, your father asked us not to say anything to you"

"I know He wanted to bepoint for ever"

The vaive us irowing strong and tasty but also covered in the rey"

Rue gave a watery chuckle "I didn’t knoas going to lose hiypt and die"

"Ah, I see You knew all along you would lose Alexia, but you had Conall and I stashed away in your heart, unchanging"

"Exactly"

"I’m still here"

"Yes There’s no vabean, you are one of the brightest lights I’ve been blessed with in ed her in to cuddle against hiht to have a daughter, not at

"I shall tell you a little secret, shall I?"

"I don’t know, Dama I’ve had a lot of revelations in the past few hours"

"It’s not shocking, I promise"

"Very well, then"

"I am two thousand two hundred and fifty-one years old Did you know?"

"I calculated about that"

She’d ed to surprise him, not a frequent or comfortable sensation for a vauess is Ancient Greek, likely Macedonian Plus you think like a ist even when it’s only tea plantations" She paused and took her best guess "Alexander, is it? Your given nahed "I knew all those expensive tutors would come back to hauntstays the same with metamorphosis I lost battle scars as well Flaws are fixed"