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And that score would undoubtedly make absolutely no sense to anyone other than Joy, but whatever Did she attack you?

No, we cah Nohen are you going to kill this little twat?

The crowd parted again, this ti Antonio to come forward But he didn’t enter the circle; I realised that he was handing thehis trust in us for everyone to witness He looked down his nose at Covington "Being surrounded is not the most pleasant experience, is it? I believe that you were in fact warned that you would not leave here alive"

"They all were" Sao ho our warnings"

Covington’s eyes danced around all the va hi to let the hybrid live?"

Sahed "I have a name, you know"

"She’ll Turn huh, Covington," said Sa anyone I mean, really, do you think Jared would ever tolerate another va fro wouldn’t She washer, let alone drinking from her And, if I was honest, I’d be jealous of any blood-link that she had with another person I only wanted her to be linked to me Yeah, that was unhealthily possessive but I’d never pretended to be anything else

"I’ll have enough responsibilities with ruling alongside Jared I don’t need or want the responsibilities that co my own line of vampires to care about"

"That’s the very sain my own line," I told hi one I wasn’t the ‘paternal’ type

"You’re an abolared at Sam "An abomination that will destroy us all!"

Sam snorted "And why, exactly, would I do that? What, pray tell, would make me decide to rid the world of my own kind? How could that possibly benefitabsolutely no sense But then, you already know that, don’t you? You’re just coht You’re trying to , her being a hybrid is a good thing," said Antonio "Not only does it mean that she can protect our kind better than anyone else, but it e va wars in the future"

That was true: they wouldn’t want to chance what she would do to them, or what I would do to anyone who even dared to har miserably, all you did was demonstrate to everyone just hoerful she is I’m not thankful for that, because too ht But what itpointless"

"Others will coton

"Not if they want to live," I replied with asmile

Froht Considering that va crimes purely for fear of her response, Sa peace to our kind than war – if they can let go of any ignorance they may have, that is"