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"Peter lost Elise, and it devastated him coain To be perfectly honest, I doubt that he could survive it" Ezra exhaled, looking rather sad "He doesn’t want to want you It doesn’t change the way he feels, because nothing can

"On top of everything, you’re so fragile" He eyed me up seriously "When you’re with someone, the e are, we frequently drink each other’s blood But for you, it is dangerous, especially with Peter feeling the way he feels It would be very easy for his too far

"He ran the other night because he didn’t want to hurt you," Ezra continued "It’s not supposed to be this hard, Alice It’s usually a very simple, clean process But this is much, much more complicated"

"Because of Elise?"

"Yes, and because you’re huhed "And because of Jack"

"Because Jack wanted to bite ht?"

"It’s ly "Alice, Jack’s fallen in love with you"

"What?" Startled, I blushed rando for him, but as Ezra had just explained, vampires didn’t fall in love with humans "I-I didn’t think that was possible"

"Neither did I," Ezra ad for you You’re human, you’re meant for Peter, and you’re not his Maybe it was because he spent so much time with you before you met Peter and fully melded with him"

"So… what does this mean? Does it transfer? Can I just be with Jack instead of Peter?" I asked, and Ezra looked very shocked by my questions

"You would want that?" He looked at me evenly "You want to be with Jack instead of Peter?"

"I don’t know," I confessed uneasily "I mean, if Peter doesn’t even want "

"Peter still wants you," Ezra was quick to clarify

"Then why isn’t he with ht?"

"I don’t know," Ezra said at length "Peter will be hohtened out then"