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That had been a source of contention since I had insisted on keepingit to Townsend, like the rest of them Nobody had actually cared except for Jack, but he didn’t understand why I wouldn’t want his last name, especially since that was Milo’s last nae, but for noanted to hang onto every part of myself that I could, even if it was just hteen, so it’d be easier forwith Milo, even though he was only sixteen, but he looked closer to nineteen

All of Ezra’s inforh he had actually been twenty-six when he turned, but it was that ith all of them Jack was really twenty-four, but his license said he enty-seven, and Mae’s said that she was thirty-one, even though she was three years younger than that when she turned

They’d lived this life, this name in this house, for four years already They wouldn’t be able to pull off their ages forto have to move very soon As it was, Jack didn’t really pass for twenty-seven, and he would never make it as thirty

"When was the last time you ate?" Ezra asked me but didn’t look up from my passport It was brand new, and he inspected it for any ottena driver’s license, birth certificate, and passport

"Um, yesterday," I said

There was a constant thirst withthirsty when I was human My mouth wasn’t parched, and ry, either I just felt this need insidefro I could recall is when I ran too fast in gyen depilation It would be this sloelling crah me Except now the relief came from blood, accompanied by frantic lust

I ed to have reasonable control over rasp of that thanthat bewildered Ezra and Mae Our relationship to vaht there was so on than merely my bond with Peter and Jack

"Het tired just yet We’ll have to wait until you’re on the flight Do you think you can handle being around people that much on an empty stomach?"

"I think so," I nodded, but I wasn’t as certain as I tried to sound

Since I was so newly turned, blood had a very strong effect on , but after, I’d be very drowsy and out of it Usually, I’d just pass out and sleep it off for awhile Eventually, drinking blood should giveme out, but that hile off yet

On top of that, I had very little experience being around people I found nificantly weaker than huer, pounded harder, and would be farI had shown a lot of self-control so far, but in all honesty, I’d had very little temptation

"Good" Ezra nodded once, then looked at Mae "Is everything packed then?"