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"What do you want then?" Violet tried to look strong and angry, but without the confidence behind it, she just looked like a whiny child

"I don’t know" I chewedafterwith you," Violet said "I mean, at first, I went after you as a joke because you were so tasty…" She lowered her eyes "But Lucian, he wouldn’t let it go I think he liked the idea of stealing you froone and she’s a vampire, so that’s settled then," Jack interjected with a clu Jack

"I don’t knohy that matters," Violet said, but she looked flustered "I was fourteen when I turned, and that was like two years ago

"Look, it wasn’t my idea" A strand of blond hair fell into her eyes, and she looked atafter you, not turning into a vareat big fantasy, and he had somebody turn him, and then stupidly, I had hi hard, she tried to keep h?"

"Yeah Sure," I nodded, unable to think of a reason to keep her talking to me

Violet brushed pastshe had put e sadness for her To be so powerful and young, and yet so confused and alone She had been a duot in way over her head

"You okay?" Jack touched my arm

"Yeah" I remembered eren’t here to check up onblood as we spoke "Sorry Let’s go"

"Who was that girl you were talking to?" Milo asked when reached them, and Bobby craned his neck around to see

"Nobody Where’s Jane?" I asked

"I haven’t seen her yet, but we’ve just been waiting here" Milo gaveroo that wasto vampires’ eyes This room was smaller than the last and dressed more like a coffee shop than a club Soft couches filled the room, and a small bar in a dark corner served drinks, but only ones of the type AB variety

A lot of doors and darkened hallways led out of it, and while I had never been in one of the rooms, I knew exactly what they were for Some vampires required more privacy when they ith the bloodwhores, while others were ca openly from their human donors

With one quick scan of the room, I knew Jane wasn’t there Her heart and her scent were almost as familiar to me as Jack and Milo’s, and they were nowhere in this room I turned back to Milo, and he had come to the same conclusion