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"It won’t be like that," Mae insisted "We will protect her and love her, and she’ll have everything a child could ever want"

"But she won’t really be a child forever! She’ll be a woman trapped in a child’s body with a child’s te to do to someone you claim to love so much," he said

"You don’t understand!" Mae looked desperately at him, and he met her eyes "I cannot let this happen! I swore I would never watch another one of my children die!" He exhaled deeply and matched her intense expression with a calm one of his own

"Then don’t watch," Ezra said

"Ezra!" I shouted, unable to believe that he would say so, but I can’t do this!" His collected façade evaporated for a one back to looking at the floor and crying, and for a brief second, he looked co I can do to rectify this situation"

"So then comfort her! Don’t yell at her!" I told him, still in shock over how icy he had been to her

"No, it’s alright, Alice," Mae said wearily and shook her head "I knehat I was going to get fros, but he is predictable above all else" Sighing, she got to her feet She wiped the tears from her face and tried to smooth out her hair When she had composed herself a bit, she turned to look at him "I will do what I have to do"

"I understand that, but you will not do it in my house," he said

"I know" She nodded once, and then turned and walked back to her room

For a moment after she left, I stood and tried to catch ht about anything before, let alone soht, that turning a child into a vampire was an impossible idea, but I kne desperate Mae was to do anything to protect her fa up the pieces of broken glass of the floor, and I went over to join hie chunk of glass

My hair was still dripping cold water down my back, and I tucked it behind ht of contradicting Ezra about so like this, but he had no reason to be that cruel