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"You don’t think there are?" I asked "Look at you!"

"It’s not enough," Milo said "I mean, I’m a monster! I should be locked up and kept away from people forever!"

"You’re not a h his hair "You’re just young, and you have soure out That’s all"

"The fact that you’re beating yourself up so much about this proves you’re not a , and I thought Jack h to hi like that?" Milo asked hi hopeful If Jack had behaved somewhat like this, then it would make it okay that Milo had done this

"Well… no," Jack replied hesitantly

"And you haven’t even bit anyone, so you have no idea what I’ me feel like an idiot and a loser

I really hated that he had more experience in all of this than I did I wanted to be able to advise hi else in life, he knew more about it than I did I was completely useless to him as an older sister

"I have," Mae said reluctantly Milo and Jack looked at her with surprise, and she gave Jack a weird look out of the corner of her eye "It was a long tio, but I re that you al you can get past"

"So what happened?" Milo asked The tears were drying under his eyes, and at least Mae had been able to distract him from his misery "Was it with Ezra?"

"No, he was a human, but he didn’t die, and that’s whatpained about it

"How come I’ve never heard about this before?" Jack looked confused They had been very close, and Mae loved sharing things "Was it before I turned?"

"Yes, it was" Mae shifted in the bed and tucked a curl back behind her ears

She sat up ht now, he only felt bewildered and intrigued, but I got the i us, and it made me nervous

"Did he need a blood transfusion too?" Milo asked

"No, but it doesn’t matter how he survived The point is that it doesn’ttoo much" Mae purposely turned more towards Milo, so her back was ile humans can be, and that’s why it’s important to always be careful"