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"Yeah, what?" Jane sounded bored

"Jane?" I asked tentatively "Where are you?"

"Out Your place was a drag," Jane yawned

"Really? You’re calling us a ‘drag?’" I asked Mae peered at me with concern, but Jack rolled his eyes and walked to the other side of the roouys have been really good tois, I need a bite"

"We have food here, Jane You didn’t need to-"

"No, not a bite to eat," Jane cut me off "I need to be bitten"

"But… No," I shook ot you out of there That life is bad for you, and you know it"

"Jonathan is bad for ot a little carried away on Halloween" Jane made it sound like she had a drink too many at an office party She had al her throat "But I still love the way it feels, and I’ve just been craving it"

"Jane!" I shouted, incredulous "No! You will die if you keep it up!"

"I don’t think I will, but so be it" There was noise behind her, and Jane sounded in a hurry when she spoke again "I gotta go Thanks for everything, though, Alice I’ain"

"No, Jane! Wait!" I said, but she’d already hung up

"What’s going on? Where is she?" Mae asked

"I don’t know" I shook ht to voicemail "Dammit She shut off her phone"

"What did she say? Why did she leave?" Mae asked

"She, u to Mae, but as the point? "She wanted to go get bit I guess she’s going back to being a bloodwhore"

"No!" Mae’s eyes widened with terror "She can’t! She’ll die!"