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"No, of course I don’t," Olivia said, unruffled by Milo’s anger "There’s very little I approve of that happened in the past"

"So other va to return to the topic "They had to have a way to control them"

"Not really" She shook her head "Most of the restraint They want to devour everything they see And even the ones that can learn it, what good is that? Being trapped in a child’s body forever is torture If Peter Pan had been real, he would’ve gone mad and killed everyone in Neverland"

"Maybe the vampires you encountered were like that just because that’s what they were being forced to do," I said "If they were raised differently, ed

"Do you know anything?" Milo asked pointedly

"Milo, don’t be rude," I said

"I’m not!" He insisted but his cheeks reddened As much as he didn’t trust her, he didn’t want to be impolite "I just "

"The ain

"What are you guys doing out there?" A voice shouted from the bedroom next to Olivia’s, and Milo tensed up and narrowed his eyes

"Who is that?" Milo leaned forward

"It’s justto sleep" Violet opened the bedroo an oversized tee shirt Her blond hair was disheveled, and she sounded utterly tired "But with Olivia getting up andas loud as you ithout regard-"

"What the hell are you doing there?" Milo hissed and got to his feet

"What are you doing here?" Violet shot back, and she snapped awake She moved like a livewire, and if she wanted to, she’d be over the couch and at Milo’s throat before he could even blink

"Milo, it’s fine" I stepped forward,here for a while"

Even though she’d been around and I’d run into her a few times, Milo hadn’t seen her at all since she’d had purple hair and hung out with Lucien The last ti to kill us He hadn’t seen the transforirl, so he was on high alert

"You knew she was staying here?" Milo asked