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"Alicechild vampire I’ve met" Olivia smiled, and turned to face her a bit "Can I tell her old you are?"

"I’m over a thousand years old" Rebekah sounded bored with the idea

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Rebekah didn’t move at all She had a stillness about her that I didn’t know any living thing could ht through everything

"She’s like a porcelain doll, only way creepier," Bobby said in a hushed voice

"I know, right?" Violet agreed She’d come out of the bedroom, but I hadn’t noticed her because I’d been too fixated on Rebekah Violet twisted a strand of her hair and eyed up Rebekah warily

There was so about her She looked like a child, and she clearly wasn’t one But it was more than that I’d never see another vampire that looked less human than her

"Rebekah, have a seat," Olivia told her, and with a resigned sigh, Rebekah sat on the couch next to her "She’s why I’ve been gone I went to get her"

"Was she in trouble or so?" I asked, and I pulled my eyes off Rebekah She had to think it was impolite that I stared, but I couldn’t help it

"No, I brought her here for you," Olivia said "You told me about the predicament with your child vaed for centuries"

"I hardly even re a child," Rebekah said with some disdain

"Yes, well, you’re the only expert I know" Olivia se doll eyes

Rebekah even dressed like a doll Her dress wasa child would wear today It was as if a porcelain doll had come to life, or at least attempted to, since there didn’t seem to be much life in Rebekah

"I have helped so it anys over the other and laced her fingers on her lap "Olivia pulled reed it was time that you returned the favor," Olivia looked coolly at Rebekah

"I honor all her