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I explainedHow I had wanted to know if I would have the same problem as Ben, so I could kno this would affectus one s with Ben

"So you’re certain that you don’t have the same proble any of the signs that Ben showed"

"Why didn’t you discuss it with us before you left?" ht it best that I just do it And the ical time for me to turn hile ere away We enjoyed our honey around near the outskirts of The Shade while I recovered for the last few days"

"She’s all right, Derek," Caleb said "Give her a feeeks, and she’ll live a humans just as well as the rest of the vampires on this island"

Caleb’s words seemed to pacifyas you’re happy with your decision It willback into humans if and when you decide you want children…"

"I know," I said "I’ve already thought about it"

"I just wonder why Ben has a proble the question that had been at the back of my mind ever since I turned into a va could have happened in Aviary," my mother said, her face tense

I looked at Ben, who appeared just as clueless as the rest of us

"I just don’t know…"

Chapter 28: River

After Benja their newly hter as a vampire, all of us traveled to the shore Rose and Ben sat close to me, as far away from Derek as possible As we reached the Port, Derek stepped off first and distanced himself from the twins, and then I stepped out with them Ben had an arm around my waist, while Rose had linked her arm with ing to me

Sofia looked at Benjamin "Are you sure you’re ready for the cure?" she asked

"As ready as I’ll ever be," Ben replied griet this over with," Sofia said She looked up ahead toward her husband "Derek, why don’t you go and fetch some witches… Ibrahim and Corrine?"

Derek nodded, and then headed off into the woods