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The slu I stole just enough rest to not feel like a zouessed a couple of hours later It took me a few seconds to reme strong legs of a man on either side of me, and beyond that a steep drop of God kne ray ones, and it all ca back I offered him a small smile, which he returned, before I let out a yawn

"You seem rested," he remarked

"Yeah, thanks… You didn’t sleep at all, did you?"

He shook his head, chuckling I would have been horrified if his response had been yes

I gazed up at the glittering night sky Although there was a cool wind up here, I was still wearinginto me from all sides, I felt pleasantly warm

"So when did you last sleep?" I wondered

"I don’t remember," he replied

"You’re like a va, you barely need to sit down" Vampire I winced internally as I said the word My chest ached as I thought of et back to them We just need to find a portal Of all these tribes ere about to visit, one of them was bound to know of an alternate portal One of them just has to I didn’t want to consider the possibility that the portal within the hunters’ coht be the only one left open

"I suppose we are alike in that sense," Bastien replied "Though I have never personally seen, met, or known a vampire"

I couldn’t help but tilt my head back and widen my eyes at him "Really? You’ve never seen a vampire?"

A se to you This is the realht vampires were known to visit here from time to time I supposed just not in his area

"Why don’t you tell me about vampires?" he asked, a curious sparkle in his eyes "Are they all as bloodthirsty as they’re rumored to be?"

I chuckled to myself "No, not all of them It just depends which one you meet Those in The Shade never drink hu? My own parents are vampires"

His brows furrowed "What? How is that possible?"