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"Not even Baldould ask Matthew to kill his own flesh and blood," Sarah said

"Yes," I said sadly "He would"

"Then it sounds as though Matthew is doing what he has to do," she said firmly "You need to do your job, too"

"I a pages froether so that we can use it as leverage--with Baldith Benjaation"

"You have to take care of the twins, too," Sarah pointed out "Mooning around up here on your own isn’t going to do you--or theood"

"Don’t you dare play the baby card withvery hard not to hate ht now" It wasn’t fair, nor was it logical, but I was blah I had been the one to insist upon it

"I hated you for a while" Sarah’s tone was matter-of-fact "If not for you, Rebecca would still be alive Or so I told myself"

Her words carown-ups are thinking Em had never made me feel that it was my fault that my parents were dead Of course, she’d knohat they were planning--and why But Sarah was a different story

"Then I got over it," Sarah continued quietly "You will, too One day you’ll see the twins and you’ll realize that Matthew is right there, staring out at you froht-year-old’s eyes"

"My life doesn’thi a sister"

"He can’t be your whole world, Diana"

"He already is," I whispered "And if he succeeds in breaking free of the de Cler to need me to be at his side like Ysabeau was for Philippe I’ll never be able to fill her shoes"

"Bullshit" Sarah jammed her hands onto her hips "And if you think Mattheants you to be like his mother, you’re crazy"

"You have a lot to learn about va when a witch delivered it

"Oh Now I see the problem" Sarah’s eyes narrowed "Em said you’d co to be soer at ain"

"Stop it, Sarah"

"If Matthew had wanted a vampire bride, he could have his pick Hell, he could have turned you into a vaiven hiebefore you left" Sarah looked daggers at me

"Matthew doesn’t mind that you’re a witch Why do you?" When I didn’t reply, she grabbed ed gle of va in the front hall "Diana needs to relass"

"Ooo-kaaay," Gallowglass said uneasily, drawing out the two syllables "Are we going far?"

"How the hell do I know?" Sarah retorted "This isto Diana’s old house--the one she and Matthew shared in 1590"

"My house is gone--it burned down in the Great Fire," I said, trying to escape

"We’re going anyway"

"Oh, Christ" Gallowglass threw a set of car keys at Leonard "Get the car, Lenny We’re going for a Sunday drive"

Leonard grinned "Right"

"Who is that?" Sarah said, watching as the gangly vas to Andrew," I explained

"In other words he belongs to you," she said with a nod My jaw dropped "Oh, yes I know all about vampires and their crazy ways" Apparently, Fernando didn’t have the same reluctance as Matthew and Ysabeau did to tell vampire tales

Leonard pulled up to the front door with a squeal of tires He was out of the car and had the rear door opened in a blink "Where to, madame?"

I did a double take It was the first time Leonard hadn’t stumbled over my name

"Diana’s house, Lenny," Sarah answered "Her real house, not this overdecorated dust-bunny sanctuary"

"I’m sorry, but it’s not there anyh the Great Fire of London had been his fault Knowing Leonard, this was entirely possible

"Don’t vaination?" Sarah asked tartly "Take me where the house used to be"

"Oh" Leonard looked at Gallowglass, wide-eyed

Gallowglass shrugged "You heard the lady,"east When we passed Temple Bar and moved onto Fleet Street, Leonard turned south toward the river

"This isn’t the way," I said

"One-way streets, ed a bit since you were last here" He made a sharp left in front of the Blackfriars Station I put et out and heard a click as the childproof locks engaged