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"So, your friend--the hu an imid shook her head "I lost touch with E of after the disappearance was finding him Then after he died… well, I didn’t do much besides work Emily tried to contact me a few times, but I wasn’t receptive"

"Completely understandable" His eyes were kind and concerned She looked away and took another bite of a pâté that Max had ood cook Most va?"

She sipped her tea before she answered "His na blond vampire came to her His model-handsome face and lazy blue eyes "To be honest, Murphy, I don’t think you should worry about Axel He isn’t…" Was it a vaence of another io over this stuff with her?

Oh yes They spent

Murphy asked, "He isn’t what?"

Well, honesty had alorked before…

"He’s duid said "For the life of me, I don’t understand why anyone would have turned him He’s slow as a box of rocks He’s very handsome, so I supposed someone could have just turned him to keep hi like that? Changed someone just because they were pretty?"

His eyebrow arched, and she had the distinct impression that she’d insulted him "Certainly not Accidents do happen, but it’s very irresponsible to turn someone for superficial reasons To tie yourself to someone for eternity who you will always have a responsibility toward? It must be someone you have confidence in A child should always be someone with an independent nature, in my opinion You have to be able to care for yourself"

She nodded, thinking back to an argument she’d had with Cathy and Anne the week before when she’d refused their offer to help with so At least Murphy sees yourself

"Of course, the longer I live, the more I am convinced that we also need to knohen to ask for help It’s part ofyour own limitations"

Well, damn

She turned the subject back to Axel "So, you can look into hi there He’s not leader But I could be wrong" She hoped not E each other--would be crushed

"I’ll pass the infor else you remember?"

She tried to think, chewed on her lip as she ran over and over the ht Why, oh why, had she not seen the two va else I re…"

"You’ll call" He sain Murphy really did have the id at ease and set her heart pounding all at the same time "I appreciate it Most of us take some personal time after we turn to be cared for by our sires, and here you are, working as always"