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"Antoinette, despite everything, it’s a pleasure to know you, too," he said "It’s all right if I go through, right? I brought et the food to your friend You’re in the hospital now--they may not let you leave for a while yet," she told hiave hiroup Franco, standing by his father’s side, sa, and nodded an acknowledg of food in explanation, though he wasn’t sure why Franco nodded again

Drew hurried through the reception area and down the hallway As he walked, he patted his pocket, trying to make sure he still had his cell phone

He had to call the others about this bizarre new development

With one hand, he pulled out the cell as he headed along quickly, then entered Doug’s room

He started to dial Stephanie’s phone nuers suddenly froze on the dial plate

The bag of "to go" food fell fro’s room

Chapter 16

"She’s very upset," Stephanie told Grant, referring to Reggie "Think about it She’s off co Then she calls back and hears everything that’s happening, and, apparently, since a lot of this did seem to coincide, even Arturo tells her that there’s talk about her being a sorceress And as I said, all that is ridiculous--Reggie was not just ’dug up’ She’s been intiiury with ested that she was a witch," Grant re rooh coffee in the world that et over to the hospital," Grant said

"Should we see if Lucien and Jade are awake?" Stephanie asked hih, it is just about one o’clock" She hesitated "Would he be… sleeping? Resting? Doing whatever vampires usually do in the afternoon?"

He stared back at her, his lips hinting at a rueful smile "I don’t know I never knew a vaht shake "There was so about him… but can any of this be true?"

Stephanie took his hands "Grant, there’s so out of the ordinary that’s true here, and we both know it"

"It’s thein the world--and it really scares uy Either he’s what he says he is, or he’s the o and see how Doug is doing We’ll stop by Lucien’s cottage and find out if he does sleepto the hospital with us"

They walked the short distance to the cottage that had been assigned to Clay Barton Jade opened the door She had apparently been up for so--afternoon," she told the?" Stephanie asked

"He’s been gone for hours," Jade told the happened I’s where he kind of bolted awake… got really restless, and then went out When he can explain oke hiot tothe Internet for infores, and trying to find out if there aren’t any old texts soht help us There’s a library in town I’ht then locate"

"Ah," Grantwith an unknown, you see," Jade explained

"Doesn’t Lucien have to… I don’t know, rest by day, at least? Does he have to return to his--er--coffin?"

"We travel with native dirt," she said "And as for sleeping… he sleeps next to me," she said softly

Stephanie cleared her throat and said, "Grant had a really terrible nightht"

Grant flashed her a look, as if she were airing dirty laundry before a coer

"Grant! Maybe Liz--Jade--can help, or even learn so at him with serious interest "Do you remember the dream?"

"At first… at first, I could still s now What I re, I was in full arhter People, animals… the dead everywhere And I knew…"

"You knehat?"

He shook his head "I just knew that the situation was desperate And that…"

"Grant! This could be important!" Jade said "That what?"

"That heads had to be removed That was the only way to kill--François And it was also the only way to kill the devil dogs And Valeria" He waved a hand in the air "It ht have all been a trick of the , and the conversation we had… and the schism in my mind as I try to determine whether or not va as a good vampire"

Jade sht have been more important than you know"

"I’ve had it before," he said "But each time, it’s more vivid"