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It’s a technical day and age, a neorld, you know"

He shook his head "Yeah, a neorld"

"Sean, you’ve got to believeyou the truth"

"I don’t believe any of this I can’t believe any of this"

"Sean, please, please, you have to listen toto catch your killer"

He frowned "You knoho the killer is?"

She looked at hiravely "Yes"

"And the killer is a vampire?"

She drew deter She looked down at him "Yes," she said softly

He threw up his hands "My God You’re losing yourot a few questions now We’ll go right back to step one You’re telling me that you’re really a vampire"

"Yes," she said evenly

"So, actually, you have incredible strength In many ways You could have killed me at anytime"

"Yes," she whispered "Andno"

"What?"

"I could havebut I couldn’t have"

"Dath, but "

"You have the strength!" He rose then as well, ar,

"Prove it Do so Take me, then Do it Prove this" He advanced on her, a hand on her chest as he shoved her back He pushed her, hard Once, again, again

"Sean, stop it"

He caught hold of her shoulders and shook her She made no protest She continued to stare at hi back God, she was so beautiful! All that he wanted to do was hold her

But everything suddenly seemed so insane

"The killer is a va Why he doesn’t fall when he’s shot"

"Yes Exactly"

He nodded after ais quick and easy for him"

"It always has been," she reflected

"You’ve known him before?"

She nodded

"Another lover?"

She shook her head emphatically "I hated hi, because he’s a va"

"I told you--"

"No, you still haven’t really toldSo, I repeat-- you could kill me Quickly Easily"

"Sean--"

"Answer ers"

"I could, but I couldn’t"

"Why not?" he demanded fiercely, his incredulity at a situation that still see his temper to soar

But she still stared back at him evenly "I can’t kill you, I can’t hurt you, because "

"Because?"

"Because I love you," she said very softly

He fell silent, then turned away fro at her, still refusing to believe It was insane

And yet