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"Sotone?" Richart asked "To what?"

"Never mind"

Darnell approached, a tiny kitten in each hand "Okay, which one do you want?"

Etienne reached for the little gray and white one "We’re really doing this?"

"Yes"

A faint, high-pitched scream came from Etienne’s pocket, accoirl cried as Phineas and Ferb’s "Squirrels in My Pants" song began blaring from his phone

Every immortal in the room turned to look at hi, Richart closed his cell phone and put it away "I didn’t change it I just wanted to knohat it was"

"Asshole" He took the ridiculously s, we’re really doing this?"

"Every two hours"

He groaned He could still be chatting up Krysta if he didn’t have to play feline nursemaid

"How much has David done for you over the centuries?" Darnell retorted, his shaved, brown head gleaht

"A hell of a lot," Etienne answered without hesitation David was like Seth He gave everything he had to the Immortal Guardians and those who aided them

"And what has he asked in return?" Darnell continued

"Not a da"

"Exactly So feed the kitten"

Etienne cuddled thelittle bundle of fur to his chest "Done"

Richart took the orange and white kitten and did the saain as they crossed the room and sank down beside Lisette on one of the sofas

Roland and Sarah fed two kittens on another sofa

Roland was quite possibly thehim cuddle and nurture a black and white kitten that could fit in the pal short of bizarre

Grunts and thumps floated up fro roo Slirown either, though it had long since reached adulthood It also bore several bare patches, scars, and cuts frohts hatever woodland creature it had felt ventured too close to Slim’s new territory: David’s property

"Hi, Ami," Sarah called with a s

Every male Immortal Guardian in North Carolina adored the toifted one in history to ask to be infected so she could spend eternity with Roland’s antisocial ass They loved A A ferocious on the battlefield Anaainst and defeat thirty-four vampires Thirty-four No mortal had ever attempted such a feat Hell, no immortal had either until then Except, perhaps, for Seth or David Those two had lived thousands of years Etienne didn’t know half of what they had done

"Where’s Marcus?" Sarah asked

"Out hunting"

"How did he get out of kitten duty?" Roland asked dourly, even though everyone here could clearly see he had a soft spot for ani other cats on him"

Etienne suspected there wasMarcus had been giving off all kinds of stress vibes lately

"In fact, I’ to take Slim out for a jaunt until you’re finished in here I think he needs a break"

Slim chose that moment to emit a peculiar howl

Chuckles circled the rooh the back door

Stepping out into the brisk wind, Aave his skinny little butt a pat "All right, you crazy kitty Have fun"

Perking up, he meowed and trotted down the steps into the darkened yard

Aulfed her Since she didn’t have the superior hearing of immortals, the conversations of those within couldn’t reach her out here Only the rustling of leaves that fluttered in the breeze broke the silence

Retrieving the lightweight aluminum ladder kept on the deck, she descended the porch steps and walked around to the side of the house The ladder was just tall enough to reach the roof Aave it a shake to ensure it was steady before she placed her foot on the first rung and began to clie of the roof, already knohom she would find seated upon it

As usual, he wore black leather pants and nothing else A pair of beautiful wings, as tan as his skin at their base and darkening to black at their tips, were folded against his back His shoulder-length, wavy, black hair danced in the wind

Hi, she greeted him mentally