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"Yes"

"Why do they call you that?" another asked

Seth glanced at Bastien, who clapped a hand to his forehead "Because I can walk in daylight," he explained

"Ohhhhhhh"

Okay, so he wasn’t the smartest kid Seth had encountered At least he wasn’t ," Etienne commented

He lay on his back, Krysta’s lovely naked body cuddled up against his side in bed

"I’ circles on his chest with her fingers

"About sleeping?"

"No There’s so to react"

"I don’t know that I like the sound of that," he admitted Tentative was not a word he would ordinarily use to describe her

She sat up, the covers falling to her waist, and swiveled to face hiaze instantly dropped to her breasts

She began to speak earnestly, but--for the life of hi

He held up a hand

She quieted

He raised his eyes "If there’s so to have to cover up I can’t concentrate with your beautiful breasts in ed the covers up and tucked the a small smile "What breasts? I’m built like a ten-year-old boy"

"The hell you are I love your breasts They’re perfect And, if you doubt that" Heover his erection

She sht as she reached for hi inches away, she drew her hand back "No Not now I really do need to talk to you"

Daht"

He could do that "What’s troubling you?" He took her hand and began to toy with her fingers Did she regretthat troubledwith the increased vampire population, I can’t continue to hunt the way I have been I’er"

And he was one of those people Etienne still couldn’t believe it "Krysta, I told you You aren’t--"

"Let me finish"

"As you wish"

"There’s an obvious solution One that will keepSean when he heals my wounds"

"Okay" Had she decided to follow Seth’s advice and become a Second? Aswith her each night

"I want you to transform me," she blurted, then held her breath

Etienne stared, convinced he had heard her wrong "I’m sorry What?"

"I want you to transforainst his ribs His hand tightened on hers He sat up, thethem closer "Krysta"

"Just hear ht I was a va me"

"I wasn’t I mean, I did think you were a va irresistible and you know it"

"True," he said, just to goad her

S, she shoved hihed

"I hear what you’re saying" Her face grew solemn "But I kno that you’re immortal That you’re just like o crazy I know you don’t prey upon innocents I kno the virus works Sean has spent every night with Dr Lipton and explained everything todetail I just think this is the best solution The only solution" She tightened her hold on his hand, her face earnest "If you transfor and hold ainst vampires And I would heal without Sean’s help ifshothurt

"Sean would be safe You would be safe, knowing I could take care ofabout you if you were immortal, you are ht? Because a bullet wound or two or four wouldn’t kill ht?" she pressed

"Yes," he conceded

"Thenwhat do you think? Will you do it?"

He hesitated "I just don’t want you to rush into anything I know seeing Sean collapse shook you, but there are other healers a on someone else to patch me up I want to be able to heal on my own Like you and the other I vampires I want to be able to help you defeat your enemies"