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"What are you reading now, Gin?"

I held up the cover where she could see it "Little Women by Louisa May Alcott For my next literature class "

"I approve That's one of my favorites "

I arched an eyebrow "I didn't know you liked to read, Roslyn Why, we'll have to start ourselves a little book club "

The vas "Oh, I doubt I could keep up with you when it comes to that "

I used one of the day's credit card receipts to mark my place in the book "So ill it be?"

Roslyn ordered her usual grilled cheese and water Despite her protests, I also gave her so We talked back and forth over the counter while I helped Sophia fix her food Roslyn sank her teeth into the grilled cheese with relish, and she even ate two of the cookies

Finally, the vamp finished her food and pushed her empty plates away, then ht on the Delta Queen "

I nodded I'd expected nothing less; she and Xavier had been a couple for some time now

She stared off into space, a thoughtful look on her face "You know, it doesn't surprise me that Salina finally came back to town "

I frowned "You know Salina Dubois?"

Roslyn hesitated "No, not Salina But I knew her father, Benedict Once Xavier told ht I'd come by and tell you what I knew about hi, and Benedict was ofteneager for feht up until I started Northern Aggression "

Before she'd opened her nightclub, Roslyn had spent years working as a hooker in Southtown, like so many other vampires in Ashland did All vah off having sex or even other people's eave theth, and quickened reflexes that other va a pint of O-positive Thus, the nuet laid, paid, and powered up all at the saht just like the rest of us, you didn't even have to wait until dark to get your freak on All you had to do alk down the Southtown streets any tiht - and you'd find at least one va in the wings to beat you to death if you didn't pay up promptly for services rendered

"So what can you tell me about Benedict?"

Roslyn shrugged "Other than his sexual preferences, not er than he really was An Ice elemental "