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Sincerely,

Rhapsody

Milady,

It’s interesting that in your first letter you have expressed no concern about my nature As it appears you have fully dispensed with all reasonable doubts about ly

To start with, and to prevent any future s, I am – as you know – a vampire

In many ways, it may as well be referred to as a condition in the sense that her ladyship also has a condition Conditions are not synonymous, however, to handicaps, and I hope her ladyship understands this

In any case, I digress My condition as a vampire requires me to drink blood The manner of consuht fro and pour it in a wine glass The quantity we need to consue; the older we are, the less we need, and as your guardian have no doubt informed you, I am much, much older than Sir Isaac

Vaer lifespans than huer than vampires As I was sired by a de of centuries, but the downside to this is that being half-demon means I have no soul to call my own

It is for this reason I am in need of a heartkeeper, and for reasons known only to fate, you have been born to this world to share your soul with me

No person can be physically coerced into being a heartkeeper It must be a union freely entered into by both entities, and it is one that is meant to last for eternity It is also a ritual as old as time, over which no human laws hold sway

If you say yes to being h you will not possess the sa will forbid ht dishonesty Moreover, you shall also be the one person in this world that I can never physically raise a hand against

All of this su I wish there wassacred knowledge of heartkeeping have long been burned by demons It is in Hell’s interests that the rituals of heartkeeping be buried in history, for without it half-deuishable lure to do evil

I know it isive you my vow to cherish and protect you, and whatever you desire that I have in rant, you shall have

I know your mother’s treatment has left you with invisible scars that have yet to heal Her insistence that you call her by her name, for instance,to, no person to claim as yours Be my heartkeeper, and I am yours to command…forever

And so I end this letter in a sie you possess now, do you still wish to be my heartkeeper?

Yours to command,

A vadom of Chalys

Dear Sir,

As I a, I would like to thank you for the fortright manner in which you answered my letter, and I further take this opportunity to confirm my assent to your proposal

If you would still have me, I shall be honored to be your heartkeeper and fro my duties to the best of my abilities

Sincerely,