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“He was really uilt No one blamed him, but he blamed himself, and that’s the hardest bla at all I know he tried to find a way to kill hiet a vampire to kill you We watched hiet soht break, you showed up You gave hiain Guilt and grief can eat up a person and that’s as happening to hi! It was incredible He had been sour for so long He basically sequestered himself in his room and all he did was paint That was it Do you know that the day he picked you up for school was his first day back since our parents’ died?”

“What?” I said “He never told me But how? The teachers seemed to know him?”

Joseph chuckled “Most are vampires The human ones know him as Patrick’s depressed nephew We were all shocked when he demanded admittance for the next day He had been up to the school so a few classes here and there, and of course Diana, Danny and Mason, went there so the students and staff sort of knew hi to convince the humans to let him in with only hours’ notice But Patrick demanded it and since he’s the one that started the school and supplies most of the funds, they listened”

“Why did Patrick create the school in the first place?” I asked

Joseph chuckled, “Isn’t it obvious?”

I shook my head

“He started it for the vao to school every decade or so We need to keep up with the ways of hu But he had to be able to admit human students too, otherwise it wouldn’t work”

“And Coven members?” I asked Isaac, his sister Isobel, and his friends had all been Coven members

Joseph said, “Well, we thought it would be a good way to keep an eye on them Unfortunately, hteen”

“What’s happened to them since Aleksei betrayed them?” I asked I had had no contact with any of the Coven members since the day Isaac died I couldn’t bear to see them It hurt too much I was pathetic

“Isaac’s dad, Gregory, is their leader now” I looked down at our feet as Joseph glided us along the dance floor “Hey, don’t be like that,” said Joseph “You know it’s okay to be sad”

I looked up at hiht I was doing better,” I glared at the treacherous tear

Joseph s better, but you’ll always miss him just like you’ll always miss your dad It’s been decades since our parents’ were murdered and we still feel sad and hurt Even Patrick”

I shuddered “I’d hoped you’d say it would disappear”

“No,” said Joseph “I don’t lie”