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She nodded her head

“He’s going to be ether

“No,” she shook her head “Not mad Just worried Jonathon is about to drive Patrick nuts orrying about you You’re all he cares about And just so you know he’s upset about Matteo too”

I flinched at the name

“Sorry,” she apologized “I know you don’t like to hear his name But you need to know that just because we’re vampires doesn’t mean we don’t care In fact, we Pulmer’s are an extremely moral bunch Some vampires don’t retain as many human qualities

as we have Patrick believes it’s all about who turns you How pure they are that deterine if Selena had turned a criminal into a vampire That vampire would have already had evil characteristics as a human and then would take on some of the creator’s characteristics as well And even if that human had been a nun and been turned by someone as sadistic as Selena they still would take on some, not all, of her evil tendencies But that’s just his theory, keep in mind”

“It ed “But Selena wasn’t always evil”

“No, she wasn’t She was a good person It’s terrible what happened to her Jonathon still blas that are beyond his control But what happened to Selena can happen to any of us To me, to Jonathon, to anyone It’s a terrible twist of fate We’ve already been dealt a bad car by being condeift of a soulAnd the way Selena lost Andrew is the most painful, because it was technically her fault His body rejected her venom It’s rare, but it does happen You know that if another vampire turned you, besides Jonathon, that it would kill you but sometimes the human body will reject even the soul mates venoe It’s a terrible way to lose your soul mate In ways I have to sympathize with Selena”

I shuddered at the thought of not h the transformation from human to vampire It had been a difficult decision for me to make, to become a vampire I wanted to stay human but I wanted a child more and I realized I wanted Jonathon forever It would have been difficult to grow old while he stayed young Buta vampire, one I wouldn’t tell hie me, was his soul If I stayed hu his ht of his brother, or his cousins, or his uncle, or anyone having to kill hiolden to have that fate Too perfect I couldn’t do that to him and I kneouldn’t do it toand I felt the sa and I wouldn’t hurt him that way

Diana pulled into the Pulmer’s driveway I stared up at the massive stone, U-shaped, ed since I had first seen the h so edy had struck since I ret any of it The ht me to Jonathon and he orth any bad that came my way Some days it was hard to cope but I would never take any of it back Not for anything

“Hey,” Jonathon kissedtrip

“I led in the blond hair at the nape of his neck

“If you’re going to greet ht have to leave ainst mine from the movement

“Please don’t”