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“Not a one He told h for me to understand why he is the way he is And no, I’s in private”

“True, but did he say that he didn’t want you to repeat them?”

“No, but he also didn’t give ht to share them, so I won’t All I will say is that I can see why he shies away fro deeply involved omen”

Imani hu?”

“You can throw asto confir And in my position, you wouldn’t do it either”

Her shoulders lowered in defeat “You’re right, I wouldn’t You know, I’ about whatever issues he has I didn’t expect to hear that you’ve been having deep conversations”

“Max can talk to anyone about anything—he keeps very few things private”

“Well, yeah But this is one of the subjects he never touches Maybe he feels like he owes you an explanation as to why he’s not offering you anything real Or maybe he just thinks that if he can make you understand why he’s this way, you two can become friends after the sexytimes are over”

It see because he’d known I’d be able to relate to some of his personal issues But I didn’t say that, because if I more theories at me It seemed better to distract her “Do you still not find hu?”

She threwthe subject “No I still can’t consu from hi to replenish his hunger for blood, though” She paused as she pushed open the front door of the store “It still feels weird not having fangs any them I used to complain about them But it still feels odd”

“I’d find it kind of strange, too,” I said as we headed to the refrigerator, where she snatched a bottle of water “But I can’t say I’d perceive it as a terrible loss”

We both rounded the aisle, and then I inwardly cursed Because behind the counter stood Ursula Apparently she’d switched jobs, because she normally worked at one of the other stores

“Wonderful,” Imani muttered under her breath