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And then there was silence. He was once again alone.

A voice was suddenly in his head. David's voice.

'𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭... 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.'

And just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. There was no fire. He was fine.

-- you. As for your saliva sample, I'm sure Lucius would be more than happy to spit on you, if you ask nicely."

-- meeting Joel's gaze briefly before he looked back at her.

He would do the same thing he did to his own boys when someone messed with their heads: he slapped her across the face. Hard.

By now, they had lots of onlookers watching the situation unfold.

"That's quite enough out of--

Lucius was much more malleable than David was. He would prove to be a challenge. His own abilities had been honed in his centuries of life, and was used to these sorts of attacks from other vampires.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯.

David's eyes flicked off to the side, --

-- is always a pity."

-- Turned. I, on the other hand, was born a vampire. I have never been human."

-- quantity. Then you will die and be reborn as one of us... after that, you are at the mercy of the will of your Creator."