44Nathaniel was done for the night, there would be no shapeshifting. There was an Illinois State Trooper car standing in the parking lot with one door open, and the officer slumped, sitting by the door. I was reaching out for Nathaniel's arm, but I got too close to the vampire's face. The man watched me do it.
Jesus, Anita, did you have to blow a hole clean through his chest? Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. You told me once, it's the price you pay. It was almost as if he was afraid he'd fall. It was about that need to wrap as much of him around as much of me, as tight, and close as I could.
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