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Of course, long before he faded away, the other vampires would have had to execute him. By American standards, Jean-Claude said, this did not count as sex. This was the weekend wastebasket dumpings, the guys who hadhad too much to drink, and the ones who had not had enough to spend, and the ones who came up shortone way or another. For tonight we were being formal, so I didn't argue, and offered him my left hand.

But whatever pressed against me now was animal not human. He wanted to cry. Not heated-empty-and that should have scared me more, but I wasn't scared of Dolph. I'd never thought of Zerbrowski as a master of understatement.