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disgusting. See, the bad part about finding a superhot piece of tail like

you is the inevita

ble, long decline into idiocy.”

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Sophie Oak

“He’s trying to say that vampires fall deeply in love with their

consorts,” Cara said primly.

“You say potato, I say potahto,” Dante sang.

“You, Miss, could serve as either a bondmate or a consort,” Rhys

interjected over the increasingly impatient crowd. “The psychic

connection apparently comes with some changes in the blood.

Normally, there would be plenty of suitable men and women. It is a

common thing in Fae creatures. It’s why our poor king is related to

that one. Mr. Dellacourt’s father took the king’s aunt as his consort.

The Fae and Vampire planes are closely linked.”

“Well, they were until that bastard Torin took over,” Dante said.

“And why does everyone speak English?” Meg found that very

confusing. “I don’t get it. Dante sounds like every half-assed player

prowling the bars on a Saturday night.”

Dante touched his chest and looked horribly offended. “Now

who’s rude? For your information, I speak English because my people

created it a really long time ago. You can’t possibly think your

ancestors were intelligent enough to come up with such a convoluted

and ridiculous language. At some point in time, my people found the

door to your plane and taught you a thing or two. It probably

happened around the time your people started standing upright. By the

way, fire? Also a vampire discovery. You have us to thank for that,

I’m sure. As to my speech patterns reminding you of your home

plane, I can only say, ick. I don’t mean to sound like some human. It’s

an unfortunate truth that our planes are very closely connected. If the

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