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so insanely attractive they made Jane look like the elephant man. Strangely, as soon as we had
entered the room, everyone seemed to turn and look at us. Vampires with their stunning,
entrancing eyes, kept fixing their gaze on me, and I would forget to breathe. If I wasn t careful, I
would end up suffocating.
 Stop, Jack repeated and jerked my hand so I would focus on him.
 What? This time, I looked up at him, away from everyone in the room.
 Don t look at anyone, Jack warned me quietly.
 Why not? I was bewildered. Was I supposed to look at only him for the entirety of the night?
 You keep letting them& captivate you. He nervously looked over the top of my head, and I
could tell he was starting to think that maybe this was a bad idea.  Don t do that.
 Sorry, I mumbled, but I wasn t exactly sure how to fix that.
 Don t be sorry. Just&  He shook his head.  Come on. He pulled me off to the side of the room,
to a mostly empty couch, and I was careful to keep my eyes down.
When he sat down, I sat as close to him as I possibly could. On the other side of him was a girl
with hair that shown purple under the light. Her eyeliner was caked on and her lipstick was black.
When we sat down, she d been sipping a drink and looking around like she was watching for
someone, but then she turned her attention to us. She smiled, mostly at me, and her fangs were
far more pronounced than Jack s were. Almost comically so, and I wondered if that was a natural
occurrence or if she did something to make them like that. I also noticed a little silver stud in her
cheek, the piercing girls got to look a metal beauty mark.
 You re new here, she purred, directly to me, and her voice sounded like honey and helium.
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 Yeah, I told her dumbly, and Jack dropped his arm around me. It was supposed to be casual,
but I don t think anybody would confuse it for anything but the protective gesture it was.
 You, I ve seen around before. She looked at Jack, narrowing her eyes at him. Her makeup was
so thick and heavy around her eyes, it looked like was wearing a kind of mask, like the one
superheroes would paint on. She bit her lip, carefully so the fangs wouldn t tear her skin, and tried
to place him.  Did we fuck?
 No, I can t say that we have, Jack replied quickly.
I tensed up instantly, which I knew was a bad idea since I was supposed to be keeping my heart
rate down, but I couldn t help it. As stupid as it sounds, it had never occurred to me that Jack had
sex. In some realm of my mind, I had realized that vampires probably had sex, that Mae and Ezra
did, and I had definitely considered the prospect of me having sex with Jack, but I had never
thought about it actually happening. That vampires had sex with other vampires, or people. With
whoever or whatever they wanted. Not only had Jack most likely bitten girls here, he had
probably slept with some of them.
 Pity, the girl said, but then her eyes dropped back to me. Her smile tilted wickedly, and she was
noticing the change in my heart rate.  Mmm& So you re that kind of girl.
 What kind of girl is that? I asked tightly.
 Where are my manners? She laughed, a tinkley, fragile sound, like breaking glass.  I haven t
even introduced myself. My name is Violet. She held out her hand to me and only me. It was
covered in one of those lace fingerless gloves that Madonna used to wear, and gingerly, I took
her hand and shook it. I was tempted to look at Jack to see how I should proceed, but I thought it
would be better if I made the decision on my own.
 I m Alice. I let go of her lacy, tepid hand and looked up at Jack.  This is Jack.
 Jack. She clicked her tongue and looked at him again.  We never-
 Nope, Jack repeated with an edge to his voice.
 Are you sure? Violet looked dubious.  Cause I have a really excellent memory, and I could
swear that we knocked boots, know what I mean? She winked at me then and elbowed Jack
playfully in the ribs, but he didn t smile.
 I m quite certain, he replied icily.
 Yeah, yeah! You did this thing-
 Stop, Jack told her, his voice low and even.  I know exactly what you re doing, and I want you to
stop. She batted her eyes innocently, and he turned to me.  When she mentioned it the first time
incidentally, you re heart sped up, and now she s just saying things to make it race. She s just
trying to set you off.
 It s beating like a moth caught in jar, Violet smiled wistfully at me.  I just can t help myself. It
sounds so beautiful.
 I m sorry, I mumbled.
 You have nothing to be sorry for, Jack reassured me quietly.
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Blushing deeply, I curled up closer to him. Even in the dimly lit room, I could see the way Violet
looked at me. There was nothing but pure thirst in her eyes. I knew Jack would never let anything
happen to me, and I don t even think she wanted to kill me. But she wanted to taste me, and that
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