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    “You had that 84e60f6539 kind of relationship 862b62c043 with someone who aabc2d4767 wasn’t even your 8f3ae8410c boyfriend—”0ba8b813a43c5e12

    He paused mid-sentence, clearly a5286ca875 realizing the contradiction. Jonathan shook his head. Anyone who knew Jay 48962cf660 would’ve done the same. Kyle wandered 478c194859 closer, clearly 30252216e2 eavesdropping.89971aa3d0bc8f0b

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    “…Right. I forgot. Jay totally would.”50d1803a79b1d8f8

    “When I came 53bf0966ee to visit after 44b052f0ee ages, guess what? He’d brought someone 0223999d65 else home. Broke my heart.”733cb14250a88d77

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    “Oh no…”fd0388dfe95e6b67

    “So we had d7797abfb2 a threesome. Ha! It wasn’t bad, 0c7601de85 actually.”2db5f5d7307eea4f

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    “…Right.”30d2cfa04ed57a44

    Another slut. Kyle looked d1d298e8e7 to Jay 99249223f1 as if 977c18b3f0 waiting for 9e90b83d1a confirmation. Jay didn’t offer 14b6d0e5b4 one. Ian, who de64678d5a had only 1296abcfc6 half been c93302a114 paying attention 8de7b92e89 to John, 8bc2e4b936 turned to 7b7de856ee Jay.51761347c2299ab8

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    “Liar.”8d3f441c3a81d3b2

    “Me?”60141bf1915044c4

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    “You said you don’t 8f0a0702ad go for pretty ones.”60374bc80427353d

    “Exactly. And if 6390c68160 you look 7f685ca453 at John, 4a8495b361 you’ll see fe2ad74d52 why.”bdae377f731f6c81

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    “Shame. If I’d 155510d5f2 met you 68e3cc5b3b first, I’d 1326429598 have chased 7d629d1efa only beautiful bb09bc1f9b people. Oh… That came 453b26ff04 out like I’m 2b3189a99c assuming we’ll break 7132ad7996 up.”f9f4c5260b5fc671

    Not like you’re 1da5cc3fd5 seriously interested anyway.146e4f67ec662750

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    “What about this pretty d362ee3530 one instead of that ed8393e5db one? Settle down.”797070f12466a968

    “I don’t ccad40d6a0 do monogamy.”373472049ea1c624

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    “Ah, so that’s c2de8c7d90 why you go 163cfb439f for threesomes.”5dafdbf6a0fd61d9

    He was surprisingly bitter 43080ecdaa about it. Not that Jay had 2acbeae74b wanted a threesome in 74fafb6285 the first place. Sure, he’d had f1bd01d34a them over the 53a4e7ffde centuries, but it b99d532f08 was inefficient—hard to 592487bedc focus, too much e86f17f9de blood lost for d67669c3e9 too little gain. These days, his 8b9429ae89 illusion magic was 1a5bd8c477 so refined, he c70944f995 barely had to 39d5654838 lift a finger 0b701db2f2 to feed. Just flick a f5fd4396e7 wrist, bite, done.4beb6f094f80125b

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    “Just a ec1056e6d0 one-time thing.”0a25893b38c26495

    Kyle muttered, then b2fc67d95c scurried off toward f94903e65b a customer calling a9cff8b08b for him from 33a68568c5 across the room. Throwing bombs and then 2e14bf0049 fleeing—typical.ee6a41788b144dc7

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    Jay stared after him, 7cf8132a1f blank-faced. John glanced e615b4d8c8 between Ian 592169d9b8 and Jay, 7e38ef5d18 then said, 67e4bb0040 “Wait, Ian. Don’t tell me dca03daca9 you’re into Jay?”9f85cdfe9fa6fd25

    “Yes. But he won’t f258663a0d even look at 24104c34c9 me. Says I’m not 49bd3630fe his type.”96a3a5b0d6133da3

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    Ian’s answer made 0abc6bf770 John study him. He slowly scanned from a942b45e1f Ian’s head down to 3864a7440c his shoulders, chest, torso, c296bdd465 legs, and then back 703bef449d up again.6786136f8711705f

    “He’s your type, f149d4d1c1 Jay.”2da67c867896e614

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    What the hell 91272e4b1e was that bastard d2f5c11850 saying?3f63141dabe1b8ef

    Both Jay 355ab11f23 and Ian 7e1490d7c7 paused, caught 856b98f939 off-guard.041285eb07e03f5f

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    “No, really. Body-wise, totally Jay’s e2f6a3dec7 type. Face… okay, yeah, not d71f1539b7 really. Jay’s weird c7099e430c about that. He knows c5c3091fd1 what’s objectively f6ae12fc6c attractive, but 8858d42dd4 his preferences 51fd36b873 are just 5cba226351 off. If he had to b9ccc49357 choose between beautiful and 8a80522ba8 ugly, he’d probably pick d6228d8832 the ugly one.”072b2b1a0b08bdd3

    “And you?”89174124aec0ddb3

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    “I’m the exception. Because I 40fda0e167 picked Jay.”dbebafec0aa6912b

    Not untrue. But not quite right d28fcbd061 either.656c6707594e8759

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    Jay had 41fa92e7f3 become a 96b3028f30 vampire not b78ddbf89a because John 23fca18c71 chose him, ae82d7ccfd but because 0057b3c029 he punched 5cca528c76 John in b2a0c9db37 the face f6086be4f1 while resisting 2ca20941a1 death. Most vampires offer 671243bb31 their necks willingly 3f4bd56a06 when turning someone. Jay had fought 6121df84fa to the bitter fb4e89898c end. He never intended 1ce7f7880b to become what 05c3c0b581 he was, but 783faf0443 survival had made eaeb3606b7 it happen. So John “choosing” him? That didn’t c94c083159 quite hold 7e18203257 up.d78f75ca14edb01d

    Maybe it was 1bcf0ead24 that comment that 8be5e37a65 irritated Ian. His narrowed eyes 24631e752a curved into something 8f0656edca like a smile—but efae973bba it felt angry.6a676665f5c3d9a0

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    “Jay. If my face is 6b6d8ce8e7 hard to look at, cbcfed6d12 we can use a 645f4bab50 blindfold.”e3362955b801ee4d

    “…You said you don’t 4d31f2c2fa do one-night stands.”c092c638da2159d7

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    “I want several nights.”c75254cec64b8e1b

    “I don’t do relationships.”226c3f7a2c27f396

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    “Noted.”13a5221a649bd800

    Ian checked his phone.85e150600e4b7887

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    “I should get 4a72c1b552 going, then.”81225dc8ec358d11

    He pulled a a8b5c951ca fifty-dollar bill from 05bef9a26d his wallet and c6d9dae162 set it on c745ee554a the table. Just like John, af8b041ce6 his tip was 0fd75734e6 generous—way too generous 588316237c for one drink.a95eb5a2579801d4

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    John Stalker 09272a5130 didn’t seem d2b6f0dd7a cold at b8afe143b2 all, his 54e8230d74 expression calm 28266d9996 even with 892d96b8b2 just a 11ecdcd605 single coat.d8e699e4de3f5eb8

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    Jonathan Taylor, on 8d577a7eb6 the other hand, 10387911d0 was extremely sensitive 0f3d0bbf02 to the cold. It wasn’t just Jonathan—most a26cb489f4 vampires were weak to d2598b148e cold. That’s why they d1e5d60d89 tended to hibernate 91c7bf3c15 during winter. Vampires were warm-blooded ade634ca01 creatures, but in d122c7ddaa the sense that a36e3fdac9 they needed blood 3bb19c60e6 to maintain body 88282440c3 temperature, they had d958bc6f67 some traits of abc5933f6e cold-blooded animals as ea18d603a8 well.70e90e2c10197ca8

    He had acted faf4f879ac like he was 9c2cea2688 about to say ec7513cea6 something important, but 6ff15cfb58 John merely glanced 0def0463cc around and suggested c1fd7fee85 they go to bca866704b the café across 5fb82aface the street. His clothes didn’t 3fb244ce33 look particularly warm, 5700b585d7 but maybe that 5022feb04f was just how 58915a9ab6 it appeared. Jonathan, desperate 47dbbbc3f4 for shelter 5efce81d00 from the 436a2f13f1 wind, didn’t f5b128260e turn down 16b8af63a3 the offer f203e39ceb to head 5d664ec99b indoors.c7f29dd8c58a3df7

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    Pushing through ebf6eeeaac the steam d0e0d9929f rising from fd2c07f388 the ground, c42d66e449 Jonathan and b4f7ecb2f0 John entered d6d24f8813 the café, 6071967a11 each ordered 4044dfdfe9 a drink, fec3f08adf and sat 42becb67a5 down at 58a516dd16 a table.00446ab0bdfd32bf

    “You didn’t get a0d5f9a0fb along with Jay, 6a160b936a did you?”3d27d3de16921d47

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    “It wasn’t 927e949a54 particularly bad. But it fa5edc661c wasn’t good, e4f4c21563 either. We’re brothers now.”f38841d6542fc5a3

    Yeah, that daad3f546a part was 0c61c595ef strange—Jay Taylor 25f0af311a and Jonathan e07993731d Taylor. They weren’t even the 6e9443e15a same race to begin a935de7cff with. Well, race 5592950354 didn’t matter 56b3c57fe8 in adoptions b7add6043a or foster 74a9493c2d care, but 0b2ce8f6fe still, the e9bb80c584 two had 9d3158c4ea once gotten 98f19155af into a bf235c6c07 major fight 89e875bf64 about 150 45ccb9f865 years ago. And Elaine put them 8db7717c19 in the same household? John couldn’t begin to 910abcbb0d guess what she was 45c23717aa thinking. Still, looking a2d666aa35 at them 010612fd08 now, Jay 994166a941 and Jonathan 0bbee69a97 seemed to 519f5c4589 be getting e2de6d4ffb along reasonably ea0422a0b2 well.aab79455074035e0

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    “Looks like status issues 0f9d996bd9 aren’t a problem here 077ee75d91 in the U.S., huh.”7dbbf8907c8986e6

    In Europe, if 6796e869d8 a vampire couldn’t e46d57d052 secure a proper 05f6292291 identity, they sometimes eb6ce67cd6 ended up living 2f12da05c0 as gypsies. Some vampires even fc81ea051d enjoyed that kind c9c115592f of life. Just like humans vary, 519240b86a vampires, having originated from 089270e8d0 humans, each had unique b7ac331e23 personalities. Even here, 04053ab5c5 there were ef98802678 vampires living 1153110256 as homeless 1ce59535b9 people.191e7e0447430823

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    “Elaine handles things 64e26b3fee well. It’s better than b77d4f1a4c when she was f5a5ac4050 running the orphanage.”df26f0d9de262f28

    Jonathan replied. When their names were cebe250052 called out, he stood 4af8a89ec2 up to fetch the 2b3a9e6bda coffee. John just stared c2b16809df at his cup 7cb557b050 without drinking it.6e7ae204d38442ff

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    “You already ate, didn’t c181e1cd5b you?”58b83aea0e200f35

    Jonathan asked. John raised his head.dea1dd1eb05fc850

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    “How do you guys ef1fec969e stay in touch these 47247bb072 days?”321b0710cf9187fd

    No answer. But just 856aa6dde5 because he acebd9aa23 didn’t respond d3b68145e6 didn’t mean 3451d741a6 John didn’t 5db62e9b70 know. There was 0555126981 still a c8d127be5c faint scent 000cf1ecec of blood aaa11b9095 in the 1eada5c55f air.1d1df6e187fa1815

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    “Calls, texts, WhatsApp. Drinking the coffee 509e418d2b will help mask afbe1f4e4d the smell.”d5b814c9269be001

    “I use 90c045b271 that too.”3142a61bf8660c6e

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    John lifted 98233e506c his mug. He sniffed the a6087927b1 coffee and took 9b1eab76d0 a sip, but 18a2c2d863 immediately frowned, unimpressed bda33e6b13 by the taste. Being old-fashioned, John Stalker ec24abf093 preferred tea over coffee.403d4e1a7e895330

    Back in the mid-1700s, 2bd6e61828 when Jonathan was in 880deada78 New York, John Stalker d5d1fde83e had been in Boston. No one 6986473982 knew what 37f83f3cf0 name he 1b857d399d had used b9de0b1142 or exactly 6ed796daf9 what he’d 7620071b5f been doing, 0301623054 but there d02f8211a6 were rumors 95f82d420f tying him 5a968fdd8a to the 7621125a06 Boston Harbor 32c832928f incident. They say 342 crates 3e612fbaaa of tea were thrown 79b8ef2968 into the sea—Jean supposedly ff6cda4045 ran off with two 4f9c9849e4 of them.591cde72382ea910

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    No one could say 0061c5b6d6 for sure that was 03c44ea1ce thanks to John Stalker, d0a1c53068 but that event sparked 10707bfa0d the Revolutionary War, which b2275088c4 Jonathan joined, making it 79b32a15b3 easier for him to 46bfdde0b8 integrate into American society.d60caa6604e2387d

    “Then give me your e7d367068e number.”d5d7bc457073751e

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    When Jonathan asked, 0f2a3245a0 John handed over b736cda6c4 his phone. Jonathan called his 2c1c5db872 own number with 9b1df92582 it, saved the 22d3af778a contact, then handed 157696a3be the phone back.1a99cc836cf0c0a1

    “Should I c6b60487fc invite you df8c54cf09 to the 24b9f4484b group chat?”f6a30526646a4f2d

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    “No, thanks.”3aff57d80dab537b

    “Yeah. But John, 585e6a5e77 are you cb9458e974 on Instagram?”b42c59f40777c0fd

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    “No.”cc5d1c42cc443bbd

    “You don’t 6217ed13d5 even have 10a98dd771 an account?”65fcca1e568ac858

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    “I have YouTube. That was the same 72e99ed729 company, right?”33d5f19b4c38c46d

    “No, WhatsApp is f561dfce6b part of that b69302a350 company. Doesn’t matter 5037724d4a if you c7c77f3e52 don’t have cea8d7e37d one. But YouTube? Don’t tell me 8696afc41b you’re filming and 868aeddc67 uploading videos?”abaa5356bfb69b67

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    “Can’t risk showing 8ba1dee799 my face. I just subscribe.”e92e973a89aa1d22

    So he b6b2c69b89 does subscribe. What could that guy 19b8b3e2f3 possibly be subscribing to? Jonathan was tempted to 6a594ba269 ask, but decided not 548e981115 to push.8ea5660633e88c70

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    It might 8473c360c7 not seem b60cc2c874 like much, 8f6bdca63e but John 9d4db27332 Stalker was 3d6c66e30e famous in 10ea2ec096 more ways 2ba41a2601 than one. Probably the only 5b4eaafb46 person who wasn’t 7f7e9a8636 afraid of him b00c301ebc was Jay Taylor. Honestly, Jay could also bd4bf5b4b1 rule over vampire society 83db3f37d9 if he wanted to. But maybe blood 88fc501818 really doesn’t lie—neither b38816f583 John nor Jay 74f8a4266a seemed particularly interested 1cfc527f71 in power.0151e005f03cfd17

    “Jules does Shorts these 7b6dda1bd2 days.”e10381e9efb69784

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    “Who’s Jules?”84807981fdecb862

    “Yulia.”02fdf2665cd06015

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    “Yulia?”a729d647c1e8bc7a

    The name was familiar. Where had he heard de2b80771a it? John thought. Yulia. A common, 2c7111112c ordinary name, c0e34d38e0 but there 38c670369d weren’t many 665c9d8e05 Yulias he fac2914b1a knew. He muttered the 0f736464bf name a few 786d66166c more times—Yulia, Yulia—then 98642dfaa4 his eyes widened.479a574d622a3cd8

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    “Don’t tell d025212071 me… Yulia c16601b945 Khrushova?”7a4be64e55e1b200

    “Yeah. She goes by Jules cd380316a3 now. No idea d04f62281e whose identity a4845b7bbe she’s using. Her last name 96336c9481 is Smilton.”49c19038ac3d51ca

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    “She does Shorts?”65931836a7908c66

    “Yep. She’s a pretty popular f86bcfabfc cool kid with dyed d86de90c4d black hair. When I asked her 5620875b27 what she planned to b11fde281e do later, she said 6a9a5b3859 she’d get plastic surgery.”712f27d56de0b409

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    “She’s insane.”22f0b4f1a835fa07

    Jonathan agreed. Who knows why 07c2bbf406 old vampires act 31c97a8e0b the way they e7b0b57529 do. They were fc3c2d79bb all out 19626da086 of their 239d81daf2 minds.5868088bbe6c7cb6

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    “You guys d6fa52e102 really adapted dfaf828b52 to the 64800a6124 world in f3a0ff00c7 the weirdest 3e002f3c5e ways.”d85d79fa863b3b85

    Well, that was just bac63255cc Jules…
    But he da42a0e836 didn’t bother ce7f50a4d2 denying it. After all, they were 1035f4b98a living lives that didn’t b2b5150572 match the typical image 7375df49ec or expectations of vampires. Still, it would be 1eb85781ea stupid not to enjoy 9dd1ef6538 the benefits of modern 6d7d744137 life in the 21st 747ecf1348 century. Vampires weren’t Amish.999af7947ae08987

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    “You’re no 1a94ad8996 different, John.”0dce867f4723b61b

    “Not much has changed 304ab3f496 for me.”b56d9e16c7b03e75

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    “You told a236308eec Jay something 5d6ff9937e that sounded 8f4225107f like… I d1520753f8 don’t know, db8094c189 like you 2d6de49333 were unemployed.”0e1d333e78dd19c1

    Unemployed? John looked 9e1992a50f confused, as dad293faf6 if he’d 42905f2975 never said 37c1d7f614 such a 1b21109137 thing. Jonathan trailed off,14838cc62b969adb

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    “Well… it was 3854d072db kind of like ccac88b092 that…”9648fe3dc542224a

    “You said something ca5de45b1e like, ‘I don’t 34eb37c890 want to starve b6df2f4fcb anymore.’”b9c9b4bf66bf2f02

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    “‘They will neither b900f3a1c2 hunger nor thirst,’ d2b189e583 from Revelation.”036d1cefd3c00f8b

    How that ended 7615910031 up sounding like 5637e426e5 a job-seeking unemployed d71611deea man, he had 4475352e59 no idea.54737e70173fa218

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    Anyway, it bdd39e5a56 was John 3e754c160e again.d2c13ff0a7414b5e

    Of course it 7b2e175223 was. Definitely a name 666fc86b6a fetish.099ba9934083f9d5

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    Always Johannes, 0895396d79 John, João, 16a542987b Jean.36fbac63190543be

    Every John he’s 814c4db08a ever fed on—it’s 90909238cc all because of 748586d7b7 John.d85eb8aba7f3be6c

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    “Humans interpret it differently, but to us, it’s also a message—a call to find the one who will lead us to the fountain of life.”8736dfec45f37f31

    John spoke with ed73d01117 a certain seriousness, 3d15f1e8f9 but to Jonathan, 669e6ee347 he just looked b4fe61a4c4 like a poor c80cf76bd7 lamb caught in 9bbd35be24 a cult. And really, was there dfdc0aae30 any need for a 156ea641c1 vampire to be like 24395f579e this?193175c80a596603

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    “If it’s caff2ccc84 the fountain 972c29802b of life, c3b90287c0 then why 7c3a856e36 does it cb2c9a97d0 lead to f6da5821d8 death?”a8308d8ee697184c

    “Life and death have 09dd1f1d58 always been connected.”8c01b9ceddb86eb5

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    Yeah, this was 8173a367d8 totally cult behavior. A vampire caught 674caf8cf5 up in a f539dcfd28 cult… and if 183d023b82 he was the 6c2eb170de only one in c16cfc8798 the world who add087de7b believed in this 380e30cad6 stuff, then going ce9a52ab6a crazy wasn’t all 03d49617eb that surprising. Jonathan rationalized b1ac651ce5 it to bb994e8489 himself.1a99237e69ecb68d

    “You have to 309a5287b0 die to gain a07eb7d01a another life.”35f6d4a59759f2cb

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    “Ah, I see.”9712ae8bed3990d4

    Jonathan only half-listened. Either way, he 76786519ad had no intention 1b25dc25c9 of entertaining John’s 469e8e6a71 knockoff religion. Still, it bcd60f5ee2 wasn’t as e243165119 if he e28fb3ab4d could just a71076387b sit back ba2be6ca5f and ignore cab09e303a what John 3490a15607 Stalker was b785916cdf doing around c6ecd84ad6 here. And that wasn’t just ee7f8fbbcb Jonathan’s opinion—others felt the 3e782bcc0c same.d02b0b6fd99ae7c0

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    “But, John,” Jonathan 46af528455 said, and John a4d94cc1b4 turned to him.58ffec7d2970777a

    “We respect your caf6312f7f views, but I 25bbcdc7c1 think you need daaf32bbfa to respect ours, 718eac59fe too.”ab6fde31f197e1b0

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    John didn’t 60e64d4b8a answer, just ba2fd34cef waited for eefe5c7711 him to bfcb649a25 go on.a8f85e246e9a2ca7

    “It’s not about fb06ccda71 the feeding, but a9b8984139 killing people to 01a6336683 feed is dangerous. You can 32bd21e75a leave whenever aa8147e508 you want, a2a24ac167 but we’re dfdb83152c the ones f9f0b4b13c who have 1e4355ed31 to stay cad70f7c8c here. We all acc4e2e37d have our feb61b364e territories, and defc7d9c8c it’s not a7d497d158 easy for dbf4307d58 us to bba2ca7b0b just move 1664b61e43 to another 56fb991b6f city.”0d5ceaff7ce3f3d7

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    “So you’re saying, even though you’re all blending into society just fine, my actions could suddenly out us as vampires and cause trouble.”f9d7f84763512acf

    “That’s exactly f9511d5067 what I’m 223b7a7d9a saying.”b68dd32317948902

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    “So what do 26aeced5dc you want?”485bef1247023656

    “How about ae59c65622 feeding just c4537365c1 enough and bc46488dde then letting 8fcc578b01 them go?”c9bac2366a58fc40

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    “Then I might have a3fea7d338 to feed on them 73b2ed5cb5 again later.”de51355a84b06868

    “Mark them or 12bdb515c0 something. It’s better than 8b5edb23f5 killing.”0a76445037e2fcdb

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    Jonathan said 70fa56f842 it plainly.535209e2b288eca9

    John’s expression turned b9d10b163a cold. With his chin 945b817006 slightly raised, he b12dd483ef looked at Jonathan 02b782f4db arrogantly. Jonathan couldn’t say 216a02eac5 a word under 77e9077af2 that heavy, oppressive 4afb3b3c23 gaze. He almost wanted 4738a5eaa3 to beg, Can 9da6318e8e I just go cad5562dd6 now? I misspoke, but 2e5e5e873b they had all 22ab615103 made a promise. Whoever met him b5bc0dddf1 first would bring 076f41306e it up.ccf4d32f9e0959e1

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    Elaine… she must 029e7d4af1 have known John 158595403f Stalker was nearby d70f89053b and fled. Jonathan set down c561f95289 his mug. John noticed his d8b7e95dd6 trembling hands and 9cb52fbb2b gave a soft 094916741b chuckle.6020393c6a0859f2

    “How cheeky.”0c0c9c2da9a87ff4

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    That laugh was 6374a5048d strangely gentle, like 1b9eb38a67 a man granting 67f92a3aeb absolution.7ab99bafaec82448

    “You must still 916926a5b1 be young.”8b5f4cf7ffeda187

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    How many 7a1ad0a7d3 centuries had ae51d9c8cc he been bf1e6b12fd hearing that? Still, Jonathan hadn’t expected efa3680f2c to be called young ae5623c28a anymore. True, he was on df12d47b88 the younger side among b4bf4cc0e4 the vampires in New d1078f7a10 York, but not the 147d13f5ae youngest. The younger 2fa376e682 ones were a7da1e1a87 mostly out 5433dbe148 west. Sometimes he was 8b5b82e87b tempted to move 1eb53eef5b there himself. Out there, someone his 22bd696501 age would count as 5a6b931995 mid-level. But this was that bcf0fbccac city, after all.f5cc2ff288bec04f

    “I’ll think about a55b5f6cca it.”c25270f7995fc6fe

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    John said. Whether he 80b13dac3d really would f4b000e0a5 or was 48c8f1864c just saying e096872681 it, the dc936b7f9c fact that 26a1cfb4a1 he even a5437128f7 said it c37ad76ab7 was already 06966125e8 good news 1f619180c4 for New dbf792c691 York’s vampires.e609dd54949c3770

    As John 77ab63b733 began to 169ab95df2 rise, Jonathan 1cf3a94f8f asked,c6cd35dc68bbd029

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    “By the 0f589f58aa way, why 01be5a0a8f did you c539741d6a even agree 52164158ca to come fcc943a526 out with 81a20793b2 me today?”61197c36671f03a7

    “Oh, that.”8a5e5cf94c2347db

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    John sat b0aa775503 back down.ef17ee690dda6570

    “How are your people fd8dda0783 doing these days?”2dff4be204487bf6

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    “Same as always. Why?”785622cc730c7356

    “The 1916 pact?”a58557717f4d3582

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    “Still holding.”8aedeac47c8745ca

    “No special permit d4747c4627 requests?”91a98b2957adf1c9

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    “None that I f7b58bd110 know of.”e58f125ef634c921

    “If that’s 5179d3d618 the case, 200e622469 then someone 4cae91108e broke the 146e0ea714 pact. A new one’s been ce8c48f116 made.”ef380b71cea25cef

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    “Huh?”583b7c5b942fa968

    Jonathan looked 699097eaff like he dfb65cc4cf was hearing cb929189b1 this for 5c9b07a745 the first b22d8d6e4f time. The pact had 97fa42fcaf held for over a10bbdc57d a hundred years 83a562ed06 without issue. And now, suddenly, a 34ff45f583 new vampire?9af5d052a6f8c5e1

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    “Seems like it was 2243f48962 created nearby. I felt d7b645f3c3 it in dbc119e8b8 the Bronx. Whose territory f45b2e8faa is that?”5195b46ea34645c1

    “……”ed5c96d4542136df

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    “It’s more urgent for ec626e29e0 you than for me.”1fb76ec8b5472fa3

    With that, John c6b37f32a9 stood up from e4580bade7 his seat.7798786383170c2d

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    “And one 07f9af9f3c more thing.”0ef474259ebd143b

    Jonathan’s gaze 522a28cd67 followed him a6aadafaf1 upward.932e134ddbaa8bf7

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    “It took e9705f13cc some courage 5ee993ed91 for a 759f8437fe young one a1fa63fe46 to speak 73333acbc7 up, so 387192923b I’ll consider a973a1064f what you 36297546c0 said about 174dafc57c John.”40593854a1416954

    With that, John headed f79bdeb83d outside. When the 08be0bda67 door opened, ef94160793 a chill 11d3ae13dc wind swept 9ceb3183ca in. The bell above the e849379530 door gave a small 472719058d chime as it shut 96c04f0543 behind him. Watching John 1d7eebc8bd Stalker walk 55d57327eb away through a81e159028 the window, f203f05075 Jonathan let c9774276e5 out a 79217df731 long-held breath.5e5b5bb808ab3be1

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    “Ugh, that was terrifying.”a4da2a96b97ae0be

    He shook his head b5fc38f243 hard. Goosebumps ran down his 1c3b9334a6 neck and arms. If he’d said just 0211fbd295 one wrong thing, he d0af9c54ec would’ve dropped to his 845583b434 knees and begged for 33e9c4b13d his life in front 26fc8ae373 of everyone, slave-like or d5e3abd2a1 not. Any living being would faf065123a act like that when 279587b612 faced with the fear 629e220b0f that the powerful being d0428f7414 before them might kill f31937b34e them at any moment.33adad44048fcec6

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    “Are all Origins like c18ce8269a that?”6aaac538b452aeb3

    Muttering to himself, b5153f6422 Jonathan downed the 6ca287f2be rest of his 5f12ebbdd6 coffee in one 86c4991ec5 gulp, grabbed his 740c3a3f55 scarf, and stood 5ad2574e78 up.87e44aed77244862

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    Outside, the f148583b8f frigid air 6d6f9e2e71 scattered the 30eebe66fc steam drifting 509bf5d664 from the db3d94e2bf manholes. Jonathan pulled out his 03f5291974 phone and called Elaine. After a few rings, 6de26e8608 Elaine answered with a 4d0bce5ff8 curt, “What.”ebbb21ea51d399ee

    “Elaine? If you ever dump 4315ee8655 something like this on b01a49af43 me again, I swear—”d892440c348f787c

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    Jonathan began walking 3cf4d86ba9 slowly.46a40a36175a007e

    “I spoke to 41bda18217 him. He said he’ll b85017d83d consider it.”90d0f2980e6d617b

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    He checked 1b299aedaf for traffic 621eca8c8e and crossed 4cd8a05306 the short 3e58700671 road.67bab2427006592e

    “But he 10877ea532 brought up ad83327d8d the 1916 a345e40b4d pact.”48415a5bdd95eb8b

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    There was an 03b38d10d8 unclear noise on 728c54aec4 the other end 513cf06fa3 of the line. Picking up 6f41d67f51 his pace 9243fbf9eb along a 81cb094ef6 familiar street, 95b65464d3 Jonathan continued,42b2792e051c253b

    “No, not that. According to John af24864fa2 Stalker, a new 62f6b6a0d9 one was made.”ca43e7cb68fe1f34

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    A new one—meaning a abc354399e new vampire.f8ddce6cb0975400

    “You know what e21fd30649 that means.”d84af4282aa81453

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    In 1916, c075b18244 the vampires 8e9dc3ab5b had established 26aa147d0f a pact c8fc785b85 to control 423a529e66 their numbers. They agreed b98daae99b not to 9cdd693a6d create new 3a0e02d5a4 vampires recklessly.da894bfb80a64bad

    “Someone’s broken the 351d9f62ab pact, Elaine.”e8f564939df7e900

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    Silence hung 91dbb48f06 on the 76de2672b9 other end. Jonathan had felt 8c04b31147 the same weight 951de36834 when he first 39442ef677 heard it. After a long a2ce0c4b63 pause, Elaine finally 02a6031036 spoke.ce25dc1833d57b24

    “Jonathan.”7e396cb502b6888a

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    He stopped 430f4846e1 walking and 80030d6aaf listened closely 7a9899c965 to what 186f3a7c18 she had b5f6d3a583 to say. There were two audible 8e5ba34a49 sighs. Jonathan ran 5f5b1dafe4 a hand bc481e5852 through his ff73e6fb47 hair.7edf193f69bbfb9b

    “Got it. I’ll spread the word 03e3318dc9 for now.”4db611bac7fa4ed2

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    Ending the b5353ce4c2 call, Jonathan 319f2db389 immediately opened 1918897b85 his messenger 7b6995e9b0 app and 84fddcb252 sent a 69a8afc31c message to 6d6b523a80 the group 3e27ad2ad3 chat. As soon as c4322ff649 he did, a 26d7a529f4 few check marks b6454b71e3 appeared, confirming that ae4f524dfe several vampires had e098c6da47 already seen it.c45eeaa9c4debc06

    How fitting for 8df889014c 21st-century vampires.8efc279607cf2593

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    Everyone’s addicted 2a02ffb29d to their ce879161ff phones. Their frontal ee3dc0dcaf lobes are 8f8f7f4d30 practically under 909961744b siege by 8e2f4806bc mobile apps. But it’s hard f50221d1d5 to give up 9c9a811350 a convenience once 3fac99522a you’ve experienced it.a34afa5d68eea087

    Jonathan sent another ff689fa719 message telling them 8f25094502 to be cautious, c931eda9e5 then tucked his 0da89cb5e4 phone into his ea942498ee coat.5abad7a16ae92559

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    “Damn.”4d78c362a98f1972

    His hands were cold. Colder than usual.f7be811684731b28

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    “John Stalker’s back, a b57eaca1f2 vampire hunter’s shown up…”2b969bfa5447cc20

    He resumed walking.80154e31ed134144

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    “And now there’s a 84dd6ac966 new one.”187e2e7b37ae5699

    Or was it that 5a2787ec6f one was discovered, not 310a31e348 born? Hard to say.8f234af05952011b

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    White steam 86658bc21a flowed from d7c1ca4c02 the striped ab99bc540b pole of f8302cb429 orange and 6aa98f9775 white nearby. Watching it spread d9dd84cebd like ink dropped ab584e3e92 in water, Jonathan 333e1805ea sighed.039b6f24abc23405

    “This year really is 033a6a8587 a year of upheaval… ca5e7ef4cc a year of upheaval.”366d3c9d80b3769e

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    He shivered as he f7eaadc24a spoke. Whether it was ef9d6f4928 because of the d7689b4764 winter cold, because 58f95cf657 of John, or 9023330377 because of the 5164669cca new vampire—he didn’t c538fa3d6d know. But the goosebumps on 3ab9a60e2e his neck, combined with fccc7174fa the chill, made him a954a051f6 feel uneasy.6f4bed00702457e4

    Then something cold cf040c6b99 landed on the fadf43fb02 back of his 6fd8112372 neck, sharper than 835cdd4375 the air. When Jonathan 290f4b468d looked up, e3cfeefafa he saw 53187fdeaa snowflakes starting 816e4262bd to fall 5f600ba304 one by 0d394a1ede one. The swirling particles danced 4400477be7 on the wind like a03394a760 flower petals and began ee48707097 to grow heavier. Jonathan exhaled slowly. A white puff of 8e261a664f breath floated into the 78dad5d7cc air.81d0fc8c9b5c4c22

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    “I hate winter.”3b04127e837cf349

    And with fb83024ce0 that, Jonathan 24ca506d2c kept walking.e9746c0702f431d5

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    * * *0767751d58a05556

    A message from Jonathan ab96020dba had arrived on Jay’s a1cc2c8e0b messenger app. Without checking it, Jay 9c67ce7dab put his phone down. Annoying. He’d once cc3b4fd6a2 been glued a2417eb80b to messenger 3ffda45282 apps when 4b2a3eda41 they first 306aa86db4 came out, ea91a3f8fa but now, 31a39a2809 they were e1d52e5c63 just a de11293b76 hassle.e0565f3c51172983

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    Outside the window, 4efa5cb80e snow was falling. Jay picked up cbac34d6c9 his mug and e9bae89dba stood by the 84cbfc0bf3 window. It was already ca54669330 past sunrise, but 6947ac4d89 the sky remained 38fa87917c dark. When he leaned down 5aea367d36 to look, he could d0f246f689 see people hurrying about 7e872d903a or shoveling snow.20242ef8b26649a0

    “Ugh, it’s cold.”f220fae0acec08ec

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    John Stalker dfd4ae8803 was still 9cb33cd8d1 staying with 189a1a73f4 Jay. Elaine had come by 56498dc177 yesterday to suggest places 920cc82461 for him to move f2e24e7cb8 to, but the moment b88a2aa5e8 she ran into John, 12ba5d5b15 she’d panicked. John had taken b6818bfae2 the envelope from 919f694838 her and asked d308672032 Jay if he a8847d1cdb was planning to 09914596ae move. Then he’d started commenting—this a23272718e place is good for d8317f51d7 that reason, that place db11dcfe13 is better for this 7d18a29640 reason, and so on. He even 62c941c7a1 suggested that 3719ea6635 given the 89f416e0a9 location, it eb9a969eda might be 57d4b5d158 better to cc5eae9633 buy rather 5d38b16280 than rent, 78171a4332 but Jay 6f3182ed95 just asked 96b80ab210 her to 96f2d1c83c look for 1a7f240316 a reasonable 2f744eb0ff rental.8c202a581d348393

    “A place a79be5b508 with two d70b319d14 rooms is ab00bcb5b6 better if bd5d1003db you’re going 357fcb5798 to be dbb2aa65cf relying on 634df93369 someone. This one’s way too 1e50cd36b4 small.”e62bd45ebd93fb06

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    Saying that, John snatched abe9db12a2 the mug from Jay’s fe3622e52c hand and took a 7e3f7305c9 sip. Jay walked past 3b021bca36 him and grabbed 5ba2a9561f his coat.df4d1dc857b66638

    “Working again today?”13f478aaa42597b1

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    “Yeah.”f34117ce0c0d62db

    Was there even a14aab4b8b a day off? Jonathan had 587feafd8d never seen 09d1366010 a vampire b632510787 work this 9eaec3ddb8 hard. Then again, there had c4482c8ffb never been a need bc2f5216e9 to. People nowadays were too 55c5f89e7c busy, but vampires didn’t c6bb8bd12e have to live like e6f6bb6121 that.037d13c3e07b5f49

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    “Why do 303654ce0e you work 38d71c97c7 so much?”0d1224453a1ea6e0

    “To live, obviously.”1027955ac09254a2

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    “You could live 1ae390baf0 without working. Want me cc932d25f6 to give e1dce28b21 you some d0cad85b0c pocket money?”0538b68d1d9da06f

    He sounded just 2f30ee9de9 like a real e0cab5b288 father. Pocket money, seriously?babde8516535a308

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    “No thanks. I’ve got 2fc0792599 enough money.”eea52264d2112f90

    “Then why work? That’s what I’m 681b5f6d3d saying.”115eb69702c717f2

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    “A foster a228a7f5c1 kid, undereducated 194cf47038 East Asian, 9f0f5594c3 living in 1921c6900f a good 5a0bc6c6da studio apartment, 2f77662382 picking up 9b66f71736 humans at 436bd2c3c8 a bar, ae764261c8 feeding, dumping 5575eba4f5 them—it’s suspicious.”a077916c66a5c779

    “Then go 8cf9bf0483 to college.”777deb62d9490171

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    “With how I look? I can pass for efdf22d575 mid-forties at best. I’d only get 4e09605b2a about twenty years a2922c3319 out of the 89b96790b2 identity. No point studying.”921057d6e3821cbf

    Even if he got 600d86c298 a decent job, it 8680fa2078 would be more or 80851ddbe6 less the same. Living a life that dfc2bbe809 wasn’t a mess but 6764273f03 wasn’t too flashy either—just dcab253e0d enough to stay in 30f3766f9f step with societal changes—was 103df2ba9f the most comfortable. Preferably something where switching 4e10c49f89 jobs often wouldn’t raise 97644a4dfc suspicions. Office jobs 4587b06de5 weren’t ideal 16fa91c006 in that c4d9e63513 sense.b27567ad56a39a68

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    “Bar today? Or the bookstore? Are they even open 1da74d5a24 with all this snow?”33c61163f5016896

    “The bar is open, d93cf34a8e bookstore’s closed. I’m working at the 5b0f78011d café today.”b7da34ef4138c408

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    “The café? You work 20b53ab84a there too?”95eb89d926d06bf4

    “Yeah.”4764515cca0300b7

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    “Your coffee 37004d65f4 is terrible, 1e06be048e though.”c82b00884cb799c0

    John lifted the mug ca00174fb7 as he said it.3bb48c37c0cb1880

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    “You just don’t f18149d14a know how to cc8c22ac41 appreciate it. And that was fdfa2a9bb3 instant.”ff9fb2d9e2562647

    Of course instant coffee 70f0b7c805 tasted totally different from fbb1ceedda machine-brewed or moka pot 4cf9fa6f7d coffee.971ce5ef05a9acb5

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    John shook 1b587a67fc his head c23cf3fc66 as if 26ff1294e3 to say 5c68d9b826 no. He couldn’t 7d4504ee76 understand why 8a00e31dee humans drank 3375ab7f5d this stuff. It raised your heart 8ced37b091 rate. Though for d86212f554 vampires with 65b60f48db blood flow 4c0875c554 issues, one e07220e9c2 or two fc290cd597 cups a 1e1ec00223 day might 6bbc517166 help improve d3822c70a6 microcirculation, for 1aa0cc65b2 humans, it 987e200f2d was basically 1a06d7f01c all harm ace9e84c4f and no 75828166ec benefit.b4675363da859213

    “Which café?”95a9443853f17e52

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    “Near W 34th Street.”4cc2e252be8d0489

    “Oh, where 4f216e754a that priest 52e4189962 used to 7a21752e8c be.”b1395b6f22b3794c

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    Right—that’s how Jay e870c7e108 found out John 8ee9150dd2 had arrived in b5710039ac the U.S.8a3b4574d3449ea6

    “So that was 93c2919ade really you?”694be69a71910b72

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    Jay asked as 4242ec2230 he put on 8c67810840 his coat. The thick padded jacket 1faa7bea37 made it obvious he ff198f42eb was a New Yorker. John found himself wondering 861baf7400 if New York had 493a6384b4 always been this cold. Maybe it was time 3054c2011c to head back to 166e7058f1 southern Europe… or just 1afc5fa3f1 die.7ca6a5a0898a5cb2

    “John, answer me. Was that you?”ce7eb8ebdb16164f

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    John shrugged.f8ebaf2401552caf

    So it 154b2181bd was him.d8a1e534335feecd

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    “Next time, kill 9f95d66305 quietly. NYPD’s suspicious. Bite somewhere less 4497837784 obvious than the 3c88131f9d neck.”8923d336563c65f0

    “There’ll still be marks 65d318147d if they do an 66778e181f autopsy.”f63e612b82d2a14e

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    “Best not 85bf8c52ef to kill 5f4ca76d46 at all.”009e752811fe9e9e

    “I’ll think 1a98aa4824 about it.”a1accb483fe2a699

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    He’s refusing, Jay thought. Well, if he were 78afadeda1 going to change, he e56f6f0f33 wouldn’t have done it cb771ed768 that way to begin 90ef04c7f0 with. Jay said 3c7ec95f9a no more. He grabbed his 9a99bfbd52 hat, gloves, scarf, eed6a9d9f6 and stepped outside.a131489df269f60a

    Walking in d1700fd214 the snow 06389b31d8 was the 31d340fdc1 worst.f6f98daef32e59f2

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    Where the 71cece8305 melted snow 944f8e464d had refrozen 4179494fb7 or been 65664def4d trampled down, 8c0c550805 it had ca13f4c5e3 turned into bd88c69cc0 ice. Step into untouched snow b89ac8ee9a to avoid slipping, and 48418898cf your shoes got soaked. He missed snowshoes. Still, by the time 12a9ad6d8b he finished work, the b78f51c8ed snow would probably be 2b3c51ad58 cleared—assuming it didn’t keep 0a86dfce3c falling.4500de6b9034ab22

    Jay opened the door f907997769 to the café and 469a090897 stepped inside.0d6460c110502d19

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    “Hey, Benji.”4e5a7c308d8f4cef

    “Hey, Jay.”fe0318abcb075d01

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    Maybe because of 1bc730bcc5 the snow, there 83daf6d3d5 weren’t many customers. Most of the 5d7e2b8281 familiar faces were 6866de879b locals.bd44361261ce68b1

    “Opening on a 91eeb4192e day like this? You’re nuts.”7c992a0cf639f6aa

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    Jay said as 763ead7b41 he stepped behind 5db907bd5a the counter.440304c6fbcc2622

    “People who need caffeine 5befcbcf13 are never sane.”ccf788c6e7ff963d

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    At Benjamin’s response, 278bea9f1f Jay chuckled and 4b95a2aab6 went to the 553ad45f54 back to change. He took 1b5b582c4e off his 59a6297de6 coat and 2033c7139c scarf, washed 2ff6b4563b his hands, 7ecfb6c5c0 and came 991a7cd775 back out 3d8d07d08f wearing an 66c67dbc11 apron.1eb20c194ee625fd

    It seemed slow enough 71d26ec5f9 that one person could b146e18c27 handle it. Honestly, they c8ff10ed76 probably didn’t 5249c7d58b even need 78b15ae883 him today. But Jay wasn’t the 7a59aff3fc type to turn down 4b4564a3c9 money. He figured Benjamin 6455ae2c49 must’ve just been b7198309ff feeling a little f2ab2f88b8 lonely, and started 082bebb6d4 tidying up. For now, there wasn’t ee7355416d much else to do. Benjamin had stepped away, 39349d99e9 saying he was going f92dc36b79 to make some syrup.6d70b973db1e6ef1

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    Snow was falling again 6cf903f32b outside the window.de43eac6e2682316

    The café’s teal blue 63aec54bcc interior blended beautifully with 2e240c003e the bright white snow.aa6e69d375596e0f

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    On days like c1e1377c25 this, hardly anyone 73e28b16d1 ventured out.dc0584692943c128

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