A WHISPER OF ETERNIT

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"No!" She pounded her fists against his chest, tears streaming down her cheeks. "No, no!"
"I am sorry, querida . I did not think she would act so swiftly."

"You knew she'd do it? You knew, and didn't tell me?" She pounded her fists against his chest again. "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you stop her?"

"I could do nothing to stop her."

Tracycollapsed against him, sobbing, "Poor Bryan."

Dominic held her while she cried, one hand lightly stroking her hair, until her tears subsided.

Moving out of his arms, she went into the kitchen, wet a dish towel, and wiped her face.Bryan, a vampire.

Dominic's voice sounded behind her. "Perhaps it was his idea."

"No. He loved being a lifeguard. He loved the sun, the outdoors." She turned to face him. "And he hated vampires. Why would he become one?"

" Kitanacan be very persuasive. Do you still wish to go?" "I don't know. Maybe he wouldn't want me to see him… that way."
Dominic smiled faintly. "It is nothing shameful, querida , only a different way of being."
"Isn't there some way to undo it?"

"No."

Tracysighed. "Let's go." She had to seeBryan , had to talk to him, ask him if he was all right. "I hope he's all right."

The Catacombs was in full swing when they arrived.Tracy saw Marcus and his human companion sitting at a table in the back. Landau andMagdalena were standing at the bar. There were others she recognized but had no names for.

And then she sawBryan .

He was standing at the end of the bar beside the most beautiful womanTracy had ever seen.

As though feeling her gaze, the vampire turned to look at her andTracy knew immediately that this was Kitana , the vampire who had madeBryan .The vampire who had made Petrina .

The vampire who had made Dominic.

Bryanturned then, his gaze meeting hers across the room.
She was suddenly sorry she had come here. What could she say to him?