Did you… need something?” he asked in a tight voice.	I swallowed hard, my mind racing with a million things to say. The fear pricking at me, telling me I had one last chance to wimp out. To walk away.	But I shook my head. No. Not this time.	“Yes,” I said simply. “I need something.”	“And what, may I ask, do you need?”	I met his eyes. “You.
Mari Mancusi, Once Upon A Vampire
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