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I learned very little about the Hunter. I wish now that I’d paid more attention. I was mostly just angry and bitter then, which is why I kept it here to begin with. I always expected it to try to escape again. I guess it must have known it was useless, or was biding its time. For all I know, time has no meaning to the Hunter. Months or years to us might be a mere blip for the thing.”
    “Regardless of the circumstances we are grateful you did not let it free,” said William. His tone was kinder towards Lizzy.
    “And it is a lot more than we had to go on a month ago, when we had no idea where are father might be at all,” added Melinda. “And that’s at least something. Unfortunately what you’ve been able to share is our only something. There’s absolutely nothing written down about these things. I mean, where do they come from? Where do they live? Is this the only one, or are there more? Do they live forever... are they even living beings?”
    Riley squeezed Melinda’s hand as if trying to squeeze out the panic.
    “Well, you know where the library is William,” said Lucas. “If you think it would do any good, you’re welcome to look again. Or take whatever you need.”
    William nodded in thanks and made for the library. Lucas followed to help, pulling Riley with him. Lizzy said she’d grab some coffee and Melinda offered to help.
    “I don’t think I need more myself,” she noted. Her caffeine and sugar buzz was still zinging through her blood and giving her the jitters. “Just a glass of water for me. That dress looks really nice on you by the way.”
    “You and Emily picked well,” agreed Lizzy. “It’s still strange, these clothes you wear today. I love them,” she said in a throaty tone. “But there’s so little of them. I’m thrilled with them though. Can’t imagine ever going back to the throat to ankle dresses ever again. And the floppers,” she looked down at her feet. “So easy and fun and I can take them off and go barefoot with the flick of my foot.”
    “Flip-flops,” laughed Melinda, correcting her. “And I agree, one of the best inventions ever.”
    “And the paint on my toes. I’ve tried so many different colors already but I think I like this color the best.” It was a ruby color, a few shades darker than Lizzy’s natural lip color.
    “It does suit you,” agreed Melinda. “How are you settling in otherwise?”
    “Not too bad. Now. That first night though, honestly, I was a wreck. It wasn’t at all what I expected. To feel again was so much harder than I thought it would be.”
    “I thought you could feel, as a ghast?”
    “Me too. And I did. But once back in my skin it was like I’d just left my body. Everything I was feeling, thinking, remembering, experiencing right before I was ghasted was all still fresh. Even physical injuries I’d gotten shortly before it happened, hadn’t quite healed yet. All like it had just happened. Sort of like my human life came slamming back in just where it left off. Except I was the only living thing that still existed from that life. It was very… difficult.”
    “I’m sorry you had to go through that. I can only imagine how bad it sucked.”
    “It did suck, but I had some help that night. It got better.”
    “From your brothers ?” assumed Melinda. It was what they called Lucas and Riley since it was too complicated to explain where Lizzy had just suddenly came from.
    “No. From William. He got me back onto level ground. Got my head on straight sort to speak.” She winked and grinned. “But he is by far the strangest vampire I’ve ever met.” Lizzy picked up the filled tray and left for the library before Melinda could ask what she meant. Her heart stalled for a minute. Something had definitely happened between Lizzy and William. She didn’t know what and it should not matter. But it did. It always did.
    Nothing serious could have happened. I mean, William doesn’t have any sort of human relationships…
    But the