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That’s not in his nature. But he loves my family and his new friends here. He doesn’t want to put them in harm’s way.”
    “And you?”
    “I agree. It could be a catastrophe. If the Dul svil ians run you al out of town, you don’t lose anything. But me and Alexander? We lose everything. And what if a vampire comes here and does what you did to Luna to some unsuspecting mortal girl? And what if everyone sees it? How do you think this town would respond?”
    “It is real y complicated, isn’t it?” he asked.
    “No, it’s quite simple. The Crypt should be a mortals-only club. Then everyone could be safe—and you and Onyx and Scarlet could live here, too. Real y close to your best friend.”
    “That would be cool,” he said with a smile.
    “Jagger wants money and he wants power. He isn’t seeing what is already here. A smal town with a close-knit, albeit boring, community. But for you, Alexander, and the girls, it’s a great haven.”
    “Yes, otherwise we could make this town be like any other.”
    I was happy that Sebastian seemed to be on the same page as Alexander and me. Because of Sebastian’s laid-back nature, I had figured he might be swayed by the crowd he hung around with at a given moment. Although I had a feeling he would ultimately be in favor of a safe and mortal club, just like his best friend.
    “What were you going to say to Alexander when you came to the Mansion last night?” I asked.
    “That I messed up again. Last time I crossed the line with Becky, and now, I made him mad by biting Luna. But I just couldn’t help myself. I was caught up in the moment. I’m not the kind of vampire Alexander is.”
    But some things weren’t so different between them now. I could have told him that Alexander had taken my blood, shared his coffin with me. That the vampire things Alexander and I shared were very meaningful. But it wasn’t my business to tel our secrets to Alexander’s best friend.
    “And I want to convince him that my feelings for Luna are different,” Sebastian added.
    Oh boy, I thought. That was not what I wanted to hear.
    “A girl wants to be special,” Sebastian said. “I tend to like a lot of girls. First Becky. Now Luna. If we’d been dating, you would have become a vampire a long time ago.”
    The idea penetrated me. If I’d been with a different vampire, I might already be one by now.
    But that wasn’t what I wanted—to be turned by a vampire’s desire alone. I wanted it to be special, permanent, and romantic. And I wasn’t the kind of girl to settle, either. Especial y since I’d fal en in love with Alexander.
    “Alexander’s looking for the right girl. Other vampires would bite a girl and never see her again.”
    That did sound horrible. To be changed and then abandoned. “Have you done that?” I asked.
    “No, but I’ve been close.”
    I hung on his words.
    “Alexander changed his life for you,” he said. “He didn’t return to Romania when he could have. He fought to buy his house so he could continue living here to be close to you.”
    Hearing Sebastian say how much Alexander cared meant the world to me. I’d always wanted to do the changing, but Alexander had changed for me.
    “I just know with Luna, this time it’s for real,” he said.
    “How can you be so sure?”
    “She’s amazing. She’s beautiful and sexy. I can’t take my eyes off of her.”
    I didn’t care to hear how wonderful Luna Maxwel was. “Would you change your life for her?” I chal enged. “Never travel to al those cities without her?”
    Sebastian thought. “Yes. I think I would.”
    “Then I think you love her,” I said through gritted teeth.
    Although I wasn’t crazy about Alexander’s best friend fal ing for the one vampire I couldn’t trust, it was better than him turning his affections toward Becky again. I would have preferred for him to fal for Scarlet or Onyx, but no amount of my morbid matchmaking seemed to make that happen.
    My cel phone beeped and I