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be
mad.”
    “So? What’s the worst that can happen?
We yell a bit and…”
    “Lock me in the dark prison where heku
yell at me and it’s cold and damp,” she whispered.
    “We didn’t do that though,
the Council didn’t,” Kyle reminded her.
    “Someone on the Council
did.”
    “Not with approval.”
    “What are you going to do
with him?” Chevalier asked, and motioned for the door.
    “As soon as he’s well,
I’ll take him home,” she told him.
    “Be careful what you tell
him.”
    “I will be. I’m not
stupid.”
    “I know… just be careful.
You’re very trusting.”
    “What do you want done with Dustin?”
Kyle asked, changing the subject.
    “Does it matter what I want?” Emily
answered.
    “We will take it into
consideration.”
    “Nothing then… as long as he leaves me
the hell alone.”
    “Nothing? Keep him on the
Council?”
    Emily sighed, “Yes.”
    “We’ll pass that on and use it in our
decision.”
    “He’s awake,” Chevalier
said, and glanced at the door.
    Emily stood up and quickly
went into the room. The man looked at her with dazed and confused
eyes. She sat down beside him on the bed and put the cool rag back
on his forehead.
    “Where am I?” he asked,
and shut his eyes.
    “You’re in my home, you’re safe
here.”
    “Vampires…”
    “There are no vampires
here, I promise.”
    “For now, they’re
everywhere.”
    “Not here.”
    He sighed and started to go back to
sleep.
    “What’s your name?” Emily
asked, and touched his cheek lightly.
    “Robert,” he whispered,
just before falling asleep.
    Emily covered him up with
another blanket and then moved out into the hallway with the
heku.
    “He’s sleeping,” she said,
and shut his door.
    “Normally when this
happens, we bring a doctor to look at them and then send them home
to rest. We just tell them they have the flu and shingles,” Kyle
said.
    “That’s awful,” Emily said,
frowning.
    “It works, there’s
actually no such thing as shingles. Keeps the heku from being
implicated.”
    “I’ll keep him here until he’s
better.”
    Chevalier nodded, “You can
stay here tonight to watch over him. I’ll send Silas and Kralen
over.”
    “We need to go punish
these heku,” Kyle said, and held up four little leather
bags.
    “Thanks,” she whispered,
and looked back at the door.
    “He’ll sleep for a while.
Get some rest and have Silas tell you when he wakes up.”
    “Have them bring Dain
over, will you?” Emily asked, and stood up.
    Chevalier kissed her
softly and then left with Kyle. Emily made some quick dinner and
then checked on Robert before coming out to talk to Kralen and
Silas.
    Dain was hissing slightly in Kralen’s
arms when she came out.
    “What’s wrong?” she asked, stepping
back from him.
    “He smells blood,” Kralen
explained, and tightened his grip on Dain.
    Emily took Dain from him and started
for the stairs, “If he wakes up, come get me ok?”
    Silas nodded and looked over at the
door.
     
    ***
     
    Emily knocked lightly on
the door and entered when Robert called out. She smiled and came
in, shutting the door behind her.
    “I thought you might be
hungry,” she told him, and set down a tray.
    “Starving, thanks,” he
said, and grabbed one of the grilled cheese sandwiches.
    “Sorry it’s nothing more
elaborate. I have steak out for tonight though.”
    “No, this is fine.”
    Emily sat down on a chair beside him,
“You’re about ready to go home I think.”
    “How long have I been
here?” he asked, and looked around the small room.
    “Two weeks.”
    “Wow, that long?”
    “Yes”
    “I appreciate you letting me stay here
while I got over that vampire attack.”
    Emily smiled, “There’s no such thing
as vampires.”
    He looked over at her, “You saw the
bites.”
    “I saw something… not sure
they were bites though.”
    “Of course they are.”
    “Vampires are a myth. They
don’t exist.”
    “That’s a dangerous way to think,
living in this