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.Blisshad been meaning to tell Schuyler about Dylan's return, to have the conversa-tion she had started at theball, but somehow the opportu-nity never seemed to come up.The holidays had been an anxious time for Bliss.The blackouts and nightmares had returned in full force.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlChristmas Eve had been the worst night yet.She had woken up with a pain in her chest so excruciatingthat she couldn't breathe.She was drenched in sweat and the bedsheets were so wet they were pastedtogether.Gross.Even more terrifying, the beast of her nightmares had begun to speak to her in her sleep.Blissssss&Blissssss&Blissssss&It only said her name, and yet it sent shivers down her spine.It was just a dream.Just a dream.Just adream.There was no beast who could hurt her.It was just part of the trans-formation.Her memorieswaking up and talking to her, that's what The Committee said.Her former selves, her past lives.She clenched her jaw and sat up straighter in her seat.Next to her, Mimi Force yawned into her delicate palm.For Mimi, the two weeks off had been nothingshort of heaven.She had picked up not one but two yummy human familiars on the trip, had had her fillof them, and felt like she could conquer the world.She was eager to start the new semester.A newseason always meant another excuse to go shopping.Like Bliss, Mimi was anxious, too.Anxious to getto Barneys today before it closed.Bliss forced herself to pay attention to the Headmistress'ssemiannual pep talk Another semester ofexcellence awaits you in the halls of Duchesne, blah blah blah when the chapel doors flew openwith a bang.Heads swiveled to look at what had caused the commo-tion.A boy stood at the threshold.A very, very handsome boy."Oh, er, sorry.Didn't mean to do that.Slip of the fingers, eh?" he asked."No, no, it's okay.Come on in, Kingsley.You can have a seat up here in front," the Headmistress said,waving him forward.The boy grinned.He swaggered down the aisle, his walk a rolling, slouching gait.His black hairgleaming, a forelock saucily slanting over his left eye, he exuded a cocky confi-dence to go along with hismodel-perfect good looks.Hewore a loose white oxford shirt and tight black jeans, as if he had juststepped off of a CD cover.Like all of the girls assembled, Bliss couldn't take her eyes off him.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlAs though he could feel her stare, he turned around and looked at her directly in the eye.And winked.NINETEENHis name was Kingsley Martin, and he was a junior.The female populace at Duchesne agreed: even his name was sexy.The minute he appeared, it was as ifa wild-fire had spread among the girls.Within a week, his accom-plishments were legendary.Already, hehad been tapped to start on the school's lacrosse, soccer, and crew teams.Just as impressive, he was anacademic sharpshooter.He had slain the crusty AP English teacher with his presentation on Dante'sInferno, titled "Taco Hell," where he had compared the circles of hell to common fast-foodestablishments.In AP Calculus, he had solved a complicated problem set in record time.It didn't hurt that he was what the girls called a knee-trembler.He was devastatingly handsome.Thekind of handsome that combined Hollywood glamour with dapper European sophistication and a trace ofmischief.The new boy lookedfun.And just like that, Jack Force became old news.The girls had all gone to school with Jack Force sincepre-school.Kingsley presented a new, dashing, and mysterious alternative.Mimi Force gave Bliss the rest of the scoop after lunch while they reapplied lip gloss in the girls'bathroom."He's a Blue Blood," Mimi said, making an 0 shape with her mouth as she slathered on the shine."No kidding," Bliss replied.Of course he was a vampire she knew that the minute she laid eyes onhim.She'd never met another vampire who flaunted his Blue Blood status so publicly.It was a surprise hehadn't bared his fangs in front of the whole school."I met him at the Four Hundred Ball," Mimi said."His family just moved here from London, but he grewup every-where: Hong Kong, New York, Capetown.They're like, related to royalty or something.Hehas some sort of title but he doesn't use it."Should we curtsy?" Bliss joked.Mimi frowned
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