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But after a peek inside Damian's mind, a ticket to the Situational sociopath express didn't look half bad. It was a good idea, since the first few moons could turn into a killing spree, unless you had other shapeshifters to watch over you. I stayed where I was, but it wasn't relaxing anymore. Another one had an irate husband go after him with a knife, because he was jealous that his wife was a member of the dancer's fan club.

I shook my head and almost laughed. But, ma petite, you were always the one they would send. He was like the cold of winter touched by the barest breath of spring, so that warmth was only a promise, not real, not now, but a distant hope. You aren't your mother, I said, and Louie isn't your father.