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glint in his eye.

?Right. So I need to go take care of that. Before it gets out of control,?

Matt said uncomfortably. ?The longer I stay here, the more

everyone will talk. If I start denying it, showing everyone that I

couldn?t have been in an accident because I?m not injured . . .?

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?Then the whole thing goes away before it gets started,? Daphne

finished for him. ?Are you really willing to lie to your own kind for

us?? she asked coldly.

?I don?t see it as your kind or my kind. All I see are my friends

and they need my help,? Matt said with narrowed eyes. He glanced

over at Helen uncertainly, as if to ask if she was sure about this

new mother she had acquired.

?I?ll take you wherever you need to go,? Helen said as she stood.

?I?ve got to go talk to my dad, anyway. I?ll drop you off on the way.?

?You?re not going anywhere,? Daphne said, surprised that Helen

would even suggest it. ?It?s far too dangerous.?

?I can?t just leave him,? Helen said. ?That?s what you did, and I?ve

spent my whole life cleaning up the mess you left behind. If I?ve

learned one thing, it?s that I don?t want to repeat your mistakes.

Not now, not ever.?

?Well, I can?t tie you down every time we disagree, but I can tell

you to be careful, Helen, especially when you use words like

?never,?? Daphne replied, her eyes soft with understanding. ?The

gods know what it is to be eternal, and they love to toy with mortals

who use absolutes.?

Helen turned and half stumbled for the door, so shaken to hear

an echo of Lucas in her mother that she lost all sensation for a

moment.

?I got you,? Matt whispered into her ear as he took Helen?s elbow