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"Sorry."
"Are you?"
"Yes, no, maybe?" I shrug my shoulders.
"Here." He passes me my shirt instead of answering, and I pull it over my head. The wound on my shoulder has pretty much healed now. In fact, I pretty much forgot about it, which says a lot. "And to answer your question, no. Not forever they can't. But if you're desperate, vampire blood will sustain you just long enough."
I nod. That makes sense. Especially with the blood's apparent healing properties. Without them, not so much.
"Was it actually a tracker?" I change the subject back to what we probably should be talking about. Bram nods.
"Yes. A fairly high tech one to say it's been in your body for over a decade."
"Worrying."
"Very much so," he says. "I'm guessi
ng we just leave it here now?"
"We can't really take it with us."
"Do you think they'll actually be tracking us with it?"
I think for a moment. Considering I didn't even know that thing was in me until just now, I want to say it's unlikely. But I'm not convinced either way really. "I don't know," I answer honestly instead. "It seems unlikely they were using it yesterday, or they'd have been waiting for us when we got out of the bunker. But today..."
"Today they already lost us and need to find us."
"Which begs the question of why they want to find us in the first place," I muse.
"Because we're vampires?" He cracks a crooked smile.
"Except it's not you they're tracking. It's me. Do you have a particularly bad reputation? Is this some weird plot to get you out of the way?" I ask. I'm thinking aloud mostly. I know Bram doesn't have much of a reputation outside the den, otherwise I'd have heard of him before I met him. That's how this works most of the time. If a vampire's done evil things, then the guild knows about it and does something to stop them.
"Have you done something that could make them go after you?" And there's the question I've been dreading.
"Getting turned into a vampire doesn't count, right?"
"I highly doubt it considering you being turned into a vampire was an accident."
"I'm never going to live that down."
"Yes, you will. Most vampires are accidental anyway. What I meant was that whoever set you up didn't intend for you to survive at all. Never mind become a vampire," he points out.
"So how do they know I am one now?" That did seem a little odd. "And can we walk and talk?" I suggest.
"Good idea, though if we want answers, I think we might need to change directions."
"Unfortunately, yes," I agree, turning and facing the way I know the guild is. "At least they won't be able to see us coming."
"Hopefully not." He thinks for a moment. "And I think it's to do with the tracker? Maybe it needs to be a certain temperature to work?"
"I've been meaning to ask about that..."
His laugh fills the forest. I'd tell him to be quiet, but if someone's tracking us, it likely won't make a difference. Maybe it'll even lull them into a false sense of security and attack us. I don't like their chances against Bram and I. Particularly with both of us aware of the dangers around us now.
"You mean the fact you haven't really changed temperature?"
"Yes. I'm dead, aren't I?"
