"You can never stay out of them. Not forever. It might take another ten years, but eventually something happens." And Raymond Harris seemed like a pretty big something. Even young vampires weren't going to be left out completely in times like this.

"But you can always take a break."

She flashes a smile then, directing the conversation back. "But you're not wrong. Sometimes it's just easier to be around people who know what it's like." Then a rueful snort. "Even if in my case it's a little like someone in AA hanging around alcoholics."