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When Saracen and Dexter sat down to talk with me, I was so happy to see them and we hugged and I maybe even cried a little (it was very emotional), but soon after we talked and Saracen chatted a lot happily on how the world was since Serpine killed me. He talked about cars and showed me his phone and we played monopoly and Dexter thought it was really cute how Saracen was acting. Then we got food to eat in the kitchen.

"I my godddd this is the best thing I've eaten forever!", I said, and Dexter laughed.

"It is ice cream. We like to eat that.", he said.

"Ice cream huh" I said. "It's relly good. It tastes like strawberries!" I then got sad, because I remembred that my mum used to pick strawberries with me. I used to ride along on her shoulders, and she would pick up the berries and dad would laugh when we got back because we were coverd in red.

We were reely happy then.

"Hey Dylan you okay?" ASaracen waved his hand in front of my face and I jumped. "Huh? Yeah yeah i'm fine just a little tired."

Dexter nodded because he understood. "Okay. Do you want anything else, Dylan?" He asked with concern.

"I...I just..." I tugged at my tangled blonde hair and then looked up at him with my blue and brown eyes clouded in the really sad way. "I heard my dad is marrying someone. Is that true?"

"Yes." Saracen said happily. "Her name is Valkyrie who is marrying him. You will like her Dylan. You will."

"No one can replace my mum." I snapped. "This Valerie chick isn't any diferent."

Saracen looked like his feelings were hurt and Dexter shoiok his head at me. "She won't replace anything. She is not your mom she's only 18 years anyways."

I frowned, then shrugged. "I'm sory. I just...I miss my mum." I hugged my shoulders.

"It's okay Dylan." They both said at the same time. "Would you feel better if you met her and your dad"

"I guess." I tugged at my hair sullenly. I looked around for Chian and her oddly comforting presence but found her nowhere in the kitchen, and nowhere with a comb. "He's a skeleton now though, isnt' he?" I asked quietly, remembering what I'd overheard of Tenebrae and Craven.

"He is but he's still the same guy so it is okay. " Dexter said. Chian walked into the room, beautiful as always, but she looked sad. She was followed by a pretty man with blonde hair and gorgeous eyes, a tall, thin, dark haired man with a cold expression., and a muscular man. I knew them all, and I was really happy.

"Guys! You came to see me?" I hyelled,

Ghastley hugged me anjd Shudder was quiet and held Ravels hand (LSODM NEVER HAPPENED F U DEREK) and Ghjastly pulled something out of his back. They were really pretty clotyhes. "Of course Dylanw, and I brought you something.

I lfughed, throwing myself into a hug. "I've missed yu so much." I cried, grining. "You alwayus bring my presents. You realy didn't have to."

"Yes, I did, Dylan I missed you a lot." Ghastly explained.

Shudder looked me up and down coldly with his pretty brown eyes and noddewd. "You grew.

Then Ravel poked Shuder in the shoulder with a thin finger sporting aring that matched his eyes. "Be kind Atnon. I'm sorry Dylan he is really happy actually."

I smiled despite his colness. "You'eve gotten even skinnier, Anton." I looked at Ravel and my smiole grew. "You've gotten even blonder, Erskine."

They both laughed, even Anton, and then they looked at each other and blushed and Ravel said "You've gotten even funier, Dylan."

"Being around Necromancers will do that to you." I stuck out my tongue. "Lord knows someone has to be funy around there."

eVERYNONE laughed except Chian, who got a sad far away look in her eyes like she was craing in her soul, andshe moved to the kitche.

"Hang on." I went arfter her and grabed her lightly. "Chian what's wrong?"

"It's nothing you need to concern yourself with, Dylan." Her eyes flashed as she said it, but her voic was empty and she looked like shit.

I frowned up at her. "Is it because mdy dad's getting married? I asked.

"oF Coruse it's nto." She snapped at me, her pretty eyes flashing prerttily. "It's about Solomon of course."

"Solomon..?" I trailed off, then, remebmerbging vaguely the Necromancer with the curly hair and bright eyes, I became even more confosued. "What's a Necromancer got to do with anything."

"He is my BOYFRIEND!" She yeled and the romm got quiet.

Everyone stared. I stared. It was wakerd. "Your boyfriend?" I asked slowly. He was hot, yeah, but...why?

"wE LOVE EACH OTHER Dylan it is true you would not understand." She said with much sorrow, flipping her hair.

"Wel if you love aech other then why you so sad?'

"Becua he does not want to spedn time with me." She said, looking away embarasedly. She felt self conscious about her problems. "He only wants to be in placezs where death has been. Death beds are so tacky why dones't he want me to be happy?"

"Have you told him you're not happy?" I heard ERskin murmur into Anton's ear "That's the problem with Necromancers they're all carzu." and I shot him a "You're Not hHelping." look.

"Of course I have you silly girl." She said with frustration.

"And he didn't listen?" I asked skeptically. He wasn't a kind man or a considerate one or a nice one, but China Sorrows we were talking about here...

"I don't KNOW! WHY AM I EVEN TALKING ABOUT MY PERSON LIFE WITH YOU?"

"WELL MAYBWE IF YOU WEREN'T SUCH A BITCH YOU'D BE HAPPY!" I yeled back.

And she got tears in her eyez than ran away.