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I slowly opened my eyes and took in my unfamiliar surroundings. I had to think for a second. Where the hell was I? The bed shifted slightly behind me. I felt Jeff's arm, that was drapped over my waist, tuck me closer to his body. I sighed contently as the memory of last night came flooding back. Jeff and I had become trued. I looked at the palm of my left hand. The design started at the base of my thumb, traveling diagonally ended at the base of my pinky. It covered almost my entire palm.
I lifted Jeff's left hand. I smiled and softly traced the design. I let out a small yelp when Jeff's hand closed over my finger. I heard Jeff laugh quietly behind me. He kissed the back of my shoulder.
"That tickles." He said, letting my finger go. "What are you doing up this early anyway, love?" I rolled over to face Jeff. I glanced over his shoulder to see the early morning light trying to find it's way through the thick dark curtains. Sometime during the night, Jeff had closed them. I still have the sun sensitivity. I wrapped my arm over his waist and slowly, softly stroked his lower back.
"I don't know. Wait…" I leaned in and kissed his chin, smiling, "are you questioning something your Queen is doing?" He smiled back.
"No, why would I do that?" I started to kiss his upper chest.
"You know, I was thinking that I need to establish some guidelines for punishment." I slipped my leg over Jeff's hip.
"Punishment for what?" He slid his hand up my leg to my hip. I kissed his neck.
"Questioning the Queen, of course." He slipped his hand to my lower back, rolled me and followed me over.
"Is there any way I can beg for mercy from my Queen." Jeff started to kiss my shoulder. I ran my hands up and down his back.
"I may be able to think of something."
I was startled awake by the ringing by my head. I heard Jeff's voice rumble in his chest where my head was laying as he complained about the noise. I felt Jeff's hand gently caresses my back as he reached for his still ringing phone on the nightstand.
"Hardy." He answered with a voice laden thick with sleep. "It's okay." I rubbed small circles on Jeff's chest while he listened to the person on the other end. His hand suddenly became still on my back. "Are you two okay?" He listened again. "Was this today?" I lifted my head to look at Jeff.
"What's going on?" I whispered to him. 'Hold on.' He mouthed back.
"You two come here to the hotel and bring Matt and John with you." Pause. "Yeah, 10 minutes." Jeff hung up the phone. I sat up and tucked the sheet around me as he climbed out of bed.
"Jeff, what's going on?" I asked again. Jeff pulled his pants up and over his hips and turned back to face me.
"Everything's okay, love. Randy and Maggie were followed today by Miz and Adam."
"Oh, is Maggie okay, Jeff?" I climbed out of the bed with the sheet still tucked around me. I followed him to the door.
"Yes, love. She's okay. They didn't touch her." He kissed me lightly. "Everyone's okay." I sighed.
"Okay, okay."
10 minutes later, I was sitting curled up on the couch in the living room of the suite, in my robe, beside Jeff as we watched Randy pace angrily back and forth in front of us. Jeff rubbed my bare knee where it poked out of the open bottom of my robe, while we listened to Randy tell us how everywhere they went in Rome (they hand decided to take the day off and spend it together, alone), Miz and Adam appeared. At lunch, while shopping, sight seeing, at dinner, they were there. Adam even scared Maggie through the 10th story bathroom window. That was the last straw. That was when they came home and called Jeff.
"I'm sorry that we interrupted you, Jeff, but…" Jeff held up his hand, stopping Randy.
"It's fine. This was an emergency. Definitely something I needed to know. Matt, have you or John seen any of Taker's men here in the city?"
"No, I haven't heard or seen anything." Matt said.
"Me either." John told us. Jeff squeezed my knee lightly and stood up. Randy sat down beside Maggie in the love seat and put his arm around her, pulling her close. Jeff took up his pacing. My eyes followed his every bare-chested step. He was trying to figure out what to do.
"Okay," he stopped pacing and turned to face us, "Matt, I need you to put the word out to the strigoi to be extra cautious. Don't alarm them. Just ask them to be aware of their surroundings and report anything suspicious. We want everyone to go on with their daily lives. I don't want Taker thinking we are afraid of him." Matt nodded.
"Okay. Can do."
"Like I said, don't scare them. I just want them to pay attention to what's going on around them." Matt nodded. "Also, I want the six of us to set a good example. We know the community looks to us. I want to show them that we aren't scared so they have no reason to be either. We are gonna go on with our daily lives, just like normal." We nodded. He walked back over to stand beside me. I took his hand in mine. He wrapped his free hand around it and held it tightly. I looked up at his face. He still had something weighing on his mind. I squeezed his hand lightly.
"Jeff, baby?" He looked down at me. "What is it?" He took a deep breath.
"I just…I don't know. I just feel like something bad is right around the corner. I wish I knew what it was so I could stop it from happening." He sat down on the couch beside me. I leaned in and kissed him.
"It'll all be okay, baby. You'll see." I whispered to him. He kissed me back.
"I hope so, love. I hope so." I scooted over enough so that I could lay my head in his lap. He tucked some hair behind my ear and gently stroked my hair while we waited for Matt and John to write up what Jeff needed to get across to the city. I had almost fallen asleep from the soft gentle strokes of Jeff's fingers in my hair, when Matt announced to Jeff that he had finished. He read it to Jeff, who told him it was perfect and to send it out ASAP. With that he dismissed everyone with a 'Have a better night.' I sat up and looked at Jeff.
"Baby, I understand that you need to get back home. We can finish our weekend some other time. This is too important." Jeff smiled at me. He laid his palm against my cheek.
"And you were worried that you would be a crappy Queen." He kissed my nose. "God, I love you. And no, we are not going back home yet. I meant what I said and that goes for us too. We can't let him interrupt our lives. He stood up and took my hand. "Come on. Let's go order dinner and eat it in bed."
When Jeff and I came back to the 'real world' on Monday morning, he called Matt and asked him to leak the news that he and I had snuck off and gotten married over the weekend. The vampires would know what it really meant and the humans (it was so weird to say that) would understand why some random people called me 'Mrs. Hardy'. The next morning paper had a small 'Editor's Word' at the bottom of the front page.
I have it on good authority that my brother, Jeffrey Hardy and his beautiful fiancée, Sophibella Laurell ran off this past weekend and got married. Neither bothered to tell any of their friends or family (namely me) where they were going or what they were up to. You both should be ashamed of yourselves. But beyond that, I wanted to send my love out to the new Mr. and Mrs. Hardy. Congratulations you two.
- Matthew Hardy, Editor and Chief
I cut the small article out and stuck it in the mirror of our dresser. That way I could see it everyday.
The next few weeks went by without any incidents. Jeff got a few calls about spotting but other than that, nothing. Jeff still couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to happen.
I ended up putting in my two weeks at the paper. I knew if I stayed, I would get treated differently then others and I didn't want that. Even though I was Queen, at heart I was still a hide in the background kinda girl. Matt made me promise that I would occasionally write an article for him. Of course, I agreed. Jeff decided, since I was no longer working at the paper, he would teach me about his job and the company. Since I was now sorta part owner in 'Hardy Enterprise', I should know what went on at the company. Do you think I said no? No way! I got to spend all of my time with Jeff and, added bonus, we got to 'christen' the desk at all of his offices. My favorite, his big mahogany desk at his main office down town. So much room.
Jeff informed me, one afternoon, that he had a meeting with Dean from Accounting. It was about the budget for the next quarter. Nothing bores me more than going over 'the numbers'. I decided to opt out of this meeting. I called Maggie, who was working the lunch shift at Starlight. I asked her if Randy was there. (Stupid question. He's with her pretty much all the time.) I told her I was coming down for lunch. Jeff walked me down to the garage (Mr. Paranoid) and kissed me goodbye. He stood there watching me until I was out of sight.
Randy was sitting at the counter when I walked in to Starlight. I hoped up the stool beside him. I leaned into his shoulder as I ordered my lunch. They were surprisingly slow for a Thursday, so Maggie stood there at the counter talking to me and Randy while we ate. I looked down at Randy's cell as it vibrated across the counter.
"Hey, I gotta take this. I'm gonna be right in the back." He stood up, kissed Maggie and headed to the swinging door. The door jingled, let us know that someone walked in.
"Sit anywhere you want." Maggie told them. "I'll be back in an minute, okay?" She said to me. I waved her on as I took a sip of my drink. From my seat I could see Pop in the kitchen cooking. When he turned around I smiled at him. He bowed his head to me and went on with what he was doing. I had found out, that was a show of respect. I was quickly finding out who the hidden vampires in the city were. I was almost getting used to random people on the street bowing their heads to me.
I was picking at the remains of my sandwich and daydreaming when I heard the door jingle again. I'm glad I came in when I did. They were starting to pick up. I noticed that all of the talking in the diner stopped. I looked over at Maggie. She was staring, open mouthed, at something behind me. What the hell was she looking so scared for? I felt someone sit down at the counter beside me. I hated when people do that when the counter, but you, is entirely empty. I turned to ask him/her, politely, to move down a seat. I lost the ability to form coherent words when I found the nearly 7ft man sitting next to me. Kane never said a word. He just looked down at me and reached inside of his jacket. Oh God. So this was how I was going to die.
"Please, you don't have to do this in front of everyone." I whispered. "Take me out of here first." There was no reason for Maggie to have to see me die in front of her. Jeff had told me he had heard that Kane was a cold-blooded killer. I closed my eyes, waiting. Either he was going to jerk me up and take me to the alley or he was going to ignore my plea and kill me right here. I tried to focus my mind on the people I cared about the most as I awaited my fate. I snapped my eyes open when I heard him slap something down on the counter. It was a plain white envelope with my name, Sophibella Hardy, written on the front in a beautiful script.
"I looked at the envelope and then back at Kane. He was just watching me. Behind me, I heard the swinging doors open.
"Hey!" I heard Randy yell. "Back the fuck away from her!" Randy suddenly appeared beside me, aiming a gun (that I never knew he carried) at Kane's head. Kane didn't even flinch or look his way. He tapped the envelope and pushed it towards me. "I said move, asshole!" Randy told Kane again. Kane just looked at me. He bowed his head and vanished. "Son of a bitch!" Randy un-cocked the gun, flipped on the safety and tucked it back into the holster hidden at the small of his back. "Sophi, are you okay? Did he touch you? Are you hurt?" Randy questioned me as I saw Maggie rush over. I shook my head 'no', still in shock of what had just happened. I looked around at the few people in the diner. I noticed a couple of the males were standing close to us. They had gotten up to defend me if need be.
"I'm okay." I cleared my throat and said it louder. "I'm okay. He didn't touch me. I'm fine." I looked at the two males standing behind Randy. I bowed my head to them. "Thank you." They both bowed their heads and went back to their seats.
"Holy shit, Sophi! Are you okay?" Maggie said, hugging me to her tightly.
"Yeah, I'm okay. A little shocked, but okay." Randy tapped the envelope, much like Kane had.
"What's this?" I shrugged.
"I don't know. He just took it out of his pocket and laid it on the counter." I picked it up and went to open it. Randy put his hand over mine.
"Let's call Jeff before you open that. He's gonna want to see it too." I nodded and pulled out my cell phone. I dialed his office. Jeff picked up on the second ring.
"Hardy." He must not have looked at the phone.
"Jeff…"
"Love? What's wrong?"
"Are you done with your meeting?"
"Yeah, we just finished. What's going on, Sophi?"
"I'm okay, baby. Can I bring Randy and Maggie back with me?"
"Of course, love. Are you coming back now?"
"Yes, right now. We'll be there in a second."
"Okay." We hung up. I grabbed the letter back off the counter and we walked to the back. Randy vanished Maggie and I to Jeff's office. Jeff was standing there in front of his desk, waiting on us.
"Sophi? What's going on?" He walked over to me and put his hands on my shoulders.
"Jeff, I need to tell you what happened at the diner, but I want you to sit down first okay?" Jeff raised an eyebrow at me. He sat down in the chair closest to him. He looked up at me expectantly. "So, I was eating my lunch at the counter," I started to play with my rings and not looking at him. My nervous gesture. I so knew he was going to yell at me or Randy. "And…well…I got a visitor."
"A visitor?" Jeff asked. "Who?"
"Umm…Kane." I said quietly.
"I'm sorry, did you say Kane? As in Taker's Kane?" I nodded.
"But he didn't touch me. Or do anything for that matter. He just gave me this." I handed Jeff the letter.
"What the hell is this? Where were you, Randy?" Jeff asked, starting to get angry.
"I was…" I held up a hand to stop Randy.
"Jeff, that's not important right now." He started to say something. I put my hand over his mouth. "Look, I'm not hurt. Nothing happened." I moved my hand from his mouth to his cheek. "Baby, I'm okay. He just gave me the letter." Jeff closed his eyes and sighed. "Can we just open the letter now?" He nodded. He opened the envelope and took out the neatly folded paper. He unfolded it and handed it back to me.
"Love, it's made out to you. You read it."
"Umm…okay." I looked at the beautiful, eloquent script writing. It reminded me of the way that people wrote way back when. Which begged the question, how old was Kane? I started to read.
My dearest Sophibella,
I know that you have heard many things about the horrible stuff that I have done in my long life. Not all of it is true. I will admit, I have done many bad things but most of those stories are just rumors to make people more afraid of me and from what I can tell it worked. But I fear it has worked on the one person I never wanted it to work on, you.
I have spent the last couple of decades watching you and protecting you. I do have a confession to make to you. When your older cousin, Jason, was kidnapped, you and Margerette were supposed to be taken too. Taker never told Robert and I why we were supposed to take the three of you. I still remember the day like it was yesterday. I broke into your house, where you and Margerette were sleeping. I went to get you first but when you opened your beautiful blue eyes and smiled at me, I couldn't do it. Robert tried to come back to get you, but I killed him to keep him from going back. When Taker found out that he didn't have you and Margerette, he went off. He beat me within an inch of my life but I refused to tell him where you were or go back and get you.
He will never understand the feelings I have towards you. Don't worry. I do not feel like you are my kept or anything of that nature, I just feel this overwhelming need to protect you. I know in my heart that you need to be safe for the good of our people. I have tried my best to kept Taker and his men away from you. I don't know that I am being effective anymore.
The attack on you by Miz and Adam was completely unsanctioned and would have gotten them kill but Taker still got part of what he wanted. They were supposed to take you back to Taker, who was going to turn you himself. He was then going to brainwash you to kill the King yourself.
I have heard rumblings that Taker is going to come for you and Margerette again. I don't know when and I don't know where, but I know he's coming. He hasn't fully trusted me since I failed him with you all those years ago. I have informed the King's source and he knows everything I know as well. He should be in contact with him soon.
I will understand if the King needs to kill me for the things I've done in the past and the way I approached you in giving you this letter. I know I deserve to die and I am willing to expect my fate. I would like to ask for forgiveness. I'm not asking for it from the King or Taker or even our people, but from you. I only ask that you forgive me for not protecting you more. I'm truly sorry. But know that I will meet my end fighting to protect you.
Forever your servant,
-Kane
I finished reading the letter out loud. I looked at Maggie. She had a shocked look on her face. With the way that Randy was holding her and rubbing her shoulder he knew all about Jason. Jason, Maggie's older brother had been taken from his bed in the middle of the night. My parents had been keeping Maggie for the night which was way she was with me and not at home. Three weeks later, they found a body of a young boy two miles away from our houses. The police had proved it to be Jason's body. I was two at the time and Maggie was four. I don't remember anything about him but what our Grandmother told us. I was too young, but Maggie did have some of her own vague memories.
I felt Jeff take the letter out of my hand. I looked at him as he gently pull me down into his lap. He wrapped his arms around me. I was in shock. Kane was protecting me? I shuddered to think about what Taker had wanted to do to me and have me to do.
"Does that mean that Taker killed Jason?" Maggie asked quietly. I nodded. Jeff had told me all these stories about how horrible Kane was but it turned out that he actually had a heart. At least he did where it came to me. Jeff spoke up, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Okay, you two need to stay away from the city for awhile. At least until I can get word on what Taker is planning." I opened my mouth to protest. Jeff talked right over me. "Maggie, Randy, I want you two to come stay with Sophi and I for a little while. That way Sophi won't be tempted to leave the house to find you." I shot him a look. I went to get off his lap but he just held me tighter. "Love, please. Please do this for me. I need to know that you're safe." He leaned in and pressed his cheek against mine. "Please don't deny a love crazed vampire this. I would die if I lost you, love." He whispered in my ear. I laid my hand on the back of his neck, softly rubbing it. I nodded.
"Okay, baby. I'll do it." Jeff lifted his head to look at me. "For you."
Later that evening, Jeff called John and Matt to the house. We all had dinner together, which put Bessy in seventh heaven. She loved having people to take care of. Jeff insisted that John and Matt stay the night. They had some work to do and they may just work through the night. They were gonna put calls out to all their sources to see what they could find out.
I woke up around dawn when I felt Jeff crawl into the bed behind me. I rolled over to face him.
"Are you just now coming to bed, baby?" He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me close.
"Yeah, sorry. Did I wake you?" He kissed me.
"Not really. I was half sleeping anyway." I tucked my head up under his chin and laid my cheek on his chest. "I'm kinda worried."
"Worried? Love, I'll do everything…" I lifted my head.
"I'm worried about you, baby." I brushed some stray strand of hair off of his forehead.
"Love…" I put a finger over his lips, quieting him.
"Jeff, baby, you are working too hard on this. You are trying to control something that you have no control over."
"Sophi, I need to keep you safe." I kissed him.
"I know but you need to take care of yourself too." I kissed him again. "You need to get some sleep. God Jeff you didn't eat but a bite or two at dinner." I smiled at him and softly stroked his cheek. "How are you going to make love to me if you are weak with hunger?" He smiled.
"You're right, love. I do feel this hunger." He kissed me and rolled us over so that I was under him. "I don't think it has anything to do with food, love." He kissed down my throat. I ran my hand up and down his naked back.
"Is there anything I can do to make your hunger go away, baby?" He smiled at me with that sexy wicked grin.
"Love, you are the only one who can relieve it. But its never gonna go away."
Later that afternoon, I was lounging on the couch in Jeff's office. He was trying to get some work done and he was also waiting for a couple of other sources to call him back. I was bored out of my mind. I contemplated walking over to Jeff, shoving everything off of his desk, throwing myself on top of it and begging Jeff to have his way with me. One look at his face nixed that idea. He was very focused on what he was working on and I would feel bad for interrupting him.
I heard Maggie and Randy moving around in his make-shift office upstairs and got an idea of something to do.
"Jeff, I'm gonna grab Maggie and go hang outside for a little while." Jeff looked up.
"Why? What's outside, love?" I sat up and smiled at him.
"Trees, grass, sunshine, fresh air…" Jeff smiled and shook his head. He laughed quietly.
"Smart ass." I walked over to the desk. I leaned across it till over faces were mere inches apart.
"I thought you loved my ass, baby." He grinned. He tucked my hair behind my ear and brushed his marked palm against my cheek.
"I adore your ass, love." He brushed his lips against the corner of mine. "Promise me you'll be careful." He repeated the action on the opposite side of my lips.
"I will, baby. I will." I pressed a searing kiss to his 'oh so delicious' lips. The kiss held all the promises of a steamy night together, later. "I love you." I told him, standing up.
"I love you too, Sophi." I blew him a kiss as I closed the door.
I ran upstairs and liberated Maggie. She was suffering the same bought of boredom that I was. We settled ourselves on the back deck of the house. We sat there, staring out at the open green field between the house and the woods. Maggie had me laughing at a story about Dylan dancing with her in the diner the other day, when something near the woods caught my eye.
"Do you see that Mags?" I pointed out into the field.
"Yeah. It's a dog. It looks hurt, too." I nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it does. Oh!" The dog collapsed onto its side. "We have to go check on it. See if its okay." I stood up and looked back at the house. I had this weird feeling. I kept thinking that I should go inside and get someone to come out with us. Naw. We'd be okay. What could happen in the yard?
"Where do you think it came from?" Maggie asked as we walked out into the bright afternoon sun. I squinted, trying to keep the sun from hurting my eyes too badly. I lifted my hand over my eyebrows to shield my still kinda light-sensitive eyes from the glare of the blazing sun.
"I have no clue. He probably came out of the woods." We were over halfway across the field. I glanced back at the house. I was feeling this overwhelming need to haul ass back to the house to the safe comfort of Jeff's arms. As soon as I checked out the poor sick dog, I was going to do just that. I stopped. We were in the approximant place we had seen the dog. We were just a few feet away from the edge of the woods. I looked around. There was no sign of the dog anywhere. "Where did he go?" I wondered out loud. "Let's head back to the house." I took a step backwards. For some reason I couldn't name, I was seriously fighting the urge to sprint for the house. The hair on the back of my neck did their stand up thing an instant before I backed into something. The overwhelming smell of wet dog fur invaded my senses as two large arms flew around my body, trapping my arms and clamping over my mouth.
"Miss me, pet?" Adam said into my ear. Maggie, who had been facing away from me, turned at the sound of his voice. I tried to scream at her to vanish as Miz and a group of vampires I had never seen before vanished right behind her. Miz's arms shot around her.
"Scream and the Queen is good as dead. Got me?" He said to her. Maggie nodded as the tears started to roll down her cheeks. I could see in her eyes, she was completely terrified. Adam chuckled. So not friendly what so ever.
"I told you she'd fall for the sick dog stunt." He said to the vamps standing around. Maggie and I were truly outnumbered. "Don't worry," Adam said to me, "Taker's gonna break you of that tender heart you have, real quick." At the mention of Taker's name, I started to try and fight back. Not that it did any good, Adam's grip was unbreakable.
"Hold up, man." One of the unknown vampires said to Adam. He stepped up to me. He grabbed both of my hands. I tried, with no luck, to yank my hands away from his. "Look at this." He held up my right hand. "Not only is she wearing the ring of the Queen," he flipped my left hand over, "they've been trued." Adam laughed.
"Taker will be pleased. Now he doesn't have to fake his way through that." Adam started to move his hand off my mouth. "I'm gonna move my hand away from your pretty little mouth, but if you scream or fight me, we'll kill the blonde and march you to the house and kill everyone inside. We'll make you watch us slaughter everyone but Hardy. Then we'll make him watch as we all have our deserved turn with his beloved Queen. Then I'll kill you in front of him the same way I did his mother. And then maybe, if I'm feeling generous, I'll put him out of his misery too. Do you understand me pet?" Talking about killing everyone and raping me had excited Adam. He roughly pressed himself against me. "Do. You. Understand. Me?" I nodded slowly. One unknown vamp strolled up to me. He harshly grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him. He studied my face for a second. He suddenly jerked my head to the side and leaned in to sniff my neck.
"Mmm…she smells divine." He lifted my right hand. I tried to jerk it back but my strength was nothing compared to his. He brought my hand up to his mouth and bit down on the tip of my forefinger. I made a small sound of pain as his razor sharp fang sliced into my skin. His tongue flicked out and licked the bead of crimson that appeared.
"Well?" Miz asked. He had an arm around Maggie's middle holding her to him, while he stroked her arm. It almost looked like they were a couple. Unknown smiled.
"Yes, Taker will be happy. She isn't breeding from the King's seed yet. Taker is free to do as he pleases."
"Mmm…" Adam purred behind me, "do you think he'll let us break her in first?" He rubbed himself against me again. I wanted to scream and run, but I knew I would never make it and they would kill Maggie. I couldn't let that happen.
"I'm sure he will let us have a little fun first." Unknown said.
"Please…" I said quietly.
"Please what?" Adam said from my neck where he was rubbing his face. Almost like he was trying to scent mark me.
"Please let Maggie go. Take me. I'm the one you need. She doesn't need to be involved. Please, just take me."
"No can do my pet." Adam laughed. "How else will we get you to cooperate? Do it." He nodded to Miz. He pulled a cloth out of his pocket and slapped it over Maggie's mouth. She struggled for a few moments, then her eyes slowly rolled back in her head and she became rag doll limp in Miz's arms.
"What did you do?" I tried to get free.
"Calm down my pet. A little chloroform never hurt anybody. Go ahead man." Unknown pulled a syringe full of a bright cloudy liquid. He uncapped it and grabbed my upper arm. I tried to struggle but to no avail.
"Don't worry. This will only hurt for a second." He jammed the needle into my skin and slammed down the plunger, shooting God knows what into my blood stream. He yanked it out and tossed it to the ground. It only took a few seconds before the heavy duty sedative started to kick in. My eyelids started to feel like they weighed a ton while I tried to fight off the effects. I was quickly being pulled under. Adam jerked around as the door to the back of the house opened. I saw Jeff step out onto the deck. He looked around for me somewhat franticly. My eyelids got too heavy for me to fight anymore and forced themselves closed. I was pulled completely under the wave of unconsciousness. The last thing I heard was Jeff yelling my name.
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