"You're holding up better than I thought," Bart says, leaning against my bedroom's door frame. I’m sitting on my bed, feeling a bit numb. I had changed into my nightgown after going up to my room while all the others either went to theirs or decided to go and hunt. Apparently, Richard's order was for them all to reside here, but they are free to move around London. I think Rebecca, Anne, Grace, and Cecily went to party downtown, while the others decided to hunt on their own or ruminate in their rooms. I can hear Lancelot a floor below, probably on the phone with vampires on the other side of the Atlantic. I lie down in the middle of my bed. There's no way I'll be able to sleep though. My vampire heart is back to beating slowly, but if it was still a human one, I can tell it would be go