Suddenly, Vienna wanted her mother more than anything else. Just her hug, her smell would have soothed her. Even in these extreme conditions, her mother would somehow know exactly the right thing to say. She would make Vienna feel less crazy and have helped her take everything in her stride.
But Vienna wondered what her mother would make of her attachment to the prince. Her mother used to say, 'Love is love." Vienna used to think, she meant that it did not matter who you loved, whether the other person was of a different color, or the same gender, or from an absolutely different background. You could not help who you loved, and she used to say your differences should make you stronger; not keep you apart.
But Vienna wondered what her mother would say about her loving a vampire prince fro
