"Fathers Bentley and Jackson are interrogators, not executioners." "That's not what I meant. Well, it is, but also not necessarily them, specifically..." Colleen hedged. Kaye adjusted her veil. "This happens to a lot of agents after their first assignment is complete. Despite all the training and preparation, somehow reality just feels, I don't know, more personal." Colleen shifted her weight from one foot to the other. "Yes, exactly. He's gone from being a concept to a person." Colleen touched her own neck where the vampire had actually merged his body with hers. "Especially now that we...connected." "That's where your thinking is veering off. Don't believe the propaganda from the pro-vampire websites. The bloodsucker you brought in tonight and all the rest of them ceased to