Jean-Claude smiled, as if that had never occurred to him, but what a good idea it was. Richard's right, I don't know how to be in love. I stared at the burning vampire, my lifelong friend, my brother, but I was calm. I wanted to go walking out into the darkness and let the wind take us where it wanted us to go.
Federal Marshal Anita Blake, and you are? I could see his face darken even in the odd lighting. I'd known that I amplified Jean-Claude's powers when I was near him, but I'd never felt anything like what was happening now. I meant to touch his face, but he cringed back from me as if I'd offered him harm. I was so cold that my muscles were beginning to ache from it.
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