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"Not because you are emotional from today event. The honeymoon."
"No."
"Not because you think becoming a vampire will make everything suddenly easier."
Lily's eyes sharpened a little at that. "I am not foolish."
"I know."
"Then stop asking me like I am."
He exhaled slowly through his nose.
She was right to be angry at that one.
Lily stepped back just enough to look at him properly while still staying close enough to make retreat impossible to pretend.
"You told me the danger yourself," she said. "You told me what the prisoners said. Other vampire groups will come. The sovereign sent people already. That means time is not our friend." Her breathing had changed again, steadier now, as if saying the truth out loud had made it stronger. "If I am going to stand beside you, then I do not want to stand half outside your life any longer than necessary."
(Note: In case you are wandering when sekhmet tell her everything. It happens in the few hours of time skip of honeymoon.)
