I Am Not Sorry For

The Code Of The Vampires Decreed That Anyone Who Violated The Sacred Law Was Condemned To Death, The Blood Burning. Charles Had Refused To Subject Allegra To The Sentence. But Mimi Was A Different Matter. Mimi Walked Out Of The Church, Knowing That If She Ever Saw Jack Again, She Would Have To Kill Him.

Because Love Was Not The Answer To Every Question. Because Real Love Meant Sacrifice. Sometimes Love Means Letting Go.

You Made A Sacrifice. And Heaven Rewarded You.

Maybe She'd Been Drinking Too Much Of The Super-sweet Mexican Coca-cola They Had Down Here. Or Maybe She Was Just Tired, Alone, And Far From Home. Because Somewhere In The Brittle, Concrete Center Of Azrael's Dark Heart, Something Was Melting.

She Could Not Trust Herself To Hope—but Without Hope, She Realized, She Had No Reason To Go On.