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106 ADRIA’S POV Derek was gone. He had left. What had happened? His text sounded like he was angry, but had no choice. I wanted to type in something mean, but decided to leave it. A mean comment could make him suddenly change his mind, or do something crazier. I was going to ask Lucien not to bother about chasing him to the ends of the earth anymore, instead he was to save it up for when Derek showed up again on his own. Derek had done a lot, and had changed my life in a lot of ways. Now that he was gone, I had no one else to blame for anything else that happened. It meant I had to be careful with myself. The last time I had the strong urge to drink blood, I had overcome it with thoughts of the people who mattered a lot to me, but it might not be as easy as that the next time. Buyin