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Lux frowned, kicking her boot clad foot against the snow covered ground until a cool touch beneath her chin forced her to look up.  Her own strangled sound of surprise was perfectly mimicked by Jude, who was finally seeing Daniel without his glamour for the first time as well.
                  Still possessing bone structure to kill for, Daniel’s dark eyes lightened to sea glass green and his skin was slightly pockmarked.  His dark hair looked mostly the same, but had lost its brilliant sheen.  When he smiled, his teeth were crooked and there was a prominent cleft in his chin.  All in all, he seemed utterly plain. 
                  As soon as Lux had that thought, Daniel’s glamour returned and he was once again the perfect and vibrantly handsome vampire she’d originally met at the lake house.
                  “Glamour is a fun thing,” Lux concluded.  “Now can we go meet Grigori?”
                  Daniel gestured for Lux to lead the way and she did, enthusiastic now that she could see where she was going.
                  Jude caught up to Daniel and reached out a hand to touch his cheek, pulling back when he turned to look at her.
                  “Chickenpox,” he said simply.  “I didn’t listen when my mother told me not to scratch them.”
                  “How human,” Jude said and Daniel smiled, taking her hand in his.
                  “Just because I’m a vampire,” he said, “doesn’t make me any less human than you or Lux.  My humanity is still intact, Jude, just like yours will be if you choose to become a vampire.”
                  “I won’t,” she said, shaking her head.  “I could never do that.”
                  “Maybe you’ll find a reason to.”
                  Jude pulled away from him and hurried after Lux, catching up to her friend just as she knocked on the front door of the cottage.  It swung open and the bearded man who opened it looked like an emaciated Santa Claus.
                  “You must be the soon to be vampire Tess told me about,” Grigori said, looking pointedly at Lux.  The girl shrugged and pointed to Jude.
                  “Hate to break it to you, old man,” Lux said, “but you’ve got the wrong potential nightwalker.  Meet Jude Carstairs.”
                  Grigori’s bushy eyebrows knitted together as he looked between Jude and Lux, trying to decide who was the vampire and who was the human.
                  “Are you sure it’s not you?” he said, looking back at Lux who shook her head and pointed to Jude once more.
                  “She’s telling the truth,” Daniel said, joining them on the front porch. 
                  Grigori nodded to the vampire before welcoming them in.
                  “Wait a second,” Lux said as they stepped inside.  She shed her coat before rounding on Daniel.  “I thought vampires had to be invited in to people’s homes.”
                  Daniel nodded, confirming her statement, while Grigori told them to follow him.
                  “We can be invited into any home,” he said, “but only by someone who lives there.  Otherwise, it’s like an invisible barrier is placed around the house that we cannot breach.”
                  “So who invited you in the other night?” Lux said and at this, Jude turned to face Daniel who looked a bit sheepish as he smiled.
                  “Nothing can keep a sire from their child,” he said, glancing away from Lux’s intent stare and instead looking at Jude.  “Nothing can keep me from you.  Should you ever be in trouble, I’ll feel it and I’ll come for you.”
                  “Well this is romantic,” Grigori said from where he stood in the doorway.  “Please though,