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- "I'll come by as soon as I get back," Veronica said, almost as disturbed by their pending separation as the vampire was. "I promise. Don't do anything rash while I'm gone," she added. She leaned over and they exchanged a kiss that was far too short in both their minds. Then Veronica put her helmet on, revved up her engine and vanished down the road. Eliza couldn't help but feel a little bitter, having hoped her days of being 'the one left behind' were past. But she buried that feeling as deep as she could. "This one is different," she reminded herself. "This one loves me." That made her feel better. She went back inside to talk to her team about ideas on how they could find the remaining jewels.
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- Three days later . . .