"She may have a vampire's life span, but like us, she can still die."
"But only if she is decapitated, right? How is Farmer going to know that? How is any villain going to know that?"
Ethan took a deep breath, perhaps controlling the anger neither of them could see. Yet. "We don't know all there is to know about thralls. There could be other ways of killing them."
"If you don't know, how the hell would someone like Farmer know?"
"That's not the point." The impatience was more noticeable this time and edged with anger.
"That's precisely the point. For Christ's sake, you two have something good going here. Don't let stupidity destroy that."
Shirley wrapped a hand around Ben's. "You couldn't have saved Seline, no matter what you did. As she said, it was her time."
"I know. But it's still too fresh, too hard to accept." Ben's gaze met hers. "At least I had the chance to say good-bye and for that, I thank you."
