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Raphael smiles and mimes a toast. "Good answer." He says.

Raphael opens his mouth to address John's litany of concerns but clamps back up when he brings up Cassie and Stella.

The vampire stares at the street below for long, empty seconds before nodding to himself and saying, "She tastes good, and she belongs to Feris."

He turns to face John and shrugs. "S'all I got. Why?"

Despite himself, Raphael can feel the irreverent mask he wears around his friends starting to slip into place. It's facade matched by the grip on his unbeating heart that Stella might already be in danger, again.
“Tastes good?” John asks in real surprise before he half smiles and replies. “Given your recent change in complexion, I’m surprised you haven’t already figured this out already.”

John didn’t like using Montcrieff’s trick on Raphael — act like you know then wait for the subject’s response to confirm your suspicion via a tightening around the eyes or flare of the nostrils. But for both their safety, he needed to confirm that before he made his offer of assistance as needed.

“Cassie Woods is actually Callista Boudreaux. She’s Stella’s older sister.”