She shook her head. "I don't know. Eve is who I am, but I like Sadie. I like her more than anyone I've been for a long time."

Melissa smiled. "I like Sadie better."

Vladimir still looked serious. "Girl, you've got the whole frickin' planet in an uproar. A vamp that's as old as Solomon? There are a lot of vamps who don't know whether to launch a holy crusade against you or grovel at your feet. There's an emergency session of both houses of Congress getting called as we speak. The National Guard has been called to Midian to keep the peace."

Melissa stepped away from Sadie and the...