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Michel?” I asked between sniffs, still trying to deny the obvious.
    “I have yet to see you cry like this over someone else. You are one of the strongest people I know and even when Nero died, your tears were not as heart wrenching as these.” His finger came up and softly brushed my cheek, wiping away only a fraction of the moisture that had appeared there. “Tell me. What has he done?”
    I hadn't expected to have to open up my heart to someone. Even with Amisi, I thought she would provide a distraction and I wouldn't have to go where my heart was so raw. But to talk about this with Gregor, I couldn't. I just couldn't.
    I shook my head at him and made a concerted effort to control the tears, reaching into my pocket for a tissue. Tissues, my best buds right now. They go where I go. 24/7.
    He sighed, but didn't let go of my wrist.
    “You know, I have known Michel for centuries, we were once very close.”
    Yeah, I knew that. Michel had told me, Gregor had hinted at it, but they'd had a falling out, when Michel left Paris and the Iunctio , where they both worked, to come to New Zealand, in search of me. The Prophesied Nosferatin born in the New Land who would bring balance to the world. I am the Light to the Dark and Michel came here to wait for me.
    But Gregor couldn't understand why he would give up what they had so readily. I don't think Michel ever told him the reason why he chose to leave. Not then anyway. Neither has spoken of that time in depth and even now their relationship is strained, especially since Gregor decided he wanted me too.
    We had moved on from that, but if anyone knew Michel, Gregor would. I wondered what he would make of Michel's behaviour right now. Maybe it was familiar, maybe this is exactly what Michel did to him all the way back those many years ago.
    “ Michel can be very single minded, I'm sure you are aware of that, ma cherie . Sometimes it can be to the detriment of those he loves. He can be blinded by his own desires and he fails to see the consequences of his actions until it is too late.” All of what Gregor was saying made sense. I knew what Michel was like when I got involved with him, but it still didn't make it any easier, did it? “I will say this though, Lucinda, he loves you, adores you, I have never seen him so devoted to another before. You are his life. Whatever he is doing right now, it will be temporary, he will come back to you. I am sure.”
    Somehow, without me even saying a word, Gregor had pretty much hit the nail on the head, but I didn't agree with him. I couldn't see an end to this, I couldn't for the life of me picture Michel coming back. This felt so final, so monumental. I couldn't see an end.
    I chanced a smile at Gregor and took a deep breath in. “I know, you're right,” I said with as much conviction as I could muster.
    His lips quirked slightly and a shot of silver flashed across his eyes. He didn't believe me, but he wasn't going to push either. Gregor could be a diplomat when he tried.
    I did, however, think he might be able to help me with one thing though. Gregor, although the Master of Wellington City, was also still an Iunctio council member. They called him the Enforcer and occasionally he would be called away to enforce the Iunctio's laws. It didn't happen often, because when the Enforcer was called in, it was pretty much the end of the road for the one being enforced, but he was still privy to most of what went on in the hallowed halls of the Iunctio's Palais .
    “ Do you know if the Iunctio has requested a meeting with Michel?”
    His eyebrows raised at that. “A meeting, ma cherie? ”
    Oh bugger, I guess I wasn't going to get any insider information here. I might as well keep on trucking though.
    “He's flying out to Paris the day after tomorrow, he didn't say what for, I just assumed it would be the Iunctio .”
    Gregor looked at me intently. I knew what he was thinking. Michel would normally tell me what was up, why he was travelling