Keiko stares at Jack in silence, seeming to hesitate in giving him an answer. “It’s a simple question, is it not Kei?” Erwin addresses her directly. “Not often do we find humans lounging around so casually in the apartment of a vampire at this time of evening. Do you live here?” “So what if I do? That’s not a crime, is it? Perhaps Nadia simply needed a roommate for rent?” “That in of itself isn’t, no. But surely you know the strict laws regarding intimate relations between humans and vampires, do you not? If it’s simply a matter of financial burdens, there’s no problem at all. But if there were any evidence of romantic or s****l relations, that’d be one.” “Oh please. Do you think I’d have answered the door so comfortably had it been that kind of case? Nadia is simply my dear friend and

