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Chapter 21 - Can't Compel A Cow
Obviously April is very pretty and Caleb already said he found her attractive. But would that be enough on its own? I think I may have a theory but I'll just PM you it.
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I'm going predominantly of the basis of what we've seen of Caleb and Lilith's relationship, and the little we know about April. And we did see her thinking about her and Caleb running away together, didn't we?
Of course, the holes in that theory are - would April really be so perceptive to deduce all that about him, and if the theory was true, you'd think Caleb would have sought her out after turning her, not left her to her own devices for days until she ends up in his neck of the woods somehow.
She clearly had some kind of leverage over him, and I'm sure the fact he found her attractive help - although it's hard to say if she would play to that, because I'm not too sure April is aware of how good-looking she is, with all that Sandy conditioning.
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Or it's totally right and I will just stop posting chapters now and go have a lie down.
Edit: Which is what Caleb said she did in the story, I believe. He may have been telling the truth. Perhaps his sister's happiness is his weak point?
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Not seeing any potential for romance amongst the chaos then?
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Hmm, our poor girl Faith needs some love though. She can definitely do better than man bun, but I don't imagine any of the current options would do it for her. Maybe a new character is on order.
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Don't worry about Faith.
Melinda seems to have a lot of speculation and pangs of conscience
I still have not fully understood what made Caleb turn April into a vampire?
Then there's the whole game between the three girls ... still a lot of questions
I'm looking forward to getting a little wiser. .... if it ever happens
All will be revealed.
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Chapter 22 - Weird Juice
According to April (and since this was inside her mind we have no reason to not believe that), Caleb told her he has nobody, so she didn't know about the real Dr Vatore - although there is still a plausible chance she may have come to the conclusion that there was a "real" mortal Dr Vatore that Caleb disposed of. But I don't think so, it definitely sounds like they formed some kind of real connection over their shared loneliness without necessarily naming their demons by name, and then April was able to talk Caleb into turning her. I doubt she of course had the full story on what being a vampire is truly like, but she has read enough literagure to sort of know what she was getting herself into, so I don't think she really has the right to play a victim card.
I'm guessing Caleb did comply in a moment of weakness, then regretted it, and being the bright spark that he is, he decided to just pretend it didn't happen, instead of you know, doing the sensible thing of seeking April out and teaching her a thing or two, perhaps even offering each other that company they both craved enough to start this whole mess. But sensible and Caleb don't really go in my head.
Of course I may be totally off the mark here. It just drives me crazy that eveone is pointing blaming fingers at Caleb. Lilith is so eager to put the entire fault on his shoulders, but everyone is at least in part a product of their own environment (especially after 300 years). If you look for constantly things that are wrong, you will find them, and miss other important ones.
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