Roxie glared at Tommy for that first comment. "Sometimes karma catches up with you," she said. "Every action has a consequence. Mine finally caught up with me."

She studied Tommy for a long moment. "You were dead?" It was a simple enough question. There were many in their world who had died and come back. It wasn't exactly out of the ordinary. "Because I don't get vampire from you, either."

Another short stretch of silence before she asked, "So what was your home life like?"

"I needed a change. It's a woman's prerogative to change her look up every once in awhile." She'd go back to being blonde someday.

She just didn't know when.