That stung, and Sydney visibly flinched at that, but swallowed hard. "I made a mistake," she said quietly. "It's up to you to forgive me, if you want."
At the exclamation, Sydney shook her head. "Zoe, when have any of them been evil? Adrian, Jill, Clarence - or the dhampirs? In fact, dhampirs exist because humans and Moroi used to be together all the time, centuries ago." She realized she was using one of Adrian's arguments, and lifted a hand to rub her forehead absently. "Zoe...you wanted to know why I distanced myself from you? Because I knew you'd react like this. I wanted nothing more than to tell you about this amazing person in my life, but I knew you'd hate him..." She blinked back tears.