he decided the only way he was going to make it any farther was to keep himself awake and distracted . `` no one else has been here , have they , baby ? '' that does have kind of a ring to it . perhaps the vampire queen had gone into hiding and was licking her wounds , or , better yet , perhaps she 'd left the country . `` of course , '' he replies with humor in his tone . i can feel the key drawn to it . 