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Chapter 457

Katelina had to sign to allow Xandria treatment, and Jorick had to take responsibility for the bill.

"I can't believe they're charging us," Katelina muttered as she dropped into a plastic chair in the waiting area.

"Did you think it was free?" Jorick flipped absently through a magazine.

"I thought Europe had socialized medicine."

"I'd ask what that is, but-"

"It's free healthcare," she said.

"Really? Who pays the doctors? Who pays for the medication, or the bandages, or the electricity for the hospital?"

She paused. "Taxes, I guess."

"Do vampires pay taxes to the Sodalitas?"

"I don't know, do you?"