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The following e of Emerald Bay in the area of Lake Tahoe The sun is brilliant in a clear cerulean sky Inside Paula&039;s house, Seyic to the sun Now the sun doesn&039;t affect hter&039;s blood Even the burning Surya, the sun god, could not intimidate the Dark Mother, Kali Kalika&039;s ashes rest in a vase that sits beside ht the vase with me from the house I don&039;t knohy Except I still hter, killed by a Setian

Paula holds her three-month-old son, John, and listens as I describe what happened in Los Angeles I have driven all night to reach Paula The infant kicks his bare feet in the cold water He looks and sounds happy I am happy just to see him He always has that effect on ht Seymour back from the dead Yet I did not take John&039;s blood--once I had saved hihter I kneas not what she wanted But I ask myself over and over how I could not have wanted it

Unfathomable Kalika, Kali Ma, where are you now?

I finishat me with her warm eyes

"She said she saw you before," she finally says "Do you think she was lying?"

"It was i the truth or not," I explain "She see--even I could not penetrate it Certainly I could not bend her will to mine"

"But there wouldn&039;t be any reason for her to lie about such a detail"

"Perhaps But still, I don&039;t re water at the small island in the center of the bay where Kalika s, Sita," she says softly

I nod I&039;ve suspected for a while that certainto her, but I have waited until she felt ready to talk about them

"Suzama?" I say

"Yes I remember Suza to me Paula reypt, because she is the reincarnation of Suzaical explanation, and I ask her to confirm the truth for me Paula shakes her head

"We may be the same from life to life," she says "But we are also different Do not expect Suzao"

I probe deep into Paula&039;s brown eyes and feel a rush of joy, and of sorrow "But she is in you," I protest "A part ofWhen I met you at the bookstore, I knew I could not leave you You are Suzareat oracle Can&039;t you just admit it?"

She is flattered by my praise, and yet unmoved as well "Perhaps I can&039;t because I&039;m not able to see what happens next" She pauses "Yet I knehen you were down in Los Angeles, that you would confront so very old"

I lower my voice "Then you knoho she was?"

She shakes her head "I have a feel for her, that is all" Reaching down, she touches the clear water, then feels John&039;s feet to see if they are getting cold She adds in a serious voice "Interesting how she men?tioned the harvest"

"Yes I didn&039;t understand that What harvest was she talking about?"

Paula is thoughtful, her eyes focused far away, as Suza soon," she says, "when everything will change I have seen this in what people call visions, but which aren&039;t visions at all People will either move forward or else repeat what they have already done

I have to think about this

Suzama never made casual prophecies

"What will people move forward to?" I ask

"An entirely different type of life One we cannot even io forill live in light and bliss"

"But Heidi icked Why would she want to increase such a harvest?"

Paula wipes the water off John&039;s feet and warms them in her lap "There are two kinds of harvests," she says "There are two kinds of people Those who serve others and those who serve the new Of course, no one is one hundred percent one way or the other No one is a perfect sinner or a perfect saint But where there is a doative harvest will come about for that person Where there is a domi?nance of love, a positive harvest will happen"

"You know these things for fact?"

"Yes"

"Suzain

She smiles "Paula Please?"

"Paula When will the harvest occur?"

"The date is not set But soe will occur"

"Will everyone be harvested?"

"Not at all"

"What is the criteria?"

"I knew you would ask that The criteria, I believe, is the sa to do with religious persuasion, higher learning, physical health or beauty, relative impor?tance in society None of these qualities will matter"

"Then ill the criteria be?" I repeat

"It is difficult to describe"

I ahs, and so does her child John is for the most part a happy baby, but he can cry in the ht with the best of theed his diapers to allow Paula to sleep Since drinking hter&039;s blood, I seldom need to rest "Life is the criteria," she says finally "Who is alive, who is not Reative can be more full of life than the most positive of people" She punches me in the ar ago, and her remark wounds It strikes ed since we met Then I was the sole knower of profound secrets Now I truly feel I am her student and study at her knee Mystery surrounds her like a halo I love her so ative side?" I ask quietly

She laughs more "Silly vampire No, don&039;t be ridiculous Who esture helplessly "But I have killed so many over the years"

She is compassionate "It doesn&039;t matter, Sita Really, I know this for a fact"

I have to smile "I suppose you would since you have such a special child"

"You understand what I a The issue of harvest is separate froo forward is dependent on his or her life vibration Whether he or she will enter a positive realative one depends on the quality of his or her heart"

"Tell me more about this next realm?"

"I cannot"

"But you see it?"

"Yes But words do not describe it The next dimension is even beyond the realms souls encounter when they die" She pauses to run her hand through John&039;s silky brown hair Hoill the world react, I wonder, to a brown messiah? Of course, no race would satisfy everyone Paula adds, "The co harvest will affect heaven and earth"

"Is that why John was born? To increase the posi?tive harvest?"

"Yes But" She does not finish

"What?"

Paula frowns and then sighs "So about? What plan?"

"God&039;s plan"

"He ht he just rolled the dice when it caain, but the expression is short-lived She continues in a serious tone, hugging her baby to her chest John yawns and closes his eyes, ready for a nap

"Every individual affects the world, but it is diffi?cult for so o forward, the ould wish them to, when there is so much evil in the world" She pauses "Yet this evil is there for a reason It plays its part You reet? I just killed him last month Why do you ask?"

But Paula is evasive, as Suzama often was "He played his part" is all she says