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She had ss "You&039;re one of them!"

"Will you not join me,enough to find the vengeance you seek"

"You&039;re asking ori had exclaimed

"We are not all monsters," she had replied "Look at me Do I appear a monster to you?"

"No," he had replied "Who are you?"

"Khira" She had offered him her hand "Will you joinher easy access to the large vein in his neck, and she had taken what he offered It was always so ht

She had bestowed the Dark Gift on only a few, and her blood and her poere strong She had taught her fledgling how to find his prey, how to survive He had taught her a depth of passion she had thought long vanished with her hts of an eternal relationship, and taught his she wanted him to kno to read and write, and the complex etiquette of the upper classes

She had introduced his: art, opera, literature, architecture He learned it all with zest, and seeeance But she knew better He could not hide his inhts froh, and tientle, full of passion and tenderness, if a bit arrogant And he was handsome, so very handsome He had embraced the Dark Gift fully, and the Gift&039;s powers had enhanced his natural good looks; she was sure that all woly as he eagerly explored his new life In one sense, she had watched hi a child of her worew stronger, she began to feel uncertain - she, who had never doubted her own allure Would he leave her? Would he find some mortal woman more desirable than she?

But it had not been another woman&039;s beauty that took hi It had been her own insatiable hunger In his enthusiasht of Alexi into the back of hisover a child and re Va with contehed as she turned away froiven her She had destroyed others who had left her side before she tired of theht She recalled the sweet taste of his blood the night she had bestowed the Dark Gift upon him, and all they had shared before her foolish error

Surely tier Grigori had his revenge at last; Alexi was destroyed Perhaps he would be in a forgiving mood, and if not, then she would have to persuade his her way She was not without her oer, her own irresistible charm

Her mind made up, she threw off her own She had never been one to brood or laori would see her whether he wished it or not

Huued by the journey ahead She contemplated the distance, careful to time her departure so she would arrive in the New World after sundown Young va distances had to ht travel safely in their coffins on long trips But she was no longer a young va youth and strength and beauty It was not so aht increased powers and the ability to travel great distances with supernatural speed

She closed her eyes, and in moments, she here she wanted to be