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We were sitting on

I didn’t , and even now, I considered hiht about me, I didn’t know Especially not now, not with his mind closed to me

He had asked if we could talk alone And with both kids ho outside

"You’re looking lovely as always, Moon Dance," he said

"Why thank you, Fang," I said

I couldn’t say the saaunt and pale Unhealthy, at best It was unusual for him, as he had always appeared the picture of health and vitality He’d always been a good-looking guy, even back when I knew him only asHis once-handsome face was now skull-like His cheeks sunken Eyes dark hollows Skin waxy He was, I suspected, a living corpse No doubt he was very

"You look, um, well," I said

He chuckled "Bullshit I still haven’t had h to function"

I motioned to the Cadillac, where Detective Hanner sat quietly "I assu"

"You assu to her place now, and thenelsewhere"

I snapped my head around "Where?"

"I don’t know yet But so looked down at his hands, which he was opening and closing as if he was getting used to his body all over again Or perhaps the thing inside hi’s body

I shuddered

"She’s going to teach me, Sa you were never taught, what you struggled with daily What I did oing to teach me how to be a vampire Her and others like her"

"What is this place?"

He shook his head "She didn’t tell me much But it appears to be a sort of coven of vampires"

Coven of vampires? I reached out and took his cold hand Jesus, is that what I felt like?

"She’s going to teach you to kill, Fang"

He said nothing, although he did squeezeto teach you to kill innocent people How toto teach you how to use the, Moon Dance," he said, and now released my hand "I owe her my life"