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Nodding, Eddie sidled closer to him and lowered his voice "I think I found Roland"

Henry’s eyes bugged out "Roland the Immortal Guardian Roland?"

"Yeah"

"You’re shittin’ me"

"Nope"

"Daaaaaaamn We been lookin’ for him forto see Roland standing there, then aze "What’d ya do with hie to squir everyone he had been unable to defeat the immortal

Henry’s eyes narrowed "You left hirimaced "I didn’t exactly have a choice Me, Skinny John, Walter, and KurtJohn, and Karl over at the Walmart off of 15-501 and were headed for UNC to see if we could find some fresh victims when this Ied "It was on"

"Are you sure it wasn’t Bastien?"

"Yeah This guy had a woman with him like Roland did"

"Did she have brown hair?"

"I think so" It had been hard to tell with her hiding in the trees

Henry nodded and slapped hih thefor a second, then once uys are holdin’ hi "No"

"What do ya--"

"I’m the only one who made it out alive"

Henry stared at him "What?"

"The others are all dead Roland and his woman destroyed the

Eddie looked around as every eye in the house focused on them "Yeah"

"Who died?" he heard soht to one!"

Eddie bristled at the scorn in his voice "He had the woman with him She was armed and--"

Henry sputtered and waved a hand "The woman doesn’t count She’s human for shit’s sake! If you can’t kick a huood are ya?"

"Well, she sure as hell didn’t fight like a hu she was immortal?"

"No, but--"

"Then you should have killed her and kicked Roland’s ass" Some of the other vamps rose and strode forward to form a semicircle around them

"Look, you weren’t there," Eddie snapped "You’ve never even seen an Immortal Guardian They aren’t like us"

"What do you ht with curiosity He was a fairly new recruit, turned by Dennis hio

"Yeah," Howard tossed in "How’re they different froan, his apprehension falling away now that Henry’s conteerness to hear a firsthand account of a fight with an immortal

"How much faster?" Norm asked

"Like … fifty tier I’ve never seen anything like it"

"So what happened?"