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He na plenty of bloodthirsty description and exaggerating his own skills--laid out what had transpired

"So you just ran?" Henry growled as Eddie wrapped it up

"No, I didn’t run," Eddie lied "At least not the way you uys, Henry I was the only one strong enough to fend off his death blows, but even I could see I wouldn’t be able to take him alone, so I came back here for reinforcements"

"What for?" Henry pounced "If he’s as fast as you say he is, he could be all the way to Winston-Salem by now"

Eddie racked his feeble brain for a response that wouldn’tnot to mention the second encounter that had led to Keith’s and Bill’s destruction

"At least he can confirm what no one else has been able to," Wes said "Roland is still in North Carolina"

Howard nodded "Which means Bastien probably is, too I bet Dennis will be happy to hear that"

Eddie heard the heavy door of The Hole open andaround him, he spotted Dennis in the doorway

"Eddie," Dennis spoke in that co voice of his

At least he seeht Eddie would rather face Jason, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger all together than Dennis in a te, Eddie said, "Yes, sir?"

"A moment, please"

"Yes, sir"

The other vah them and join Dennis in The Hole’s doorway

"I could use your help evaluating so hi to do anything to put off telling Dennis that he had had Roland in his grasp and had failed to capture hi able to confirm that Roland was still in the area would make up for the fact that he had run like a little pussy But after Henry’s reaction …

A somewhat battered kitchen table rested in the center of The Hole, the only furnishing it boasted On the opposite side of it, looking almost like slovenly soldiers just returned from a weekend bender, a dozen and a half er than Eddie by a few years None had yet been transformed by the vampires who had captured them Dennis liked to transform the recruits himself whenever possible And these recruits were pretty lame

Eddie curled his lip as he studied thee students: the type who liked to pants other students and routinely sought ways to humiliate those weaker than themselves for fun They didn’t see on Or to care, for that ang-bangers or gangstas or whatever, sporting tattoos, saggy-baggy pants, and FU attitudes A few goths had been rounded up Decked out in black clothes with pale s, they looked positively orgas in the saht joggers had been wrangled, too That pretty ly I could take these guys in a heartbeat

One of the pros of beco your ass kicked anyer And once had been beaten badly enough to land in the hospital his sophomore year at Duke (His mamma had just shaken her head and told hi his mouth the way he had)

But now, he was the bully Now, he kicked ass

And even if these guys wanted to kick his ass once Dennis turned thehting ast themselves were locked in The Hole just before sunrise

"This, gentle a hand on Eddie’s shoulder in friendly ca and the other vampires his soldiers in a war that would free them all from the tyranny of the Ihtful place as the most powerful creatures in existence

In other words, he wanted to take over the world Eddie thought that was so cool

The goths turned their adoring gazes on Eddie, who puffed out his chest and gave thes, which still hadn’t receded frohtful place as leaders in this world and grasping the power and all of the wealth that will accompany that will require bloodshed"

The drunken frat boys looked confused The goths … didn’t really see attention They were just so hyped about gers were shaking in their ass-toning sneakers

"If you join my army, you will need to familiarize yourself with the weapons we use and ourEddie, let’s provide theer from a sheath on his belt and laid it on the table, Eddie drew his bowie knife and placed it next to the dagger, then removed his other bowie, a switch blade, and brass knuckles

That was it for hiers and tords--the kind you saw side the others

Eddie had always thought Dennis a bit of a dhen it came to his blades Their leader had such a boner for weapons, carrying six or ht, even when he didn’t use the the iht be on to so The Immortal Guardian had been covered eapons Two short swords, probably a dozen or ure out how exactly the prick had thrown those when he had held a longer blade in each hand), and at least a dozen of those slick throwing star thingies

Theon the table between Dennis and the potential recruits actually seemed sort of pathetic in comparison

Dennis motioned to the table with a smile "Step forward Choose a weapon Lift it Get a feel for it"

When one of the goths picked up the brass knuckles and put theave Eddie a help this idiot out before I kill hiered around the table and, yanking the heavy brass fro a few in the process, demonstrated the proper way to don the at the air in front of the goth’s face