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"When did you ever see h I know the answer

He chuckles in response I do not fool hi our psychic bond, I wonder if he has spent the night writing about my trials, but he shakes his head when I ask He watched a video with his new girl and went to bed early

I tell hieles, why I am bloody

"Wow," he says when I a ainst the wall He continues to sit on the floor "You&039;re going to have to do better than that," I say

He nods "You wantfro from that monster I have no doubt about that I want to knohere he caht about it all the way here, and I have no explanation"

"There is always an explanation Do you remember the famous Sherlock Holmes quote? &039;When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, no mat?ter how improbable, must be the truth&039;" Seyether "A va could only have been created by Yaksha"

"Yaksha is dead Also, Yaksha would not have created a vampire He was bound by the vow he made to Krishna He spent the last five thousand years destroying them"

"How do you know Yaksha is dead? Maybe he survived the blast"

"Highly unlikely"

"But not impossible That&039;s my point Yaksha was the only one besides you who couldin the possibility that another yakshini has been accidentally invoked into the corpse of a pregnant worowl

"You&039;re in a bad ht, with your own knife, would do that to anybody"

I s fun of ht now and drinkyou could do about it"

Seymour is interested "Sounds kinky Should I take off my clothes?"

I throw a pillow at him, hard It alet that girl of yours into bed? What&039;s wrong with you? With my blood in your veins, you should be able to have who you hen you want"

He rubs his head again, probably thinking it is going to be sore for the rest of the day "How do you know I haven&039;t slept with her yet?"

"I can spot a in aa horse too long Let&039;s return to our probleuy It&039;s out of the question Yet you are right-Yaksha is the only one who could have made him A paradox How do I solve it? And how do I destroy this creature that clearly has at least twice ht let you live long enough to enjoy carnal pleasure with this silly girl you have foolishly chosen over me"

"I&039;m sorry, I can&039;t answer your questions But I can tell you where you must look to find the answers"

"Where?"

"Where you left the trail last Where you last saw Yaksha He went up in the blast you set at your house, but even dynamite leaves reht find out how your new ene is sound, as always "But even if I learn how he came to be, I still have to learn how to destroy him"

"You will Yaksha was a more difficult foe He knew at least as much as you about what a va on, hewhat he is He doesn&039;t knohere he is weak Find him, strike at that weak point, and he will fall"

I slip down onto the floor and kneel to kiss Seymour on the lips Gently I toss up his hair "You are so confident in me," I say "Why is that?"

He starts to say sohtly beneath my touch "Is he really that bad?" he asks softly

"Yes You are wrong when you say Yaksha was a more difficult foe In his oay, Yaksha was a protector ofall humanity And he could suc?ceed If I don&039;t stop hi will"

"But you saw him only briefly"

"I looked deep into his eyes I saw enough Believe what I tell you"

Seymour touches my face, admiration, and love, in his eyes "I have confidence in you because when you ood as dead and you saved me You&039;re the hero in my story Find hireat sequel" He adds seriously, "God will help you"

I squeeze his hand carefully, feeling once more my weakness, my pain It will not leave me, I am certain, until I leave this world The temptation is there before me for the first time To just run and hide in oblivion Yet I know I must not, I cannot Like Yaksha, I have one last duty to perform before I die and return to the starry heaven of my dream

Or to a cold hell But I do not like the cold

No vampire does Like snakes, it slows us down

"I fear the devil will help hier"