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"That was pretty obvious, Janie," he said, sounding sullen and cranky andon it But were-blood isn’t easy to clean away from drives, and so far, I haven’t found which drive that history’s on I’ure out what’s what You’ll get it when I get it" He ended the call
"That’s my bro," Eli said, amused
"That’s sleeplessness," I said
"Yeah It is"
Being sleep deprived was a problem for us all Mistakes happened when people were sleep deprived Teroup, or to end things and then take off a week to snooze and recover Just trying to keep all the vah to drain ht of stairs to the main floor "What did you learn in there?"
"I learned that the bite of an arcenciel makes vamps insane, maybe forever, orfrom a vamp bitten by an arcenciel makes them unstable, if not insane I learned that a va from a skinwalker and then was bitten ends up like the Son of Darkness, raving and chained to a wall"
I stopped and put a hand out to stop my partner so I could finish while still out of earshot of anyone else We were still several feet above thedown on everyone there I tilted my head so no one could later read e
"All this, all this mess, is because a skinwalker, someone like me, took DNA from a vamp’s body and blood, probably planned to kill hier, forever, in one immortal form, at the top of the vamp food chain All this death and problems and vamp insanity is because a skinwalker--Iic, and then was bitten by an arcenciel And those who had shared his blood at some point, and/or ere bitten by the arcenciel, they were affected too So that means that" I went silent
ItHope welled up in me "There were no u’tlun’ta until the white ain, unable to voice that rare unexpected hope
Eli did it formonster is a communicable disease, the result of a bite from an arcenciel that then can be passed to others And that disease condition affects different species in different ways Vamps one way Maybe witches another Maybe skinwalkers another So beco u’tlun’ta isn’t a final, unavoidable, horrible way to die"
I nodded I ht be free
"Fine How’s that gonna help us locate Joseph Santana before he gets hungry again?"