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"Actually, the Vatican has a rather extensive file on you"

"Shut up," I said, flattered and appalled at the sareat interest to theht you should know"

"Wow, thank you, but aren’t you betraying your vows or so?"

"My vows are to our Heavenly Father and to the Church They’re not to a file in the Vatican’s archives labeled ‘Charlotte Jean Davidson’"

"They know ood"

"They know quite a bit I actually found much of it to be a little hard to s" I nodded, but he pinnedstare "At first"

"Oh, so you s the whole thing now?"

"I do, yes And can I just say, it’s an honor to meet you"

"You make me sound like a saint"

"Not a saint More like a warrior"

My spine lengthened "A warrior I like it But what exactly did you discover that set you on this path?"

"A different kind of possession" His face softened "I’m kind of a specialist"

"Okay, I’ll bite, but first, would you like so door to the Bunn The one that was residing on a counter ina tad southeast of my belly button Because that would have been aard

He brightened "Sure"

Cool I could live vicariously through a Catholic priest A thought that rarely occurred to me, for obvious reasons I stood, crossed over to my office and poured him a cup, then asked if he liked his coffee like I liked h to destroy a planet

He laughed softly "A little creah the doorway I loved diner lingo

My body reacted to the scent, to the act of pouring the dark elixir, like a Chihuahua when face-to-face with a pit bull – by shaking uncontrollably It was a Pavlovian response to java anytier than an hour or tithout a sip, and it had now been al of joe I couldn’t help but note that, for one reason or another, I’d been shaking for quite a while Hopefully, it wouldn’t become a habit

"Can you explain the different kinds of possessions, so we’re on the sa hi, sensuous draw Either that or I was projecting again "The first is infiltration, which is a possession of a space"