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And not effective Apparently, if you don’t completely sever the head, the Fallen and the Jodís can regenerate I almost want to do it just to watch Sick, I know But if anything, I’ She’s already mastered the sword, thanks to a year with Gabriel, and she’s been assigned the task of going through the sacred tomes of the Celtae, courtesy of Darius He’s another one that amazes me It’s weird to have seen him, as well as Jake, Tristan, and Gawan, in a time other than this one It’s a surreal occurrence, yetit really happened They lived in another time, one wilder, untamed--a place where your sas your protection

Or, in Tristan’s case, not

I found out a few other things about hiist She, after excavating, digging, researching, and falling in love with a spirit, reversed the curse and brought not only Tristan back to life, but all of his knights One, the youngest, is picking up Tristan and Gawan in a little while, and so I’ll get toit inside my head sounds weird But it happened Al engaged to an aged vael for centuries, he was on the brink of retireed mortal, live out his life, and die And just when he was about to retire, whack! He found a soaking-wet girl who claimed to be named Ellie on the road near his castle She turned out to be a girl In Betwixt Dead, but not Ghostly, but not always In and out Yeah, they fell in love Of course they did The story would suck if they didn’t She also happened to be his intended His soul et that Mine’s a bloodsucker

Gawan had to find Ellie’s half-dead real self before she actually expired He did Now they’re married, madly in love, and have a flock of children

Blowscan happen Good or evil And that makes me know I’d best be on

We spend the latter part of the afternoon on the streets of Edinburgh Wet Edinburgh Wet, cold, h Still a cool old city But from someone who is used to the southeastern coast of the United States, it takes a little getting used to

We h the streets, the closes and wynds, Grassh the vaults, or the catacoh He says we’ll need to know the city inside and out once the Fallen have regenerated The vaults are eerily cold and dark, and throughouttour staff eways

All at once, I sense it The others do, too Another vaht enter my head than a scream pierces the cold corridors of the vaults In a flash, Victorian races ahead of h an archway He’s already morphed When next I look, so have all the other vah the shadowy passages of the vaults, and the screairl And in horrific pain Like lightning, we fly through the tunnels, and at once we all coe chah Four other huirl Rather, a feured Maybe twenty Her merlot eyes are wide, and she stares at Victorian

"Arcos, don’t," Jake instructs Victorian

"She doesn’t deserve this!" Victorian yells His eyes are latched onto the huh," another human says She holds a silver dirk, strapped to the end of a long wooden stick It touches Victorian’s back

Just that fast, I’m there, the silver blade knocked from the woman’s hand I shove her across the chamber and she hits the wall "I don’t think so," I say "What’d she do?"

"What you ainst the wall, says

I shake my head "What did she do?" I repeat

"It’s what she will do!" the relancing at the one Victorian has suspended in the air

"That’s not good enough," Jake says He looks at them all "Victorian, put him down"

Vic lets the man fall to the floor, where he scrambles up and huddles with the others

"Now leave," Jake says And without another word, they all do exactly as he says

Victorian hurries to the female vampire "Riley?" he calls