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Did she know it? Did she know those terrible dreams? Had they come to her from the minds of all the others who had received theht around the world, dreamless, and without cease, arid bent upon one task, since her resurrection?

They live, ether Remember the old prophecy! If only she could hear his voice!

He opened his eyes He was back again in thethat was his body And the rising ainst his ears The flashing lights blinded him

He turned his back and put his hand against the wall Never had he been so engulfed by sound He felt hi consciousness, but Lestat's voice called him back

With his fingers splayed across his eyes, Khaye Behold the devil dance and sing with such obvious joy It touched Khayman's heart in spite of himself

Lestat's powerful tenor needed no electric a their prey were singing with hiious, this passion Everywhere he looked Khayht up, mortal and immortal alike Bodies twisted in tie Voices rose; the hall swayed with one wave of movement after another

The giant face of Lestat expanded on the video screen as the camera moved in upon it The blue eye fixed upon Khayman and winked "WHY DON'T YOU KILL ME! YOU KNOW WHAT I AM!"

Lestat's laughter rose above the twanging screauitars

Chapter 18

"DON'T YOU KNOW EVIL WHEN YOU SEE IT?"

Ah, such a belief in goodness, in heroisray shadow there of tragic need Lestat threw back his head and roared again; he stamped his feet and howled; he looked to the rafters as if they were the firmament

Khayman forced himself to move; he had to escape Hein the deafening sound Even his sense of balance had been affected The blasting music came after him into the stairwell, but at least he was sheltered froainst the wall, he tried to clear his vision

Ser of so many blood drinkers in the hall And the throb of the h the wood and the plaster

He moved down the steps, unable to hear his own feet on the concrete, and sank down finally on a deserted landing He wrapped his arms around his knees and bowed his head

The s had been the songs of the body, and the songs of the mind had not yet been invented