07/03/2026 11:14

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I let my hand begin to fall, but he took it, at the last minute, he took my hand in his. Who did you have in mind? Requiem told me of the amount of blood you lost last night, ma petite. Zerbrowski turned his back on the room and motioned for me to move in front of him so that no one would see us talking. Since we were looking for vampires that had killed at least two people, I stretched out that part of me that sensed the dead.

I felt his energy, for lack of a better word, fading. Richard, Richard, are you in there? He laughed then, but it wasn't a good laugh. I'll lay down. Calmed me because he'd spent centuries perfecting his calmness.