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“It's what he does best ”

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“Exactly ”

The so-called Satanic Murders at the local college was the biggest story in the area It was constantly on the news Every gruesome detail was recounted in solemn tones by perfectly coiffed reporters to tantalize the audience's morbid interest

What had really happened at the college was simple: Rachon's creator and so and buried her in the forest Upon her resurrection, the new vahtered over a dozen people to satiate her newborn thirst That fledgling was gone now, having fled the area The Su her for his own aame he liked to play: create new vampires, abandon them, then see if they survived or not

Which left Rachon to clean up after hiraveyard at the petite woht

“Darowled, and stepped out of the tree line

The ground was soft beneath the soles of her boots as she carefully avoided the consecrated areas of the graveyard The waves of poafting up frorave It was like being too close to a raging bonfire and the heat of the power burned against her skin

Shuddering, she hurried toward the open grave The earth had lost its blessing when theup the coffin of The Summoner's latest victim She felt her shoulders loosen with relief as she stepped onto the unconsecrated earth The casket had fallen back into the grave, most likely when it had been shoved aside in the mayhem

An icy tendril of power rippled across her cheek and she looked sharply toward the blood soaked creature standing a few feet away The dazed expression on the girl's face had not altered as she slowly shifted her weight from one foot then to the other Her burial dress continued to slide doard over her body inch by inch as she swayed

“Did you feel that?” Rachon asked

Prosper grunted as he stepped next to her, wiping at his very expensive Italian suit with his hands He hated being dirty and co, “Feel what?”

Rachon’s eyes searched the darkness enshrouding the trees that bordered the sa his perverse attention in her direction She would not be a pawn in one of his sick games

Prosper set his hands on his silk-clad hs and leaned forward to look at the corpses Rachon also exa up a dead girl Of course, the dead girl had been a huge news story, but still she could only wonder at their stupidity

The young irl's e Their throats were savagely led, their limbs broken, their bodies drained of blood There were four of the fools