Dec. 23, 2023

Ep.240 – Inner Raige - A Bloody Christmas in PRISON!

Ep.240 – Inner Raige - A Bloody Christmas in PRISON!

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On Christmas Eve infamous serial killer Raige Devereux is facing a ghost from her past.. however it actually has fangs and a thirst for...

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On Christmas Eve infamous serial killer Raige Devereux is facing a ghost from her past.. however it actually has fangs and a thirst for blood...

Inner Raige by Rob Fields

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Prisons do a decent job of keeping
people in, but do they do just

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as good a job of keeping people
out? A certain prisoner named Rage Devereaux

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has a lot of enemies on the
outside, and some of them have decided

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to climb down the chimney to deliver
their own Christmas fear and murder. What's

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that You want to be scared?
Come with me. You will experience tales

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over opera, ghosts and death.
It is not recommended at the foot of

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week at Heart listeners in the dark, it's more fun at that way way.

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This is Weekly speaking. Hello,
my spookies. It's Saturday, and

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it's almost Christmas, and tonight I
have the last of the bonus spookies for

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the holiday season, and this one, this is one I've been looking forward

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to for quite a while, and
I have a feeling many of you would

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agree. Tonight marks the return of
Rage Devereaux. That's right, the Angel

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of Death, Strickfield's most prolific serial
killer of serial killers. Rage has now

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been placed in the penitentiary, but
on this Christmas night, very few are

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truly penitent. But before we get
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and all of you who have stuck
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very beginning over three years ago.
But now, my friends, I can't

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wait anymore. It's time for the
return of rage Ah. After these quick

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work Inner Rage by Rob Fields Chapter
one, Christmas Eve is here again.

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Only this year and the many others
that follow I'll be spending it at glen

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View Correctional Facility, which is located
just a short drive from North Ridgeway.

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This place has been my home ever
since I turned myself in shortly after bringing

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down the Queen of Hearts serial killer. You see, I was also a

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serial killer, the Angel of Death. Keep in mind I never referred to

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myself as that. It was simply
what the media called me, mainly because

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I only killed people who I believe
deserved to die, like high profile criminals

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and other serial killers. I might
still be a serial killer today if I

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hadn't met Detective Drake Kasmarak. Drake
seemingly came to Strickfield, where I was

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attending university at the time, to
fill a detective opening that his uncle had

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in the police department. In truth, Drake was in Strickfield to find and

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capture me. Drake had done much
homework and determined I was in that very

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village. Shortly after he arrived at
the station, I showed up at the

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request of Chief Jeffrey Kasmarak. I
was a police intern and assigned to Drake.

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I believe it was right then and
there that Drake fell madly in love

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with me. At the time,
I couldn't feel emotions, but I knew

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there was an ulterior motive for his
being in Strickfield. As Drake mentored me

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during my off campus hours, I
decided to take my mentor as my new

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mate and applied myself to being his
perfect girlfriend. Little did he realize that

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the serial killer he was looking for
was right under his nose and in his

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bed. Why was Drake determined to
capture me? Years ago, during my

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time in high school, I had
killed a former North Ridgeway High teacher named

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Annie Judge. She was prostituting herself
and selling drugs to my fellow students,

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even underaged kids. When a girl
turned up missing and I discovered she was

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dead, I trapped Annie Judge and
ended her. Little did I realize that

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but this particular kill would come back
to haunt me in the form of Drake,

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who was Annie's former lover. Maybe
Drake wanted to fall in love with

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me, and maybe he didn't.
I've never asked him this. Even though

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I was putting myself in danger of
him discovering me being a serial killer,

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I chose to be with him,
knowing that he was a good man.

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Choosing to remain with Drake was what
ultimately became my undoing as a serial killer.

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Drake loved me so much that he
wanted to marry me, to which

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I accepted his proposal. The Queen
of Heart's killer had a personal vendetta with

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me and let me know she wanted
to finish a prior conflict from before.

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I was ready to kill Rigby Brewster, the Queen of Hearts, but Drake

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begged and pleaded with me not to
end her. It was in that one

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moment that he took me in his
arms and kissed me. It was that

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one magical moment, that one triggering
event I waited my whole life for Drake

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had finally caused me to feel the
very emotions I had longed for. In

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that moment, I knew I loved
Drake the same way he loved me.

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Even though Drake had finally found the
person who had killed any judge, he

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couldn't forsake me. He still wanted
to marry me. I can swear by

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it that Drake is one of the
most honest cops you'll ever meet. He

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was always by the book on everything, even when he was mentoring me in

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my university years. But this one
time, Drake was willing to look the

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other way, not just because he
loved me, but because I never killed

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innocent people or children. The problem
with that, however, was that my

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new emotions came back on me.
I had a horrible nightmare of me killing

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some random person the way I've done
so many hundreds of killers and criminals before.

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That was when I told Drake to
arrest me, even though it hurt

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him deep to have to do it. He read me my rights and took

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me to the station. I confessed
to being the Angel of Death to Chief

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Cosmarak. I was found guilty at
my trial and sentenced to life here at

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the glen View Correctional Facility. However, I wouldn't be placed with the general

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population. My mama. Detective Chantell
Devereaux and Drake both had influence on account

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of their reputations as detectives, and
went to bat for me. It was

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decided that I could have certain privileges
in return for my services. I would

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help solve cases when they were presented
to me. Because of my highly photographic

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memory. I was a great service
in this aspect. Plus I think like

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a killer. I'm in my very
own special cell, which gives me many

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of the comforts of home. It's
kind of like having a little apartment,

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except I can't always come and go
when I please. I do get to

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go outside, but I'm all by
myself and am constantly watched by the guards.

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Mama and Drake can both come visit
me anytime they want. I've even

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had visits from both Chief Kasmarak and
Chief Montgomery Cobbs, my mom's boss.

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You'd think i'd be regretting turning myself
in here's the irony, though I don't.

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I've been at peace ever since I
got locked up. The only thing

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that really hurts is Drake. I
couldn't even begin to tell you how many

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times I've told him to forget about
me and find someone else who would be

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better suited for him. But he
will not turn away from me. In

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fact, he still wants to marry
me, even though I'm in glen View

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for the rest of my life.
Drake still won't give me up. Every

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so often, he proposes to me
again and wants to give me back my

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engagement ring that I returned to him
once he arrested me. My problem here

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is that Drake challenges me to look
him in the eyes and tell him I

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want him out of my life.
If I can just tell him that,

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he'll respect my wishes and never come
back. But every time I try,

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I burst into tears and clutch him
to me. Mama told me that you

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can't just turn emotions on and off. I hate when she's right. So

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Drake and I are still together.
Like I said, it's Christmas Eve.

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I'm sitting in my cell visiting with
Mama. She's proud of me for having

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helped solve some heavy cases in the
last month. Unfortunately, Mama won't be

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able to spend the night with me
since she's on duty. She said she'd

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be back in the afternoon for Christmas. I told her I'd be okay since

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Drake was coming and would be spending
the night with me. After Mama and

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I wish each other Merry Christmas.
She leaves. Now it's just me and

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the guard at her station. Chapter
two. Chessie Carver has been one of

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the guards assigned to sit outside my
cell since I was first placed in here.

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At first, she didn't know what
to make of me, but in

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time we started talking to each other. We came to build trust and understanding

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between us. In fact, it's
getting close to the evening when Drake shows

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up and sees us playing chess.
When he sees me pondering my next move,

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he asks me if I'm okay.
I look up at him. This

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is what I get for teaching Chessie
everything I know about check yes. Drake

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watches us finish our game. Chessie
beats me barely. After I congratulate her

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on a game well played, she
leaves my cell and returns to her station.

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Of course, she locks Drake and
I in. Drake again makes my

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emotions rise when he lays a huge
bag of Denoyer's grill down on the table.

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I told you i'd bring you something
wonderful for dinner, Drake reminds me.

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I start to cry a little when
I smell those delicious pancakes and the

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burghers. Wow, everything's still warm. You must have floored it from Denoyers

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all the way here. What did
you do turn on the siren when you

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left there? Drake laughs, No, Actually, there weren't too many people

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on the road on Christmas Eve.
I look at the clock and see it's

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around six by now. Many people
are probably home or with family and friends

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to enjoy Christmas Eve. Having here
with me makes me glad I don't have

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to spend tonight or tomorrow alone.
Before I never really cared whether I was

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alone or not, not when I
didn't have feelings. You okay, rage,

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Drake asks, yeah. I quickly
reply I'm fine. We look at

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each other for a little bit.
Then Drake moves and sets the table.

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When he's done, he's laid out
a nice feast of breakfast and dinner foods.

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Dig in, Drake invites me.
Chessie gets up and leaves for a

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little bit. Normally she's not supposed
to do that, but she kind of

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makes it a point when Drake and
I are together like this. She's heard

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us talking to each other before and
hasn't heard anything taboo. She's even been

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there when we've made out. I've
even told her I'm not the least bit

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bothered by her. Still, she
gives us alone time at times, Drake

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and I have our Denoyer's grill feast
and talk about whatever. Drake again thanks

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me for all I do with helping
the police force in spite of my current

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situation. Drake and I finish eating. I clear off the table and throw

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away the trash. Before I can
sit down, Drake takes hold of my

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wrist and eases me to sit on
his lap. We look at each other

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for a long moment before we have
some kisses. Since Drake will be spending

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the night with me tonight, I
can't wait until we can be intimate.

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The more we kiss, the more
I'm finding it hard to be able to

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wait. Eventually, we do stop
so we can catch our breaths. I

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love you, he tells me.
I close my eyes and bow my head

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a little. I still say you
could do so much better than me.

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He puts his finger under my chin
and raises my head back up. I

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open my eyes and look into his
Just tell me to my face, just

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say it and mean it, and
I'll leave you right now. Once again,

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he's challenging me. I don't even
get to have another attempt. When

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I feel the tears on my face. When Drake holds me, I can't

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help holding him back. You deserve
better, I persist. When I finish

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crying, Drake has the engagement ring
out again again. I try to tell

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Drake to leave me and never look
back, but the tears come more than

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ever. It hurts more and more
each time, thinking of a life without

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Drake. I don't care that you're
in here rage, Drake tells me again,

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like he's told me so many times
before, I can come see you

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whenever I want. I can even
stay with you. We should be living

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together in our own place, not
here in prison. I tell him I

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don't care where we are. He
insists, You'll always have me in your

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life. I'm never letting you go. I quickly get off Drake's lap and

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tighten my fists. But what will
your family say about you marrying a serial

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killer? I told you how many
lives I've taken. Drake gets up to

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confront me. I don't care what
my family says. I only care about

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you. I really tighten my fists
now. I won't let you throw away

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your life on me, Drake.
I feel myself really shaking now. I'm

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practically sobbing, just as I'm about
to scream for him to leave me.

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I fall to my knees. Drake
lowers himself and comforts me, as he's

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also done so many times before.
Am I really so scared of losing him?

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Yes, I'm reminded of that again
when we're kissing. I can't wait

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any longer. It's when I hear
Chessi fastening the law on my cell that

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she knows we need our alone time. It's once we hear her leave and

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lock that door behind her that we
quickly work to get each other's clothes off.

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You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky
will be right back. Chapter three,

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Drake and I are spooned up together
under the covers and watching TV.

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I can't help looking at the engagement
ring again. He placed it on my

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finger and challenged me to take it
off. It feels so wrong on so

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many levels, But at the same
time, I know I can never remove

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it. I know I truly belong
to him. You're going straight to hell

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with me. I tell him,
you know that right, If that's where

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we're getting married, then I accept. He tells me again. Then we

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get dressed and sit with each other. After a time, Chessie comes back

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in and unlocks my cell. When
I look to her for an explanation.

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She reminds me that I'm allowed my
time to leave my cell. Drake's allowed

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to take me to the rooms designated
my free spaces. While other prisoners here

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can access these rooms during their times, they're not supposed to know when I'm

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even here. That's why I have
my own private area and don't have a

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cellmate. Also, I can access
rooms like the library because the other prisoners

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are locked up for the night.
As long as Drake or Mama is with

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me, a guard doesn't always have
to be. Drake and I head into

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the library and sit again. He
tells me he wants to marry me.

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I tell him he knows my answer. Since I can't bring myself to remove

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the ring, I look at it
again. I'll go straight to hell with

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you, he promises me, taking
and holding my hands. Nothing is ever

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going to separate us, not even
this prison. I squeeze his hands back.

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I truly do want better for him, but my emotions won't let me

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lose him. I love him way
too much. However, Drake and I

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were about to have our love put
to the test this very night. The

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test was about to start. Once
we got up and started walking around the

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safe rooms again. We walk out
into one of the hallways and head to

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the little theater. We go in
and head up to the projection booth to

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see what we can watch together.
Drake and I have watched movies in here

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together before. He tells me he's
found a good Christmas movie for us to

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watch and puts it in as soon
as he turns the digital projector on.

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That's when the terror begins. Chapter
four. Drake reaches when he sees me

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bent over the body of Sherman Biggs
near the screen, one of the older

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guards I got along with. We
had many conversations in the library on nights

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careful rage. Drake warns me,
don't let the other guards here see,

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or you can vouch for me.
I remind him quickly, look at these.

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I point to the two puncture marks
on Sherman's neck. This would explain

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why the body's pale. When Drake
looks at me, I can tell he

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really doesn't want to believe it.
Oh, if Mama saw the look on

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his face right now, she'd be
given him. Hell, why won't you

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believe? I ask? You've seen
vampires for yourself, Drake, Mama and

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I have both proven to you they're
real. You were with us the night

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we took down Sheranda Thorn. You've
seen vampires with your own two eyes.

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Drake seems to be at a loss
for words. I groan, annoyed at

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his continued disbelief. If Mama was
here right now, she'd slap you upside

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the head. Now he's giving me
that look. I know Drake's never been

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comfortable around Mama. He's endured her
for my sake. I point to Drake,

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you stay close to me, stay
close to you. You're not even

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armed. Rage Drake counters, pulling
his gun. He's right looking around.

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I can't pick up any of the
chairs and break them for stakes, since

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they're all metal and attached to the
floor. Suddenly I have an idea.

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I grab Drake's hand. Let's go, Rage Drake protests. I lead Drake

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through one room after another until we
come into the chapel. Fortunately, this

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supposedly holy place is open twenty four
to seven. I pull open the door

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and we both gasp. There's blood
all over the altar, from the priest

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who's hanging from the large cross overshadowing
it. I had a feeling you would

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come here of Eventually Reagan Devereux,
a feminine voice calls out. We look

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to see the telltale woman getting up
from one of the pews and turning to

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face us. She looks like she's
in her early forties. I can see

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the facial features and immediately know who
this woman is related to. Yes,

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you recognize me, do you not? Then? She chuckles, You remember

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my daughter whom you destroyed. Your
mother took my son. However, Sherandah

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was my favorite. Maximilian was a
fool. It was no wonder that he

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died, She points to me.
But you you killed my daughter, and

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I must now rectify that by killing
you. She smiles wickedly. And the

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man you love, She holds her
hands outward. Naturally, you came here

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to seek weapons to fight us with. When she sees the look on my

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face, she knows she's got the
upper hand. You did not think I

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would come to this prison alone.
Oh, I will battle with you myself.

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I just needed my minions to make
sure it would be just the two

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of us. There are no other
guards here to help you. Now,

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she raises her finger, and you
need not worry about the prisoners. They

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shall remain locked in their cells.
Ah, here they are now. Now

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I see there are other vampires emerging
from their hiding places. Their hissing noises

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and their red eyes tell me,
Drake and I are going to have our

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hands full. Have you taken care
of every last guard? Here? The

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thorn woman asks, we have one
of the answers. Excellent. Then she

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looks back at me. I shall
play a little game, you and I.

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Suddenly she appears right in front of
me and knocks me on my ass.

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When Drake raises his gun, she
snatches it from him and crushes it,

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much to his horror and disbelief.
Next, she grabs Drake and tosses

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him to her minions. They grab
him and keep him with them. When

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I get up, the woman is
in my face. Now. I could

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easily kill you right now, but
that would be far too easy. Miranda

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would never want me to kill you
easily. No, I taught her to

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be more ruthless than that. Oh, where are my manners? I know

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your name, but you need to
know mine. I believe you must know

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I am a Thorn, but you
may call me Noranda. When she sees

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me looking uneasily at Drake, she
turns my attention and back to her.

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You need not worry about your lover, Reagan, She addresses her minions.

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Under no circumstances are any of you
to harm that mortal in any way.

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He is to be the prize in
our contest. Am I understood? When

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I hear the minions agree to her
commands, Miranda turns her attention back to

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me. Here are the rules of
our contest. I shall give you a

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fifteen minute head start. From there, I shall hunt you down myself.

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My underlings will keep your lover safe
and secure. You have until the end

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of Christmas Eve, just under three
hours. If you're still alive at the

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stroke of midnight, or in the
unlikely event that you and me, both

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you and your lover have earned your
freedom and your lives. However, when

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I find and destroy you, then
my reward shall be both a vengeance for

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my daughter, and I shall lay
claim to your lover by siring him and

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making him my new husband. Then, Miranda laughs coldly. The fear on

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both of you is so ripe I
can practically taste it on my own tongue.

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She points to the clock. Your
fifteen minute head start begins. Now,

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if I were you, Reagan,
I'd be taking every advantage of that

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time. I have no choice.
Fortunately, I know enough about glen View

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to have an advantage over these blood
sucking freaks. I just know I have

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to save Drake. I turn around
and run out of the chapel. Chapter

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five. It doesn't take me long
to find some tools to help me.

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I came across a few of the
body of the guards. Naranda wasn't lying

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when she said her minions took them
all down. They're all pale, which

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means they were drained of their blood. I find keys and key cards on

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the first guard. On the next
one, I find a gun and take

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it. I won't be able to
use it against Aranda or any of the

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other vampires, but it's better to
have a gun than have nothing at all.

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I won't let Naranda take me unarmed. If I go down against her,

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then I'm going down knowing I was
fighting. I've been counting the time

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in my mind. So far I
haven't seen her. When I come into

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the gymnasium, I see the big
clock on the middle wall and see Naranda

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has kept her word. I've got
one minute left before she'll start pursuing me.

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I'm shaking as I'm trying to keep
my focus. I've never gotten used

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to the feeling of fear. I
hate to admit it, but I'm really

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scared. I'm scared that Nearanda will
kill me, but I'm more afraid she'll

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make good on her promise to Drake. The fifteen minutes are up. Now,

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Neranda lets me know when I hear
the long shrill whistle. Hard to

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believe that vampire kept her word.
I'll have to consider the possibility that she

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may be a master vampire. If
she is, then I'll have to both

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stake her and cut her head off. Then. I remember telling Drake how

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Mama would have slapped him upside the
head for his disbelief. Mama would give

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me hell if she knew I wasn't
thinking straight and not calling upon the lessons

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about vampires and other supernatural beings she
taught me. No, Mama's not going

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to find my dead body. I'm
not going to let Mama down again,

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not like this. Mama taught me
better than that. I'm not going to

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let the man I love down either. I may not have the bloodlust anymore,

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but that doesn't count against vampires.
They're already dead. I still have

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my highly photographic memory. I still
remember each and every kill I've ever done,

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how they died, what date,
and what I destroyed them for.

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I remember everything Mama taught me regarding
the supernatural. My mind is how I'll

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destroy you, Neranda. Just as
I'm contemplating a plan, I hear some

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clacking on the floor. As I
reach the end of a long haul,

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I turn and see a large wolf
looking right at me and know it's Neranda.

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She changed into a wolf and tracked
me down by my scent. The

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wolf growls and runs swiftly towards me. I'm ready to turn and run,

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but I don't have to do I. In that moment, I lose my

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fear and look right at Miranda as
she's closing the gap between us. I've

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got grim determination now and know how
I'm winning this round. That's it,

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Queenie, just keep on coming.
I'll show you how I've dealt with bad

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dogs. In fact, a very
bad dog was my first kill. A

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very bad dog was how I learned
I was a serial killer. Just as

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Miranda is ready to leap up and
at me, I drop my gun and

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suddenly snatch her and drive her right
to the floor. Just as Quickly,

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she springs back to her feet and
bites me on the wrist. Even though

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I no longer have my bloodlust,
I still feel very little pain. This

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is a double edged sword for me. I just told you the positive side.

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The negative is that I can become
injured and not know it, which

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means I can potentially bleed to death. Now I'm mad. Wow, I

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really love being mad. I'm wishing
I could have felt this emotion much sooner.

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I'm so mad right now that I
roar Andy kick Neranda harden her chest

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enough to make her break her hold
on my wrist. While she's stunned,

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I lower myself to take hold of
the back of her head and her muzzle,

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and had hard enough to hear her
neck break Nearanda yelps and goes limp.

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No, I haven't defeated her,
but I have temporarily stunned her and

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bought myself a little time. I
spring and slide the door shut before I

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run again. I know these doors
are sealed enough to prevent smoke from penetrating

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them, which happened many years ago
when prisoners got loose and rioted. This

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was long before I was born.
By the way, Also, Mama was

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at university and wasn't in North Ridgeway
around that time. I'm already concocting another

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plan and am finalizing the details when
I hear the sliding door give way.

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Nearanda had to have returned to her
human form after she healed from her neck

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injury. She either snapped the locks
on the sliding door or she warped past

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it. As long as Nearanda can't
see me, she can't warp right to

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me. Unfortunately, turning off all
the lights won't help me, since she

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has vampire vision. I hear clacking
on the floor again and know she's returned

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to her wolf form, likely tracking
my blood this time, precisely what I

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was counting on. In fact,
Miranda, I already know how I'm going

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to defeat you. At least.
Yes, you kept your word by giving

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me a fifteen minute head start that
you promised, but that doesn't mean you'll

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keep your word about releasing Drake when
I defeat you. And trust me when

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I say, your punishment shall most
certainly fit the crime. Like I said,

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you're dead. Even though I no
longer have my insistent bloodlust commanding me

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to take lives from before, I
don't have to feel guilty about killing you

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since you're not alive. But in
order for me to accomplish my objective and

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defeat you and your minions, I
have to get to one specific area of

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the prison. It'll be there where
we finish our game. I run down

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a couple flights of stairs to get
to the ground floor and head to the

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laundry room. When I get inside, I quickly remove my clothes underwear too.

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First, I take care of my
bites by rinsing them out and using

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clean cloths to bandage them. Now, I grab some dirty clothes out of

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one of the wash piles and quickly
put them on. These clothes really stink,

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but they may be enough to conceal
my own scent. After slipping my

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feet into shoes, I find I
get out of the laundry room and resume

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my destination. A few moments later, I hear a loud, shrill scream

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sounds to me like Neranda's lost my
scent. I know I can't gloat too

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much. Nearanda knows other ways she
can pick me up again. She's been

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a vampire for far too long to
not have other means of detection, including

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picking up the smell of my blood
again. Are you afraid? Good?

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Weekly spooky, We'll be right back. Chapter six. I'm proven right.

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When I go to cross through another
hallway, I'm about to shut that sliding

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door behind me when I feel Neranda's
close. Suddenly the door comes flying away.

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Neranda gasps with either happiness that I'm
giving her a challenge or that she's

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finally caught up to me. Who
can say? Please, do not make

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this easy for me, Reagan,
She says, I still wish to have

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fun with you. She licks her
lips, and your blood tastes just delicious.

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I was hoping I wouldn't have to
use these yet, I tell her,

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but you're not leaving me with much
choice. I step up to her.

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As she's putting her hands on my
arms. I grab the neck of

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her form fitting dress and pull it
open to drop what's in my hand inside.

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00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:14.960
Miranda shrieks and screams when she feels
the holy wafers. I manage to

398
00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:19.639
snap up at the bloody altar burning
her flesh. Both her skin and the

399
00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:23.159
gown are aflame. Since she's going
to have to sort that out, I've

400
00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:27.880
got time to run again. I
don't know how much time I'm going to

401
00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:30.880
have before Nearanda will be back to
hunting me again. I can see the

402
00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:36.480
blood from my wrists soaking through my
makeshift bandage. She'll smell that again and

403
00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:39.760
easily pick up the trail. Also, since she got close enough to me,

404
00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:45.400
she'll know the scent of these stinky
clothes. Fortunately, I'm almost where

405
00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.599
I need to get to. I
reach the women's shower room before I go

406
00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:52.480
in, I quickly get naked and
turn on the water to hear all the

407
00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:57.039
nozzles fire up at once. I
walk inside and stand underneath a spray of

408
00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:01.400
steamy water at the back center.
When Nearanda enters and sees me, Oh,

409
00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:06.440
the look of confusion on her face. What is the meaning of this,

410
00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:13.159
Reagan? She asks? Then she
smirks, are you Are you offering

411
00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:19.000
yourself to me to save your lover? Is that what you really think?

412
00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.639
I murmur, running my hands from
the front to the rear of my long,

413
00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:28.880
wet, dirty blonde hair. She's
really confused now. When I raise

414
00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.519
my finger for her to see.
Next, I move my finger to my

415
00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:37.679
neck and trace down in between my
large breasts all the way to my belly

416
00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:45.000
button. Then I trace my finger
across my skin just underneath my breasts.

417
00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.679
The water continues to spray down on
me as I just stand there and wait

418
00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:54.599
for her. I'm all yours,
Miranda. I tell her, all you

419
00:36:54.679 --> 00:37:00.679
have to do is just join me
in the shower. Then I smirk if

420
00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:06.519
you can. She's still not sure
what I've got in mind, but she

421
00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:10.760
walks towards me. The showers are
wetting her down. It's when she starts

422
00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:15.360
to come under my spray that she
suddenly cries out in pain and hisses as

423
00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:21.280
she gets away from me. What
is this, she demands. Then she

424
00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.840
tries to come and grab me again. Like before, her skin burns when

425
00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:30.000
the water spraying from my nozzle touches
her. As for me, I'm fine.

426
00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:34.320
The water's warm to hot, but
not burning me in the slightest.

427
00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:39.039
In fact, the water feels very
relaxing. Miranda tries grabbing me a couple

428
00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:44.519
more times. In determination. She
warps behind me and wraps her arms around

429
00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.679
me. I cry out when she
sinks her fangs into me again, this

430
00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:52.400
time at my shoulder. She holds
on for as long as she can as

431
00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.360
she drinks from me. I can
actually feel the pain of her fangs in

432
00:37:55.440 --> 00:38:02.079
my flesh, but Why does this
feel so wonderful? I think I love

433
00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:07.239
pain. Miranda can't hold on to
me anymore, since she's in way more

434
00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:10.719
pain from the water than what she's
giving me. She finally lets go and

435
00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:17.079
warps away from my shower. Spray
shit, I'm bleeding again, Neranda glares

436
00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:22.440
at me now, much to my
surprise, she's not the least bit angry

437
00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:28.480
with me. Yes, you are
giving me quite the challenge, Reagan Devereux,

438
00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:34.360
She licks her lips. Your blood
is so incredibly delicious. I think

439
00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:38.400
I may just keep you and drink
from you on special occasions. Perhaps you

440
00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:44.320
shall be the special reserve label blood
I drink after I marry your man.

441
00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:50.119
I can see the steam coming off
of her burning skin. How are you

442
00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:54.599
able to be safe from me under
your shower? It's not this shower alone,

443
00:38:54.920 --> 00:39:00.480
I inform her, it's any shower
I happen to stand underneath. I

444
00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:04.559
start to close up my chosen vampire
trap. When I leave the nozzle I'm

445
00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:09.800
under and move to another. See
for yourself. Miranda cautiously moves to the

446
00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:15.280
nozzle I was underneath. Sure enough, her skin's not burning under that spray

447
00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:20.920
now. Yet she comes too close
to the spray I'm now underneath, and

448
00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:25.519
her skin is burning again. She
curses me, but is oddly happy at

449
00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:30.320
the same time. I quickly move
to the shower entrance, where there are

450
00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:34.599
two heavy spraying nozzles. I squat
down and make the sign of the Cross

451
00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:37.760
on the floors. There. I
make my way around to each of the

452
00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:43.039
other sprays and make the same sign
underneath them. Noranda tries to stop me,

453
00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:46.440
but has to keep away since the
water's spraying on me is deadly to

454
00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:52.840
her. You think you can just
seal me in here like this, Noranda

455
00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:58.360
yells, exactly. I tell her, every shower nozzle in here is deadly

456
00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:02.320
holy water to you now. In
fact, I even disinfected my wounds with

457
00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:07.639
it. You hurt me, Miranda, but I'm sure my pain's nowhere near

458
00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:10.400
to what you're feeling right now.
In fact, I don't even think you

459
00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:15.800
could turn into mist to be able
to escape my trap. Miranda falls to

460
00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.599
her knees. She's not directly under
the nozzles, but the steam is too

461
00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:22.360
much for her. Her skin is
as red as a lobster's shell. She

462
00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:27.679
tries to change into a wolf,
then a bat. She howls with pain

463
00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:31.239
before she returns to her human form
and falls flat on her face and chest

464
00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:37.719
on the floor. Now it's time
to prepare her for old time's sake.

465
00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:45.280
Chapter seven, Miranda wakes up and
finds herself secured to a table in the

466
00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:52.039
infirmary. She tries to sit up
and finds she can't move. Like your

467
00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:55.760
daughter before you, I've bound you
with a crucifix. I tell her you're

468
00:40:55.880 --> 00:41:01.320
mine now. Miranda is still badly
burned from being in holy water showers with

469
00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:07.679
me. As for me, I'm
dry now aside from my hair. She

470
00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:12.280
looks up at me now, like
Shiranda Thorn before her, she tries using

471
00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:15.679
her glam on me. Then she
sees my eyes glowing red, the way

472
00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:22.719
Siranda and so many of my other
victims before her have seen. What are

473
00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:28.159
you? Neranda demands, you cannot
possibly be a human woman. I can

474
00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:32.280
feel your evil emitting from your very
eyes. I wonder if I'll ever understand

475
00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:37.159
why my victims think I'm so evil. And then I put my hands on

476
00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:43.719
the pit of my stomach and feel
my familiar passenger. I moan softly,

477
00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:50.199
knowing my bloodlust has returned. Coupled
with my new emotions, It feels just

478
00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:57.039
amazing. I want more than anything
to put Nearanda to death and claim her.

479
00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:00.880
Now, Nearanda sees the plaques playing
the pictures of the dead guards I

480
00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:06.760
found. You and your minions have
killed these people. Many of them had

481
00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:10.400
families who loved them a great deal. I understand your vile nature as a

482
00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:16.400
vampire, but in my eyes,
you're all vicious murderers. You even tried

483
00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:21.480
to take my love from me,
regardless of whether you ever planned on keeping

484
00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:25.320
your word and letting him go.
I will not be letting you go like

485
00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:30.480
your daughter before you. You're going
to die by my hands. Very shortly,

486
00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:36.639
Miranda opens her mouth to show her
fangs. My family will never stop

487
00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:38.920
coming for you, Reagan Devereux.
If you kill me here today, you

488
00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:43.480
will have enemies at every turn.
The house of Thorn is a great one.

489
00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:45.719
Allow me to live, and I
shall bring you into my house.

490
00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:52.400
You would be greatly worshiped for your
abilities as a prolific killer alone. I

491
00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:58.440
consider her a moment. Then,
I tell her, perhaps if you would

492
00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:01.239
have approached me years ago when I
was a child and raised me yourself,

493
00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:06.800
I might have been as your offering. But I was raised by a good

494
00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:10.800
and wonderful person who taught me to
be a good girl and instilled her values

495
00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:15.480
in me. She even taught me
her ways of dealing with your kind.

496
00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:21.639
I can never take innocence. I
just can't do it. No, you

497
00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:24.280
will die here today. If your
family comes for me, then they come

498
00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:30.480
for me. None of us will
live forever, nor are we promised tomorrow.

499
00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:37.320
You are a fool to refuse my
offer, Reagan. Noranda yells a

500
00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:43.480
fool, But today you're the fool, I remind her, Or have you

501
00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:46.239
suddenly forgotten what I'm about to do
to you. I reach over to my

502
00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:52.199
instruments and pick up one of the
sharp wooden steaks I made, and now

503
00:43:52.599 --> 00:44:00.320
Nearanda thorn. Let the punishment fit
the crime. When I raise there's the

504
00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:04.880
steak, she yells for me to
stop. I do for a moment.

505
00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:09.000
Then she asks me how I was
able to make those showers spray holy water.

506
00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:14.920
She tells me I must at least
tell her that, but I don't,

507
00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:22.239
and bring the steak right down,
hard and fast. Noranda screams when

508
00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:28.400
the steak pierces her heart from the
front to the back. I wait until

509
00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:34.760
she finally dies. However, her
body doesn't immediately start burning into ash,

510
00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:43.960
which means Nearanda Thorn had lived long
enough to become a master vampire. I

511
00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:46.679
pick up the blade I made in
the maintenance shop a block away and use

512
00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:52.599
it to decapitate her. I grab
her hair and lift her head up high.

513
00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:58.280
Feeling both my emotions and my bloodlust
together. I've never been more excited.

514
00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:01.480
I've just killed my first ef FA
or a master vampire. Mama will

515
00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:06.360
be so proud of me. I
think I'm even crying with joy now.

516
00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:12.400
So how did I make the shower
spray holy water? Well? When I

517
00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:16.199
turned eighteen, Mama had me do
something really strange. She made me sign

518
00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:22.000
up online to become an ordained minister. Mama and I don't believe in the

519
00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:27.239
existence of God or Satan, but
she explained that using artifacts of the holy

520
00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:30.400
and being a minister doesn't mean faith
in God. It means believing that these

521
00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:36.400
weapons can protect you against the beings
who are vulnerable to them. Now do

522
00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:39.679
you understand, I simply blessed myself
and the spots on the floor in the

523
00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:45.679
shower to turn the water holy,
like I said, Mama taught baby.

524
00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:51.400
Well, but today I learned a
valuable lesson that the master vampire I had

525
00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:55.599
just killed taught me before I ended
her. I know what I need to

526
00:45:55.599 --> 00:46:00.880
do. Now. It's time for
me to go find Drake and show Nearanda's

527
00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:07.280
minions that she's lost our contest.
After placing Nearanda's body in the incinerator,

528
00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:13.119
I gathered the stakes I made,
armed myself with a few crosses, and

529
00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:17.039
pocketed several bottles of holy water.
I'll go down fighting if that's what those

530
00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:24.000
vampires want. I secure Nearanda's head
and carry it in my hand. I'm

531
00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:30.119
coming for you, Drake. Did
you hear that? Better check the locks

532
00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:39.360
on your doors weekly, Spooky,
We'll be right back. Chapter eight.

533
00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:47.159
You're never going to believe this.
I returned to the chapel ready for the

534
00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:51.960
fight of my life. I was
truly ready to die to save Drake.

535
00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:58.599
I came into the chapel and held
up Nearanda's head for her minions to see.

536
00:46:58.679 --> 00:47:02.519
Your master is ma. I yelled, honor the bargain and let Drake

537
00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:07.000
go, or come out here and
fight me yourselves to keep him. My

538
00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:13.239
bloodlust is really hungry for more vampires, but it would not get any more

539
00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:20.440
today. The bodies of Miranda's minions, or rather their ashen remains are everywhere.

540
00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:24.400
I do find Drake behind the altar, unconscious. I check him over

541
00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:29.079
and see he's not bitten, even
using a mirror to see his reflection.

542
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:35.280
Knowing he wasn't sired, I shake
him awake as he struggles to come too.

543
00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:37.719
I know that he was glamed.
I look around to see if there

544
00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:45.920
are any other vampires waiting to attack, but they don't. Rage Drake utters,

545
00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:49.760
Are you all right? I ask, helping him to his feet.

546
00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:54.760
Drake gasps when he sees Neranda's head
on the altar. Then he sees the

547
00:47:54.760 --> 00:48:00.079
look on my face and knows what
I'm about to say isn't going to be

548
00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:06.519
be good? Rage, he utters
again. I look him in the eyes.

549
00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:13.039
I'm not going to marry you,
Drake. In fact, it's over

550
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:16.960
between you and me. I really
do mean it this time. I remove

551
00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:23.920
the engagement ring and place it in
his hand. But Rage, he stammers.

552
00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:29.719
He doesn't see me cry like I've
done many times before when I couldn't

553
00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:35.760
allow myself to be separated from him. Go and live your life, Drake,

554
00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:39.239
Kasmarak. I tell him, I'm
going to be in this prison for

555
00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:45.360
the rest of my natural life,
and that's not fair to you. While

556
00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:47.280
you were able to come and visit
me here and even spend nights with me,

557
00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:53.000
you can't ultimately live here with me. Ultimately you won't want to live

558
00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:59.400
with me. I've taken far too
many lives. I don't even know if

559
00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:06.159
I'm human or not. I just
killed this master vampire, and I loved

560
00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:10.519
it. I step away from Drake. I mean it. Leave here now

561
00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:15.199
and go live your life. Find
yourself another mate to be happy with.

562
00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:21.760
All I'll ever bring you is misery. You may not think so now,

563
00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:24.800
but over time you're going to wish
you'd never met me, Or did you

564
00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:29.840
forget why you came looking for me
in the first place. I tighten my

565
00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:36.360
fists and scream, I killed Annie
Judge. Now Drake is finally looking at

566
00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:38.960
me the way I knew he would. I can see some contempt on his

567
00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:45.719
face. I killed Annie Judge.
I repeat, I will never regret killing

568
00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:50.079
her, Drake. You and I
both know why she deserved to die.

569
00:49:50.760 --> 00:49:54.639
In fact, I will never regret
killing any of my victims. I grab

570
00:49:54.679 --> 00:50:01.239
and raise Neroanda's head again, including
this master vampire. I glare at him.

571
00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:07.320
Now he gasps when he sees how
red my eyes have become. Don't

572
00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:13.519
you understand I'll never be your perfect
mate. I'll never be a normal woman,

573
00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:17.280
and you deserve so much, so
much better than me. I put

574
00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:22.719
the head back on the altar.
I release you, Drake, go and

575
00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:28.280
live the rest of your life.
Hopefully you'll be able to find someone who

576
00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:34.239
can truly make you happy. You're
a good man, but I am not

577
00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:38.480
a good woman. I told you
a long time ago that I'm damaged and

578
00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:44.880
can never be made whole again.
Leave me now and never return here to

579
00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:51.280
see me ever again. In fact, I will leave instructions that you are

580
00:50:51.320 --> 00:50:55.000
banned from seeing me unless it's for
a case you absolutely need my help.

581
00:50:55.039 --> 00:51:00.239
On Drake doesn't say anything to me. I know I've heard him again.

582
00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:07.280
I know I hurt him deep when
I killed Anny Judge, but this will

583
00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:13.920
likely hurt him just as deep.
In time, he will heal. I

584
00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:17.599
follow behind him where I can see
him and he can't see me. I

585
00:51:17.679 --> 00:51:24.559
watch from an open door as he
gets into his car and leaves. Wow,

586
00:51:24.719 --> 00:51:30.039
I left him so distraught that he
completely forgot I can easily walk out

587
00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:35.239
of glen View altogether. I could
literally be a free woman this very night,

588
00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:45.800
or rather Christmas Day, as the
nearby clock strikes midnight. I know

589
00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:49.199
I have the skills to be able
to stay on the run and avoid law

590
00:51:49.280 --> 00:51:53.760
enforcement. I could even leave the
country and live somewhere free of this place's

591
00:51:53.920 --> 00:52:00.880
rules. The ironic truth here is, however, that I really don't want

592
00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:07.199
to go. I know I've done
wrong. In spite of the fact I've

593
00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:13.719
saved so many lives and claimed so
many corrupt souls, the truth is I

594
00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:20.599
still continue to feel very much at
peace here. It's then when it begins

595
00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:24.719
to snow, I stand in the
doorway and watch it come down. The

596
00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:30.480
Christmas lights that line the fence aren't
the prettiest to look at, but I'll

597
00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:36.679
take it. Suddenly I feel somebody
near me. I turn and see Chessie

598
00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:43.960
Carver Reagan. She utters. She
and I look at each other. I'm

599
00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:50.320
so overjoyed that she's okay. Looks
like she probably got knocked out. Chessie

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sees I can easily escape glen View. She doesn't even have her gun on

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her. She has her belt,
but no gun. Chessie. It gives

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me a beckoning look. Please do
the right thing, Reagan, don't escape.

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I give her a warm smile and
approach her. I think she's wondering

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if I'm going to kill her,
but I wrap my arms around her.

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Then I feel her hug me back. I just wanted to see the snow.

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I tell her it's Christmas. Now, I'm so glad you're all right.

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We hug for a moment, then
we come apart. Chessie seems more

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confident in me now, want to
take me back to my block. I

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ask, I promise I won't fight
you. Chessie nods. I hold out

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my hands for her to cuff me, but she takes my hand. We

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walk back to my block, where
I let her open my special cell go

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back inside. It's only minutes after
she locks me up that the state police

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finally arrive. Chessie tells them everything
she knows. Seeing I'm in my cell,

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they don't even question me. As
for Drake, no one ever knew

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he was there during Neiranda's raid.
It's one week later New Year's Eve.

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Chessie actually agreed to sit at her
station and watch me. Tonight, she

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could have gone to be with her
family and friends to watch the ball drop

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or whatever people do to ring in
the New Year. Mama was already here

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and we spent the day together.
As for Christmas Eve, she got the

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full story from me on what happened. Like I said, she was very

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proud of me for slaying my first
master vampire. She was even more proud

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of me for not escaping here when
I had the chance. She said I

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was truly a good girl and that
she raised me right in spite of the

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fact I was a serial killer.
She was still sad and wondering where she

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went wrong with me on that I
assured her it was nothing she did.

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She also said she was very sorry
for what happened between Drake and I.

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Speaking of Drake, he hasn't been
back here since Christmas Eve. Aside from

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Mama, the only visitor I got
was Chief Cobbs from the North Ridgeway PD.

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He had a case he wanted my
help on. Once I cracked it,

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he thanked me personally. Now I'm
here with Chessie. She's not Mama,

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but she's a motherly woman to me
just the same. She later told

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me that I had saved her daughter's
life years ago when a rapist tried to

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take advantage of her. She told
me the name of the man. Yes,

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I did kill him for that very
reason. I didn't admit to it,

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but Chessie said I didn't have to. She even called me a good

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girl too. As Chessie and I
are playing another game of chess in my

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cell, she gets a call at
her station phone. I wait while she

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goes and answers it. Then she
looks my way and tells me I have

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a visitor. She doesn't know who
it is and asks if I want to

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see the young woman waiting for me. Who would come to visit me on

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New Year's Eve. I wonder out
loud, then I nod and tell Chessie

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it may be a law enforcement official
with another case for me to work on.

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Chessie confirms the meeting. As I
come out of my cell to walk

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with her. Chessie takes me to
the room where I get my cases.

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But it's not any kind of law
enforcement person that I've ever seen. It's

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a girl who looks to be either
seventeen or eighteen. She's very skinny and

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has long blonde hair. Then I
see her red eyes and know immediately that

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she's a vampire. I turned to
Chessie and nod once I'll be okay,

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Chessie nods once herself and leaves,
locking the door behind me. Then I

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sit down across from this vampire Reagan
Devereux right, She asks me, or

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do you prefer rage? Rage is
fine? I reply. The girl smiles.

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My name's Bella Tabon. I'd like
it very much if we could have

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ourselves a friendly chat. I can't
lie. I got choked up. That

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was a great fun revisit for Rage, And when Rob and I decided we

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were going to do this, I
got very excited. Rage is one of

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those characters that I've watched grow and
blossom here on Weekly Spooky, and Rob

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has been kind enough to involve me
in the creative elements, so in a

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way, she kind of feels like
my baby too. I hope you enjoyed

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that story as much as I did, and I hope it's helped you feel

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very Christmasy, but in the most
gory and bloody kind of way. And

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with Rage and Bella Tabon meeting up, who knows what could be coming down

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the pike. I guess the only
way to know for sure will be to

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subscribe, because in the new year, some stuff is gonna go down.

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I tell you right now, and
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to say an extra special thank you
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Craig Cohen. Thank you guys from
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worry. Next Wednesday we'll be back
with a brand new New Year's story just

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for you. And of course we
have a show tomorrow and Monthly Spooky on

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Christmas Day. But now I've got
to get out of here. There's so

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much to do, and that includes
celebrating and making merry so for myself,

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for my executive producers Rob Fields and
Mark Shields, for my producer Dan Wilder,

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my composer Ray Mattis. I will
talk at you very very soon,

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and Merry Christmas. Guys. Thank
you for listening. Make sure to find

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your way back next week, but
for now you are safe, trust me,