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2、ois,atthisverymoment,mostlikelypluckingmeoutofsomebook-relatedcrisis.PrologueSometimesthefirethatlickstheskinfromhisbonesdiesdown.Itishisfire.Inarecessofhismindstillcapableofrationalthought,hebelievesthis.Hisfirebecausehe’sfeditforcenturieswithhisdestroyedbodyanddecayingmind.Longago—andwhokn
3、owshowmuchtimehastoiledpast—theVampireHordetrappedhiminthesecatacombsdeepbeneathParis.Hestandschainedagainstarock,pinnedattwoplacesoneachlimbandoncearoundhisneck.Beforehim—anopeningintohellthatspewsfire.Herehewaitsandsuffers,offeredtoacolumnoffirethatmayweakenbutisnever-ending—never-ending,j
4、ustlikehislife.Hisexistenceistoburntodeathrepeatedly,onlytohavehisdoggedimmortalityrevivehimagain.Detailedfantasiesofretributionhavegottenhimthisfar;nursingtherageinhisheartisallhehas.Untilher.Overthecenturies,hehassometimeshearduncannynewthingsinthestreetsabove,occasionallysmelledParischang
5、ingseasons.Butnowhehasscentedher,hismate,theonewomanmadeforhimalone.Theonewomanhe’dsearchedforwithoutceaseforathousandyears—upuntilthedayofhiscapture.Theflameshaveebbed.Atthismoment,shelingerssomewhereabove.Itisenough.Onearmstrainsagainstitsbondsuntilthethickmetalcutsintohisskin.Blooddrips,t
6、henpours.Everymuscleinhisweakenedbodyworksinconcert,strivingtodowhathe’sneverbeenabletoforaneternitybefore.Forher,hecandothis.Hemust….Hisyellturnstoachokingcoughasheripstwobondsfree.Hedoesn’thavetimetodisbelievewhathe’saccomplished.Sheissoclose,hecanalmostfeelher.Needher.Anotherarmwrenchesfr
7、ee.Withbothhandsheclenchesthemetalbitingintohisneck,vaguelyrememberingthedaythethick,longpinwashammeredintoplace.Heknowsitstwoendsareembeddedatleastthreefeetdown.Hisstrengthiswaning,butnothingwillstophimwhenshe’ssoclose.Inarushofrockanddust,themeta
