But he was imploring me silently. Why did this come about! His voice almost dried in his throat as he repeated it aloud, as he tried to curb his rage. “You explain to me! Why you, you with the strength of ten vampires and the courage of a hell full of devils, crashing through the world in your brocade and your leather boots! Lelio, the actor from the House of Thesbians, making us into grand drama on the boulevard! Tell me! Tell me why!” “It was Magnus’s strength, Magnus’s genius,” sang the woman vampire with the most wistful smile. “No!” He shook his head. “I tell you, he is beyond all
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