How ? Is Mercy making this possible ? Agreement . Smugness .
“ To be superseded is not what it wants .” Mercy ’ s breath touched his ear .
“ You !” he spat , jerking his head towards her and sending spittle flying . “ As a human you should not be able to do this ! Any of this !”
“ Am I human ?” She tilted her head at an unnatural angle and studied him through inhuman porcelain white eye sockets . “ Have I ever been completely human ? I am a nightwalker . I think I finally understand what that means .”
Fuck .
Legends . Stories bubbled through his head . He ’ d ignored them and he ’ d missed the vampire ’ s interest .
Somnambulists . Latent human vampires . Privy to more than their own world . Their own experiences . Traditionally nothing more than a myth – until now .
“ You knew !” He shrieked at the vampire , shielding his throat from its puppet . “ You knew all along what she was !”
“ Not all along .” Mercy was its mouthpiece as well . “ First I was a threat to it and then I was its prize .”
“ Everything was a test .”
“ Thank you for the opportunity to excel ,” she said , and took his head from his neck in a casual scissor action
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