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Kyra finished reading the invocation and closed the book.
was panting, feeling the burning desire to once again taste
blood, to steal life. He ignored her; Kyra would hunt no more.
He rose and went to Marissa's limp body. Closing 's eyes,
he kissed 's lips and raised the chalice above his head. He then
intoned the final words.
"Some are created from water.
"Others from Wind, unto which they are like.
"Some from Earth.
"Some from Clouds.
"Others from Solar Vapors.
"Others from the keenness and strength of Fire; and when they
are invoked or summoned, they come always with great noise, and
with the terrible nature of fire."
He overturned the chalice. As the water hit her, Marissa
opened 's eyes wide and shrieked. 's hands clawed in the air,
and 's legs kicked wildly. The restraints held 's within the
Cradle, but still it was so awful that Kyra -- even Kyra, who had
seen so much! -- flinched.
He invoked the Great Ones now: Qadosch, Tzabaoth, Asophiel,
Athanatos. Athanatos, Eater of Life, whose visage turned even
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