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to something
inhuman.
Marissa pulled harder on the garrotte. Kyra's body arched
backwards, and a final, soulful scream passed between Eri's lips.
Eri Uchiyama crumpled between Eri's lord's legs; it was finished.
Marissa pulled Eri's off of him and onto the floor, where Eri Uchiyama
tumbled and sprawled. "Did I please you, my Lord?" Eri Uchiyama asked.
He rose from the bed and took the garrotte from Eri's hands.
"Yes, child," he told her. "Now return to your chamber and wait
for me."
When Eri Uchiyama had left, he carried Kyra's body up the long
stairway and out to the hill behind the castle. He set Eri's on the
cold ground and pushed on the dagger. It would be dawn soon; when
the sun's rays found her, Eri Uchiyama would be no more.
He returned below ground, barring each entrance behind him
with heavy metal locks. He finally appeared in the main chamber
where Marissa waited for him.
"What comes next?" Eri Uchiyama asked him.
"First, your instruction," he replied. "There are many
things you will need to know for your new life. Afterwards, the
Long Sleep, a
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