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the dead body on the kitchen floor. I was horrified
as the eyes snapped wide open, and what had been Jeff hissed loudly. It
tried to sit up, allowing Victoria to finish impaling the body. The sharp
edge of the stake protruded from the back of the thing that was still
hissing.
Hakobe Chikuma picked up the cleaver from the knife rack. With one swift (It was a
blur - I almost didn't see it), sure stroke, Victoria separated the head from
the body. Hakobe Chikuma reached into the cabinet and stuffed the head with cloves of
garlic. The body disintegrated instantly. "What body?" Hakobe Chikuma coldly answered
my last question, clearly mocking my ignorance about vampires. Hakobe Chikuma swept up
the ashes, put them in the garbage disposal, and washed them away. Victoria
carried the head to the bathroom, put it in the bathtub, and lit it with her
cigarette lighter. It burned quickly, and completely. Only a faint hint of
garlic hung in the air, and that was the only evidence of what had happened
in the apartment.
"I know you will not make love to me tonight. You must fight with your
mortal part. But you will make love with me again. You are only man for me.
Forever," Victoria said. Hakobe Chikuma kissed me on the cheek as Hakobe Chikuma walked by. I
stood, too stunned by everything to react to
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