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Miri,” he said, turning to the redheaded vampire. “Before you were ‘killed’, you were running Sam’s magic as like, an application. But you were still running on Quentin OS, or the OS of whoever your demon was when you were made a vampire. After you were brought back, you were running pure Sam OS—you got the full upgrade.”
    “Everything in the world can’t be explained with computers, Mike,” said Cassie.
    “I don’t know about that,” said Serenus, scratching behind his ear. “After all, isn’t technology what humans have done to take the place of magic? Maybe it’s not surprising that the same concepts often apply.”
    “In any case, you all have to renounce all of your former masters by name, swear your allegiance to me, and drink a drop of my blood,” Sam continued. “Once that’s done, you all should be able to walk in the sun again.”
    “And eat food, don’t forget that part,” Miri chimed in.
    “No one’s forgetting that,” Nyesha said.
    Miri poked her friend in the arm. “Penne a la vodka. Penne a la vodka. Penne a la vodka.”
    “I don’t need you to remind me!”
    “Everyone, be careful,” said Eugene, standing up. “Only take the tiniest drop of the blood on the very tip of your tongue. We can’t handle much demon blood.”
    “Cassie and Ethan, if you would,” Sam said, motioning for them to come to him.
    Cassie took a deep breath, stood up and walked up to Sam. He held out his hand, which she took, and she felt that odd sensation of warmth leaving her body. Now that they’d spent the last month practicing this, the energy transfer didn’t leave her feeling tired like it used to, but it was still disconcerting. After he was done with her, he put his hand on Ethan’s head, and the boy closed his eyes. Cassie was curious why he didn’t use Ethan’s arm to draw magic like he did with her, but it didn’t seem like the time to ask.
    After performing a quick cloaking spell to guard the shop’s interior from prying eyes, Sam took out his pocket knife and slit his palm open with a quick motion, making Cassie wince. “Line up, I guess.”
    As the vampires lined up for the ritual, Cassie turned to Miri, who had no need to drink Sam’s blood. “I don’t get it. I thought vampires lived on the magic in blood. Why is demon blood so bad for you?”
    “Too much of a good thing,” said Miri, watching Nyesha line up behind Billingsly with a worried expression on her face. “It’s like a drug, a little bit makes you feel great but too much and you could OD and die.”
    “Do you want to drink it?” Mike asked, curious.
    Miri scrunched up her small face. “Yes and no. It’s probably better that I don’t, since I kind of have an addictive personality.”
    “Kind of?” Cassie echoed.
    “Shut it.”
    Before Liam, who was first in line, could kneel before Sam, there was a sound from the back—like someone, or something, was thrashing against the door of the break room. Sam closed his eyes.
    “Oh for—could someone please let her in?”
    Jay ran to the break room door and opened it, letting in Vladmira, who circled the room for a moment before setting on Sam’s shoulder. The little bat flapped her wings even after she had landed, like she was showing them off. Sam tilted his head to stop her wing from brushing against his ear.
    “Couldn’t miss a party, huh?” said Sam, petting the creature gently with his non-bloody hand. Vladmira made a soft squeaking noise in response.
    Without further ado, Liam knelt and began the ritual, keeping his light blue eyes fixed on Sam’s shoes.
    “I renounce all of my ties with Thomas, son of Belial; Harold, son of Rosekiel; and Quentin, son of Asmodeus. I pledge my service, now and forever, to Samuel, son of Sammael,” he said. At that, Sam lowered his hand and Liam took the smallest drop of blood, using only the tip of his tongue as Eugene had instructed. He shuddered slightly as he swallowed, then stood back up and moved to the side