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every one there was dead. The demons, the wizards who’d attacked them, everybody had died. Except her. Only she and the remnant of some
strange, evil power survived. I found Sarah like this. She was bathed in blood
but alive, immersed in this strange state. I never found out what really
happened there. She’s never wanted to talk about it. She was only fourteen
years then; today, she’s twenty-four and dying.”
    “Why is she dying? Why didn’t you try to turn her?”
    Gedeon’s outraged demand and his suddenly aggressive
attitude toward the other vampire took Duncan by surprise. What the fuck is
happening to him?
    “It’s not her body that’s killing her. It’s her. Since that
terrible day, she has lived in some kind of dream world and she stubbornly
refuses to come back to us,” Samgar explained.
    “You can talk with her?” Duncan inquired intrigued.
    “Yes and no. She decides if and when she wants to talk with
someone and she’s also the one who controls who is admitted into her world.”
    “But—” Duncan said.
    “She’s a dream-walker, a very powerful one, in fact,” Xiu
explained. “Not everybody is able to create a parallel world and live there, as
she has done. She inhabits more than a dream world… It’s like another
dimension.” His admiration was written on his face. “However, that’s not what
is debilitating her…” He directed an accusing glance in Samgar’s direction.
    “No, you’re right. The evil I sensed that day… She has
somehow captured it in her dreams and is using her power to keep it tied to her
world. That’s the reason she doesn’t return; she fears that if she does,
that…that thing will come back with her.”
    “Why didn’t you explain to her that once she’s here, you can
protect her and destroy whatever is threatening her?” asked Duncan, confused.
    “Because she isn’t worried for herself, and because both of
us are aware by now that I’m not powerful enough to destroy it.”
    “What!” Duncan and Gedeon gasped in unison.
    “I’ve attempted to do so, of course…and more than once. I
cannot use my powers in her dimension and even if I could, I’m not powerful
enough. The entity, whatever it is… It isn’t from our world… I’m afraid Sarah
is right; we can’t take the chance on allowing that being return.”
    “You’re going to let her die so this ‘thing’, as you call
it, dies with her?” Ged shouted, obviously furious.
    “No. Actually, I believe the only bond tying the entity to
her world is Sarah herself. Once she dies, her world won’t have the power to
retain the evil and it’ll return to wreak havoc here.”
    “So you want us to…?” Duncan asked, seeking a clear goal.
    “I want you to go to her world to destroy it.”
    “What makes you believe we’ll succeed where you failed? My
strength is more or less the same as yours; we both know that. In a clean
fight, I’m not sure which one of us would come out the winner,” Gedeon stated
plainly.
    “First of all, you’re three of the most experienced and
lethal fighters I’ve ever met. Second, you have Xiucatl, who hopefully can
manage to take his powers to Sarah’s world and help you to enhance your own. He
has the skill to be at both places at the same time and to communicate between
both worlds; whereas, you can only enter her world while your body is sleeping
here. Your third advantage is that Duncan is not affected by sunlight as you
and Xiucatl are in a certain way, which means he can protect you all—Sarah
included—during the day.” Samgar continued, answering Duncan’s question before
he’d even thought to ask, “Sarah’s world has her own standards and norms,
although the rules for night folk are usually the same as here. So if you’re
sensitive to the sunlight here, it will be the same there.”
    “Smart girl,” murmured Duncan, earning a hard glare from
Gedeon. “What? It’s a security measure for her. In the event night folk attempt
to attack her in