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very flowery announcement to the others. How he had been in Milwaukee when Allurius met
you, how he was the one who kept draining you of your blood when you were first turned. He
had sent Kascien to do his bidding however, killing Gwen capturing you and so forth, just to
keep himself inconspicuous and his plans to bring me back and destroy me. She laughed
 Imagine that it would be that easy, to overthrow me. I could come back whenever I felt
like it. I wouldn't have to wait for any special eyes. She said and I stared at her eyes, of
course they were magenta.
 Alright time to send you back! She patted my leg and stood me up.
 Wait, where did you come from? What is this place? I asked.
 Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou? Isra said playfully
squeezing the end of my nose.
I stared at her.  You're quoting the bible? I asked and she winked.
 Why not? It's as good a book as any. She brushed her fingers through my hair.
 Could I stay here with you? I said finally.
 Absolutely not, you'll go back and all my children will be safe from extinction, as always. I
wouldn't allow anything to happen. She took my hand and led me to a clear pond.
I heard my name coming out of it.  Alana, wake up baby. It said softly.
 Wait, I don't understand, why did he kill Gwen? I frowned looking away from the pond
and back to Isra.
 You're not a very bright one are you? She quipped.  Gwen knew way too much, she
was an inconvenience to Azriel. Why she even realized that someone must have dazzled Al-
lurius into turning you so quickly, it was very hasty and sudden even for someone like him.
She watched varying emotions flicker across my face. So what did that mean, had Allurius
been tricked into turning me.
 Isra...  I began but she put her finger to my lips and then kissed my forehead. She put
her hands over my eyes and then pushed me backward and I fell down into the pond.
Allurius...
Alana's eyes sprang open, her eyes were their original deep rich brown and she exhaled
deeply. She was glowing, literally. She began coughing as Dresden and I seized her into our
crushing embrace.
 Alana. I said softly and she held us both as best as she could. She was shivering and
her nearly nude body was slick with blood. Then she wiggled out of our arms and ran over to
the girl who was quiet and standing alone.
 Eloise. Alana said softly and brought her over to where we stood. Shay was on her tiny
phone standing apart from us and Adam remained silent, we had decided against telling
Alana about Rachelle's death too soon.
I noticed Shay standing over the tub frowning. Curious, I ventured over to see that it was
utterly and completely empty. Shay locked eyes with me and we both turned to glance at
Alana who still had a halo of gold light around her skin. We seemed to be the only two who
noticed this as Dresden had taken Adam to the side and began talking to him low and rapidly.
 You'll take her with you wont you? Alana was saying softly to Micahlene. I think we were
all amazed by her calm. I was relishing in it however and I wasn't looking forward to the
posttraumatic stress that would surely set in eventually. Micahlene of course agreed, it
seemed she would always take in our cast offs, and after hugging Alana began to talk to
Eloise very gently. Eloise didn't answer however, and kept looking toward her twin's limp
headless body on the dais.
Alana then leapt into Dresden's arms again burying her head into his neck.
 I missed you, I missed you, she murmured over and over again. He took off his blood
splattered suit jacket and placed it around her shoulders while he spoke softly to her.
Shay abruptly informed us that we should leave the building immediately as Vallen was
going to have the place swept through then imploded. We that were left went back to the
house in Mojave. Adam left as soon as he was cleaned up. Alana watched him silently and
even went to stand outside as he drove away. We were tense that she would make some sort
of connection but she never said anything.
Shay treated us very indifferently not even acknowledging Alana. She considered her
weak and therefore didn't exist especially since Alana wouldn't talk about her time at the
castle or what had happened after she had been drowned, and was gone the next night with
out so much as a word of goodbye. She did take Micahlene aside and whisper something low,
to which Micahlene gasped and nodded her head in understanding.
Shay had been wrong about Christian she told us. Christian had been undercover for the
Webbs, which is how Vallen got all of his information. I bit back my bitterness and the things I
wanted to yell at them on account of this. I knew Alana was glad to have Shay gone. Soon
when Eloise, with her sea green eyes, was as near to »okay' as she was going to get Micah-
lene gathered her up and went back to Melbourne. Then Alana, Dresden and I were left to go
back home to Lake Forest.
The Eternal Kiss
Part Four
The sun has come
The mists have gone
We see in the distance our long way home
I was always yours to have
You were always mine
We have loved each other in and out of time
-Maya Angelou »In and Out of Time'
The Eternal Kiss
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