LOVE, LUST AND BLOOD

VE, 10

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er had given me instructions not to leave until she had returned. She was gone for a long

so dark, and all I could see was a tree at the far end on my left and a

my mother with my twin brother, Solomon. She let him kneel beside me, and he gave a

I heard Mother shout. "Let us

and also a very powerful witch; I did not kn

tands on the cave walls. Susana appeared in front of us in her usual attire; a red r

ilomena," she

s she walked past us and returned to where she came from. After a few moments, she retur

d what was going on. The torches flickered, and a great wind blew into

d dancing. She spread her hands, which held the bowl towards

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her say," The bl

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r of the impossible; speed, agility, str

Mother, who knelt bes

my throat. I gave the bowl to Solomon

in the air, chanting once more. The wind

t the cold metal of the dagger pierce through my heart, and then she dragged the