Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Buffy TV Novelisations 01 by The Harvest # Richie Tankersley Cusick

Author:The Harvest # Richie Tankersley Cusick [Cusick, The Harvest # Richie Tankersley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-29T11:03:29+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Things certainly didn’t look any brighter the next morning.

Even in the peaceful calm of the school library, a feeling of doom hung thick in the air. No one had gotten any sleep, and Jesse was still missing. Buffy couldn’t remember when she’d been so sore; her body ached all over and her brain felt numb. She’d had to hide her injuries from her mother, so now she rummaged through Giles’s office for some makeshift bandages. Giles stood at the railing on the upper level of bookshelves and tried to give Xander and Willow an explanation for what was happening.

“This world is older than any of you know,” he told them solemnly, spinning a globe for emphasis. “And contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons, demons walked the earth. Made it their home … their hell.”

Willow and Xander both listened intently, their expressions every bit as grave as Giles’s own.

“In time they lost their purchase on this reality,” he continued, carrying an armload of books down the stairs, “and the way was made for the mortal animals. For man. What remains of the Old Ones are vestiges. Certain magics, certain creatures …”

“And vampires,” Buffy added.

She emerged at last from Giles’s office, wrapping a bandage around her forearm. Xander stood up, clearly agitated.

“Okay, this is where I have a problem, see, because we’re now talking about vampires.” He frowned. “We’re having a talk with vampires in it.”

“Isn’t that what we saw last night?” Willow asked.

“No, those weren’t vampires,” Buffy quipped. “Those were just some guys in thundering need of a facial. Or maybe they had rabies—coulda been rabies. And that guy turning to dust … just a trick of the light.” She ignored the look Xander gave her and regarded him with total understanding. “That’s exactly what I said the first time I saw a vampire. I mean, when I was done with the screaming part.”

“Oooh …” Willow murmured. “I need to sit down.”

“You are sitting down,” Buffy reminded her.

“Oh.” Willow gave a vacant nod. “Good for me.”

“So vampires are demons?” Xander went on, while Giles again tried to clarify.

“The books tell that the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed—infected—by the demon’s soul.” Giles handed Xander one of the heavy volumes. “He bit another, and another … and so they walk the earth feeding. Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out and the Old Ones to return.”

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