The Vampire Lestat: Vampire Chronicles 2 by Anne Rice

Author:Anne Rice [Rice, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Vampires, Romance, Horror, Horror Fiction, Horror Tales, Occult & Supernatural, Ghost, Literary, Erotica, Lestat (Fictitious Character), Science Fiction Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels, Lestat (Ficticious Character)
ISBN: 9780345476883
Google: HRoME_H3n8UC
Amazon: 0345419642
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1985-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

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"Lovers with a human face, " he mocked me. "Don't you see your error? The other one hates you beyond all reason, and she-why, the dark blood has made her even colder, has it not? But even for her, strong as she is, there will come moments when she fears to be immortal, and who will she blame for what was done to her? "

"You are a fool, " Gabrielle whispered.

"You tried to protect the violinist from it. But you never sought to protect her. "

"Don't say any more, " I answered. "You make me hate you. Is that what you want? "

"But I speak the truth and you know it. And what you will never know, either of you, is the full depth of each other's hatreds and resentments. Or suffering. Or love. " He paused and I could say nothing. He was doing exactly what I feared he would, and I didn't know how to defend myself.

"If you leave me now with this one, " he continued, "you will do it again. Nicolas you never possessed. And she already wonders how she will ever get free of you. And unlike her, you cannot stand to be alone.

" I couldn't answer. Gabrielle's eyes became smaller, her mouth a little more cruel.

"So the time will come when you will seek other mortals, " he went on, "hoping once more that the Dark trick will bring you the love you crave. And of these newly mutilated and unpredictable children you'll try to fashion your citadels against time. Well, they will be prisons if they last for half a century. I warn you. It is only with those as powerful and wise as yourself that the true citadel against time can be built. " The citadel against time. Even in my ignorance the words had their power. And the fear in me expanded, reached out to compass a thousand other causes. He seemed distant for a moment,

indescribably beautiful in the firelight, the dark auburn strands of his hair barely touching his smooth forehead, his lips parted in a beatific smile.

"If we cannot have the old ways, can't we have each other? " he asked, and now his voice was the voice of the summons again. "Who else can understand your suffering? Who else knows what passed through your mind the night you stood on the stage of your little theater and you frightened all those you had loved? "

"Don't speak about that, " I whispered. But I was softening all over, drifting into his eyes and his voice. Very near to me was the ecstasy I'd felt that night on the battlements. With all my will I reached out for Gabrielle.

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