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February

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13th, 2044.

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Every

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time I shut my eyes and suspend myself

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in the black, I feel it. Things

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are happening out there,

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beyond the red brick walls and coils of razor

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wire surrounding these old Irish barracks. It's

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been months. I've learned so

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much from Fanoa. I've never felt

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more powerful. So

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why do I feel like I'm hiding, while

1:20

others fight my fight? The

1:24

psychic echoes of my maker's suffering are hard

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enough to shut out. All the

1:28

more unnerving is the fact I can't sense

1:30

my sister in the same way. Knowing

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she's out there, too,

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risking her life as I once did.

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I'm

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all too aware that every day the winter drags

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on could be her last. And

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I'm the only one who can stop it.

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Felix, there you are. I thought you'd

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wandered off. Sorry. Hordrick

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needed some help getting that old super-puma

1:52

running. Yeah,

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the helicopter parked on the football pitch.

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Ah, see?

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There it is now. Where's

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it going? You didn't say. Maybe

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getting eyes on that militia, camped out by Lottney.

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Militia? What militia? Oh,

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you know the types. A bit like those

2:13

lads in Wales from what I hear. Vampire

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hunting laupers. Nothing

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for the winter child to worry about. Felix!

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Don't hug me! You're covered in grease. Aww,

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and I'm getting you all dirty, am I? No,

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it's not funny. I've got

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school! Speaking

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of, I should run, actually. What's

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she covering tonight? I don't

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know. Signs of the Vampire Zodiac.

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We

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have a different Zodiac? Hmm,

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what's my sign? I'll let you

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know. Good luck. Good

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evening, Miss Darcy.

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Whisper. How was your trip? Any news from Devon? Nothing

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urgent, Miss. The Cartersley

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Surveillance Network seems to be up. Any trouble

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keeping out of sight? I'm not called

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Whisper for nothing, Miss. No letter, though. Sorry,

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Miss. There was weather coming in. The

3:07

drop-offs were still empty when I left. I could go back

3:09

in another few weeks and get

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a drink. I'm not. I'm not. I'm

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not. I'm not. I could go

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back in another few weeks if you're worried. No, no, that's all right. I

3:20

have you running back and forth too often. It's a security

3:23

risk. For her and for us. Besides,

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she's a grown woman. She can make her

3:28

own way. I just miss

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her, is all. Supper Darcy?

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No, thank you, Sinead. Next

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time. Let me know. I'll

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never get used to that. What, Miss? All

3:42

these hippies just offering

3:44

their veins. I

3:46

know, Miss, but it's not like so high. They've come

3:48

by choice. They believe that you and the lady

3:50

for Nell save them from the winter. I'm

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not sure her plan isn't just to wait it out. Miss?

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Nothing.

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Anyway, did you, uh... Did you find the

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thing? Oh yes, sorry Miss,

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one more I should forgot. Is

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this the one you wanted? Yes.

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Brilliant whisper,

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thank you. You're welcome Miss. I

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should hurry along, I'm late. Give

4:13

Lady Finn her my best Miss.

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This room is in use. Our

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lesson's cancelled then. Oh,

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Darcy. Your shredding

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has improved. I barely felt

4:36

you at all that time. I told you I was a

4:38

quick study. Good thing. You

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are quite late. I forgot

4:43

we were in the chapel tonight. Yes,

4:47

well, we need the headroom.

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Why's that?

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Because Darcy, tonight

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I will teach you to fly.

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That's it. Eyes

5:08

closed. Relax.

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Sense the space around you. The

5:17

air on your skin. How

5:20

do you feel? Like

5:24

this altar I'm standing on is going to collapse.

5:26

You are distracted.

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Focus. It's

5:33

as simple as plucking a book off a shelf. Motion

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follows intent. Reach

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up with your mind. Your

5:43

body will follow. Did

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I say something amusing? No, no,

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sorry, it's just levitation.

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What about it?

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I don't know. Feels like

5:56

a parlor trick. Many

5:59

have found it. be a useful skill. I

6:02

never noticed Rook bothered. Yes,

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well, he's never been fond of heights.

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His lessons were certainly more grounded, if

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that's what you mean. Do you not

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feel I've armed you for the fight ahead?

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Quite the contrary. You've taught

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me a lot. I feel as prepared

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as I've ever been. Then trust

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me when I say there's more to learn. There

6:25

always is. But

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at some point, every student must graduate, no?

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When you're ready.

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What if I already am? Are you? Hmm?

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Are you sure? Come

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now, Darcy. You've

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barely scratched the surface of what you're

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capable of. You

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can do so much more than he

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or even I could teach. You

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are the last anointed one. The

7:05

winter child. The

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mouth of a river stretching back to

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a reservoir as vast and strange

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as the black behind the stars.

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You must feel it. In

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those quiet, still moments. The

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frigid rush of power gushing from that

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silent wound deep inside,

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filling your limbs, pressing

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against the inside of your veins. You

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pretend it's not there, but you feel it,

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even now. Don't you? Yes.

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You resist it as light resists the dark,

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but the darkness can be your weapon

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too. You

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are not of this world, you evil. You're not a safe, Darcy.

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You're a thing apart from it. You

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may hold it close, but it has no hold on you.

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Let go of it. And

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rise. As

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weightless as a shadow. What

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does

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it feel like when it's working? You

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tell me. What?

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Open your eyes, Darcy. Shit!

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You're picking things up faster and faster. At

8:41

least one of us is in a hurry. Patience.

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Everything in its own time. I'm sorry.

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Thank your Sion for his help today

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with that helicopter of ours. He's

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happy to feel needed. And you? Me?

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How badly do you need him? Look,

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I know it's taboo, being... involved

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with the ones you turn, I just don't particularly

9:16

care. Nor do I. Usually.

9:20

Used to be the most common thing in the

9:22

world, in fact. Really? Who

9:24

do you turn if not the people you can't bear to part from? That

9:27

makes sense.

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What happened to all that? The Queen

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grew worried that such relationships

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were breeding... conflicting loyalties. Was

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that before or

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after you turned your up? I didn't say

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she was wrong to worry. So

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you do have feelings for him, do you? Rook

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and I are very close.

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Funny. You

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don't seem close. You've

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felt it too, have you? He's

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in trouble for Nur. I

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understand that. I

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cannot overtly involve myself,

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Darcy. I have you to

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look after. He once told me we have

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a duty to those we turn. He

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wasn't wrong. And when you've turned the ones

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you love, what's your duty then? Do

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not presume to tell me of love, Darcy!

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My feelings for him are bolder than

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the word! You

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shouldn't

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even be thinking about Brooke. Someone

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should. If you can sense him,

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others can sense you. Then let them come

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for me. I'll show them exactly what I did to Kalistrata.

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Kalistrata? She

10:45

was a single, anointed one, Darcy. The Council

10:47

is six. Yes, I know. The

10:50

wife, the shadow, the storm, the reach, the mystery,

10:52

and the moon. They sound infuriatingly

10:54

pretentious. They are scions

10:56

of the Queen herself. They don't scare

10:59

me for Nur.

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No. Nothing scares

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you. Is that it? Not

11:05

these days. No? Not

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even losing the one you couldn't bear to

11:11

let death part you from. It

11:14

isn't weakness to need someone. Don't

11:18

assume the road ahead will be easy, Darcy.

11:22

It will endanger everyone you need.

11:27

I can turn my back on the love of my life for the greater

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good. When the time comes,

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can you? Probably

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the best way to connect, actually. This

11:58

will probably get the best signal. It's

12:00

always like a miniature internet. Yes,

12:02

yes, exactly. A local network. Ah,

12:06

look who it is. Scholar

12:08

returns.

12:08

Good morning, lads. Morning,

12:12

Lady Darcy. Poor Drake. I

12:14

hear you've been keeping him busy. He has

12:16

an inventive mind, my lady. Oh,

12:19

God, don't say things like that in front of him. I'll

12:21

never hear the end of it. I leave you

12:23

to be. Cheers, mate. My

12:25

lady. My

12:27

lady. Never get tired of

12:29

that. Makes me feel like I'm dating

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a royal.

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So, how was it? Learned

12:41

anything interesting? I don't know.

12:47

I flew a bit. She

12:49

let you fly the helicopter? No.

12:52

Myself. My body. What?

12:56

You can fly. Oh, my God. Tom

12:59

Dackon. It was more like levitation,

13:01

really. Are

13:04

you drinking blood from a coffee mug?

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Oh, yeah. Sorry.

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I'll risk... Wouldn't

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you rather it fresh? Depends.

13:16

From who? There are,

13:17

you know, there are people here. Yeah,

13:20

it feels weird asking a vegan for blood.

13:23

Sinead's always glad to roll up a sleeve. You

13:25

don't feel like she... What?

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I don't know. Enjoys

13:30

it a bit too much.

13:32

No, she... She definitely

13:35

does. I just...

13:37

I just can't with fridge blood. It

13:39

tastes... dead. Did you change

13:41

clothes? I thought we could go

13:43

to the beach. The beach? Why

13:46

not pretend we're just some carpool

13:49

on holiday? Oh. Right.

13:52

And where exactly did you and I meet in

13:54

this other world you're picturing? I

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don't know. That cafe

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near her or something. Caffeine

14:02

era. Okay. Be

14:05

honest, would you really have given

14:07

me a number if I came up to you at a

14:09

cafe? Why

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do you assume I'm not the one who asked? Alright,

14:17

let's go to the beach. I

14:29

had a dream once we were at the beach. Oh

14:32

wow, adding prophecy to

14:34

your growing list of powers. I

14:37

don't think so. It was sunny. See,

14:43

I don't really mind the gloom here. It

14:46

suits the cliffs,

14:48

the water crashing against the rocks. I

14:51

don't know. I just wouldn't feel right

14:53

if it was sunny. Yeah.

14:58

So, I have something

15:01

for you. What? Oh,

15:06

oh wow. D'arce. It's

15:09

wrapped and everything. Is

15:12

it a bug?

15:12

Just open it. Ghost

15:18

station? First edition.

15:22

Oh my. Why did you find

15:24

this? It was in Rook's library. Always

15:28

thought of you when I saw it. My

15:31

dad used to read this to me.

15:35

I was going to inscribe it before I wrapped

15:38

it, but I wasn't sure

15:40

what to say. D'arce,

15:44

are you dying? No,

15:47

no really. Take me out.

15:50

Here's a gift. Yeah?

15:52

It's

15:55

Valentine's Day. Shit.

15:59

D'arce.

15:59

I completely forgot. It is fine.

16:02

It's fine. I'm just... I'm

16:05

just having some fun. Seriously,

16:11

though, are you okay?

16:14

You've had this look in your eyes lately,

16:17

like, I don't know.

16:19

I'm just... I'm just

16:21

restless. I

16:24

know it's frustrating, but

16:27

the things you're learning... I mean, Dars,

16:29

you flew last night. Who

16:32

knows what else you're going to learn that could...

16:33

Rook's in danger, Felix. I

16:36

can feel it. Well,

16:40

Finaud is this maker, right? She

16:43

says it's too soon to show her hand. Maybe

16:46

she's right. Yeah,

16:51

maybe. It

16:55

has been a little nice, though. Right?

16:59

Spending this time out here, together?

17:02

It has. It

17:04

actually scares me a little. What

17:07

does? How comfortable I am,

17:09

out here on the edge of the world, with

17:12

you. It's

17:15

easy just to pretend you're at uni or something, but

17:17

it feels almost normal

17:20

for once. Some

17:22

selfish part of me would be content for it to last

17:24

forever. Even

17:27

though I know it can't. No,

17:30

no, I know. Maybe

17:34

a bit longer, though. Yeah.

17:37

Yeah. A bit.

17:42

Come on, let's head back. The

17:44

sea spray is starting to freeze in your beard.

17:57

Thank you for the book. It's incredibly...

18:00

thoughtful I know yeah

18:05

can I can I just ask you something though sure

18:08

ah

18:11

I just well

18:17

were you ever in love with him see

18:19

I'm just I'm just worried about him he's my

18:25

maker well alright but you're both

18:28

things to me it's not the same thing no

18:31

you never

18:33

once Felix in the past I'm saying

18:36

I can't ask come on I've told

18:38

you about all my liaisons

18:42

that was all of them stop I'm being

18:44

serious we

18:46

you really want to get into this what

18:50

you don't have to walk on eggshells I'm

18:52

just curious he's

18:54

obviously important to you so I'm interested

18:57

I want

18:59

to know you all of you

19:03

there was like this gap where you were just gone

19:09

all right fine yeah I slept with a rook once

19:15

see yeah I'm

19:17

fine with that I'm I'm

19:19

I'm a secure lad it was really

19:22

nothing just

19:24

a moment of gone

19:26

hinged physical okay

19:29

settle down I'm not that secure hey

19:35

come here what we

19:37

had a lovely walk I got you a

19:39

present or this top you like no

19:42

bra is there

19:44

really nothing else you'd rather be up to

19:46

right now it's

19:49

just you

19:51

and he like your

19:54

your proper Bram Stoker flying

19:56

shape-shifting and I'm just

19:59

this Alex, I had

20:01

a radio on my dresser

20:04

that stayed on all day and

20:06

all night,

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tuned to static, just

20:09

on the off chance that I'd hear your voice. I

20:13

thought about you every

20:15

god-damned day. Every

20:18

day. Your

20:20

teeth starting to look a little pointy. Fucking

20:23

right they are. So which

20:25

is it? Hungry or randy?

20:28

What do you think? I could call down for Sinead

20:31

if you're not sure, you know? Well

20:33

you just kiss me, you stupid boy.

20:41

Take me to bed. Yes,

20:45

my lady.

20:54

My Felix, I

20:57

don't say this often enough, but

20:59

there is no one I'd rather

21:01

have at my side in a long cold winter

21:03

than you. You comfort

21:06

me. You make me laugh.

21:08

You're a blast in bed. And

21:11

I still hate it, but it took us so long

21:13

to get there. You're

21:15

my refuge. How

21:21

was the workout? It's

21:23

about breath. Why do you suppose I'm only out

21:25

of breath when we...

21:26

Doss? Doss?

21:31

Did you go out? You

21:38

inscribed it. But

21:41

if the stories are true, and I'm the

21:44

key to ending the winter, then I can't stand

21:46

by while others fight my fight. And

21:48

I won't allow anyone I care about

21:50

to risk their lives for me. Especially

21:54

not you. You

21:59

are my best. friend and my soulmate

22:02

across two lives now. It's

22:05

always been you.

22:07

It was you before I had the nerve to admit

22:09

it

22:11

and it will be you in the end.

22:15

I love you Felix. Fuck.

22:33

I like your accent. Oh

22:35

that's a bit kind of you. Miss Daugherty,

22:38

are you heading out again? It's alright

22:40

Whisper, Justin Aaron. Do you

22:43

need me miss? No, stay.

22:46

Please. Sounds like

22:48

you've finally got the cape and where you want him.

22:51

You've been crying. What's wrong?

22:53

Nothing. Just

22:59

something I have to do. I'm

23:02

coming with you. No Whisper. I'm

23:04

stronger than I look miss. I

23:06

know you are. That's

23:09

why I need you to stay and look after Felix.

23:12

Please Whisper.

23:13

For me. As

23:17

you wish miss. Be

23:19

careful. I

23:21

will.

23:23

And you. Keep

23:25

out of the sun. I

23:28

will miss. Open

23:30

the gate Cole.

23:56

Hello. I

24:01

know you're back there. I

24:06

hear you following me.

24:11

Are you with that militia?

24:14

Fancy yourself a vampire hunter, do you?

24:20

Alright Van Helsing, you have a choice. You

24:23

can turn around and go home. Or

24:26

I can lead you to the place they find your body. It's

24:29

up to you. Nothing.

24:34

You're just a- Or

24:40

option three.

24:42

I'll put an hour square between your ribs and do whatever

24:44

the fuck I please. Look

24:49

at you. Why

24:52

are you all so pretty? Do

24:55

you come out of the oven prettier, or do you just

24:58

pick pretty people with vampires?

25:03

You are a fetching one though, aren't you? That

25:07

red area of yours? Ah,

25:10

but does the carpet match the drapes? I

25:12

wonder.

25:13

Let's just

25:15

find out. Jesus

25:19

Christ!

25:21

I have seen some abhorrent behaviour

25:23

about that. How did you-

25:27

Crack shot with the arrow may, I'm just not

25:29

exactly the sort of vampire you expected.

25:32

Shit, shit, shit. You're... another

25:36

Countess.

25:36

Countess,

25:39

is that what you lot landed on? I like it, it's

25:41

very old school.

25:42

Fuck me.

25:46

Not too fast. We

25:49

need to address what has happened back

25:51

there. I'm sorry.

25:54

I'm so sorry.

25:55

Time was, I thought I'd have

25:57

to starve to do good. But

26:01

all a girl has to do is set off alone down

26:03

a dark road and a meal will just

26:05

walk right up to her.

26:07

What are you gonna

26:09

do, mate? Well,

26:13

I'm going to rip into your jugular with my teeth. Drink

26:16

as much of your blood as I can stomach and leave

26:18

you to bleed out in the ditch.

26:20

Why?

26:24

What were you going to do to me? Nothing.

26:28

I'll never so much as lay a finger on love a pimp again. I

26:31

swear it... Oh,

26:34

I have

26:35

no doubt.

26:53

I warned you, mate. I'm

26:57

gonna get you.

27:13

Well,

27:15

shit. Cozy boat you have here, Darcy.

27:20

He ratted me out, did he? He

27:22

does love you a great deal. I can't

27:24

stand by any longer knowing the difference

27:26

I can make. People are suffering.

27:29

You're not ready. I

27:32

can make myself invisible, cut

27:34

with shadows, unlock doors with

27:36

my thoughts I've mastered every lesson.

27:40

Why do you hold me back? Because

27:42

I have to be sure.

27:44

You're not the first to challenge the Queen,

27:47

but you're the last best chance we have.

27:51

I'm not a symbol for Nour. I'm

27:54

a sword.

27:55

You can't protect a sword from war.

27:59

It won't be war. It'll be a breath

28:01

one fleeting instant as narrow as a razor's

28:04

edge. That's all I need your

28:06

untested Darcy then

28:09

test me

28:13

You asked if I could turn my back on the love of my

28:16

life for the greater good well here.

28:18

I am alone The

28:20

fight is out there. Let me end

28:23

it

28:27

Very well Darcy

28:30

Climb in Where

28:33

are we going not far? There's a

28:36

cave up the coast aways

28:37

Is this

28:39

another lesson no Darcy This

28:43

is the test

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