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So I did. I told her about everythingโฆ my past disinterest in sex, my bodyโs awakening when Vincent showed up, and all of the past incarnations we had spent together. I told her about how Angelique and I were starting to explore our past lives together, and the carnal turn the recollections had taken. I finally told her about the sessions today, and how it had been vexing me ever since.
When I was done, Evelyn lit another joint and took a deep hit off of it. โShiite on a demonโs cock, thatโs a lot.โ she sighed.
โYa know?โ I chuckled sardonically. โHere I was, imaging that I had left relationship drama behind when I graduated, only to be up to my neck in it!โ
โForgive me for being potentially clueless, but what drama?โ she asked me, passing the joint. โI mean, sure the whole situation seems a bitโฆ love-triangle-y when looking at the whole of your history, but you seem to be solidly on โTeam Vincentโ this time around, right?โ
โTrue.โ I exhaled. โIโm justโฆ kinda worried about hurting Angelique. I mean, what if Iโm not ready to, or even able to, love her back in the way that she wants? I know that I would hate to wait a century or more for someone to show up only for them to say โSorry, wrong sexuality this go-around.โ It sucks.โ
โThat's why I stay away from past-life recall." she said firmly. "It's fun and all, but it can fuck some things right up!โ
โI take it you speak from experience.โ
โRight you are. The one time I did so, it was in this past-life regression class at Atlantis bookshop in London. I saw this old flame of mineโฆ you know, past-life flame? Anyway, she was a knockout! Then the teacher tells me that this person is in the class!โ
โSounds thrilling.โ
โIt was, untilโฆ until I saw them.โ
โOh noโฆโ I said, a grin creeping across my face.
โYep! It was a dude. And a hairy one at that!โ She shook her head as she laughed.
โHow did he take your lack of interest?โ
โVery understanding, seeing that he was flamingly gay himself.โ
We laughed again, and then I grew quiet. โWhat if Angelique gets hurt?โ I asked finally.
โI wouldnโt worry yourself.โ she answered. โAngelique knows about soul matesโฆ which is what you, Angelique, and Vincent are. She knows that every relationship isnโt going to be a romantic one. Sometimes itโs as lovers, sure, but itโs also just as often one of a more platonic natureโฆ best friends, siblings, even parent-child.โ
Thatโs right! I thought. โThere was that one life where Vincent was our child.โ I offered.
โExactly!โ she said, smiling. โAngelique loves you with a force that transcends mere sexuality. Just love her back, the way you can best, and Iโm positive that everything will be all right.โ
I smiled, feeling much better. This calls for another joint!
* * *
Vincent must have gotten in after I finally fell asleep, because I found him the next morning in โthe reliquaryโ, which was his name for his magickal object room. He was wiping a wicked-looking blade with a cloth dipped in a red liquid, but I didnโt notice that at first.
While Evelyn had eased my mind the night before, I was still feeling restless. I had awoken with a possible solution in my mind, and wanted to act on it asap.
โHey there handsome!โ I said as I breezed in.
โHey there yourself.โ he replied with a grin.
โSo, Iโฆโ I stopped, suddenly noticing what he was doing. โWhat are you doing?โ
โJust doing some regular maintenance.โ he replied without stopping.
โIs that blood?โ I said, pointing to the red liquid.
โSure is.โ
โWhy are you wiping that blade down with blood?โ
โItโs a demon blade. It can control and banish certain demons.โ
โAnd the blood?โ
He shrugged. โTo work, it needs to be anointed with virgin blood every moon cycle.โ
โWhere do you find virgin blood?โ Vincent just looked at me with an expression that said really? I rolled my eyes.โ Okay, I know how to get virgin blood, but what about your ethics? I canโt imagine that too many virgins are predators.โ
My question was well founded. Vincent and Angelique hunted humans, sure, but they kept their โdinner choicesโ limited to humans who preyed on others. Since vampire lore said that they were created to teach humans how to be more conscientious predators, it seemed a natural fit for the vampire who still loved those in humanity. They had a preternatural ability to see someoneโs inner nature, and those who were too far gone in the role of predator to ever choose another path.
Itโs how Vincent often knew a โbad guyโ just by looking at them, unless they were sociopaths. Vincent and Angelique can smell guilt, and itโs how they picked their prey.
โAh, now here is a great loophole!" he replied, answering my question. "It really doesn't matter if the person is actually a virgin or not, it's just that you don't want to use blood from a sexually active person for this blade. When someone is celibate, hormones concentrate in the blood in a way that pleases whatever dark spirit lives in the blade."
โSo itโs more the blood of the celibate, not of a virgin.โ I surmised.
โItโs even better. Most virgins Iโve known masturbate frequently, which this blade doesnโt like.โ
โAnd itโs easy to find predators who are celibate?โ I asked.
โJust visit the โred pillโ subreddit sometime.โ he replied.
โSo anywayโฆ โ I said, getting back on track. โWe need a vacation.โ
He put the blade back in the display case and looked at me. โWhat, like Disney-world?โ
โI wouldnโt say no to that,โ I replied, โBut it doesnโt have to be anything tourist-trap-ish. It just needs to be awayโฆ away from this house, away from the mystery lake, away
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