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Chapter 17

Delphine offered a firm, “No. As was mentioned, Otto, we know you are good. Your heart is good. No one here is evil. Some of us are mixed, part mortal and part something else, which isn’t to say the offspring of two vampires is inherently evil, or two witches, two werewolves, two ‘monsters’ of any sort.”

“So, why am I here?” I asked.

“Because your time on Earth is…”

“Finished?”

“Oui.”

“Absolutely for sure? There’s no going back?”

“Would you like to get settled?” Delphine evaded the question, and not at all subtly. “We have a place all set for you.”

“A place?” I envisioned a cave, a dungeon, or a cell with thick iron bars and a dirt floor.

“We chose Hawaii to start,” Gamila said, “but perhaps something else would appeal to you.”

Before I could utter a word in response, the sand turned to snow, the palm trees to pines, and the Hawaiian villa in the distance I hadn’t even noticed before became a cabin.

“Whoa.”