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Pablo waited for the strong, black coffee to be poured into his cup. It was cool, but the fresh air was much more pleasant than the city air and it was nice.

"When Laia was born, I read the cards and the runes. Being my granddaughter and having gone through a generation without anyone with the gift, it was very likely that the girl had it, and indeed the cards said so, but they also predicted death and suffering. I sacrificed animals to see the entrails, but everything indicated that just when she acquired her power in the first full moon after losing her virginity, our predator and evil of the last two centuries would take her away. I was desperate, no matter how strong I became, no matter how much I protected her, I can't do anything in a hand-to-hand fight against a werewolf, and I can't cast my curses on someone I haven't seen. Even if I cursed her captors, that wouldn't prevent her future. Then I met Alecto."