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when you rushed in with your news. They found no traces of human attack on what was left of Hadley.
Only your smell, Waldo."


"She sent me here with you," Waldo said, almost whispering.


"Our queen wanted Hadley's kin to have the right of execution," Mr. Cataliades said.


I came closer to Waldo, until I was as close as I could get. The silver had weakened the vampire, though
I had a feeling that he wouldn't have struggled even if the chain hadn't been made of the metal that
vampires can't tolerate. Some of the fire had gone out of Waldo, though his upper lip drew back from his
fangs as I put the tip of the stake over his heart. I thought of Hadley, and I wondered, if she were in my
shoes, could she do this?


"Can you drive the limo, Mr. Cataliades?" I asked.


"Yes, ma'am, I can."


"Could you drive yourself back to New Orleans?"


"That was always my plan."


I pressed down on the wood, until I could tell it was hurting him. His eyes were closed. I had staked a
vampire before, but it had been to save my life and Bill's. Waldo was a pitiful thing. There was nothing
romantic or dramatic about this vampire. He was simply vicious. I was sure he could do extreme damage
when the situation called for it; and I was sure he had killed my cousin Hadley.


Bill said, "I'll do it for you, Sookie." His voice was smooth and cold, as always, and his hand on my arm
was cool.
"I can help," Bubba offered. "You'd do it for me, Miss Sookie."


"Your cousin was a bitch and a whore," Waldo said, unexpectedly. I met his red eyes.


"I expect she was," I said. "I guess I just can't kill you." My hand, the one holding the stake, dropped to
my side.


"You have to kill me," Waldo said, with the arrogance of surety. "The queen has sent me here to be
killed."