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their wish will be granted. And then Hadley cut herself, and let the blood drip on the stone, and she called
out the magic words."


"Abracadabra, please and thank you," I said automatically, and Waldo glared at me.


"You ought not to make fun," he said. With some notable exceptions, vampires are not known for their
senses of humor, and Waldo was definitely a serious guy. His red-rimmed eyes glared at me.


"Is this really a tradition, Bill?" I asked. I no longer cared if the two men from New Orleans knew I didn't
trust them.


"Yes," Bill said. "I haven't ever tried it myself, because I think the dead should be left alone. But I've seen
it done."


"Does it work?" I was startled.


"Yes. Sometimes."


"Did it work for Hadley?" I asked Waldo.


The vampire glared at me. "No," he hissed. "Her intent was not pure enough."


"And these fanatics, they were just hiding among the tombs, waiting to jump out at you?"


"Yes," Waldo said. "I told you."


"And you, with your vampire hearing and smell, you didn't know there were people in the cemetery
around you?" To my left, Bubba stirred. Even a vamp as dim as the too hastily recruited Bubba could see
the sense of my question.
"Perhaps I knew there were people," Waldo said haughtily, "but those cemeteries are popular at night
with criminals and whores. I didn't distinguish which people were making the noises."


"Waldo and Hadley were both favorites of the queen," Mr. Cataliades said admonishingly. His tone
suggested that any favorite of the queen's was above reproach. But that wasn't what his words were
saying. I looked at him thoughtfully. At the same moment, I felt Bill shift beside me. We hadn't been soul
mates, I guess, since our relationship hadn't worked out, but at odd moments we seemed to think alike,
and this was one of those moments. I wished I could read Bill's mind for once though the great
recommendation of Bill as a lover had been that I couldn't. Telepaths don't have an easy time of it when it