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Evil Thirst ­ The Last Vampire 05



Christopher Pike




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I am a vampire. For centuries I believed I was the last vampire on Earth, that I was the most powerful
creature in existence. That belief gave me great self-confidence. I feared nothing because nothing could
harm me. Then one remarkable day, my supposedly dead creator, Yaksha,came for me, and I
discovered I was not omnipotent. A short time later another vampire appeared, one Eddie Fender. He
had Yaksha's strength, and once again I was almost destroyed.Yet I survived both Yaksha and Eddie,
only to give birth to a daughter of unfathomable power and incomprehensible persuasion--Kalika, Kali
Ma, the Dark Mother, the SupremeGoddess of Destruction. Yes, I believe my only child to be a divine
incarnation, anavatar, as some would describe her. In a devastating vision she showed me her infinite
greatness. The only prob-lem is that my daughter seems to have been born without a conscience.

Actually, I do have three other small problems.

I don't know where Kalika is.

I know I must destroy her.

And I love her.

I don't know which of these dilemmas is worst, but together they make a very dangerous combi-nation.
There is another child who has recently been born to rival my daughter. I don't know the child's first
name, but he is the son of my friend, Paula Ramirez. The power of this child is still a mystery to me. I only
know that a tiny vial of his blood was able to bring my closest friend, SeymourDor sten, back from the
dead. I don't know where Paula and her son are either. I don't know if they're with Kalika.If they are, I
do know they are both probably dead. Above all else, my daughter wants this child.
But why? I don't know.

I am beset with problems.

They seem never to stop.

I stand outside the Unity Church in Santa Moni-ca,Seymour Dorsten by my side. Three months have
passed since we were last in Santa Monica, on the pier. On that day Kalika first chose to spare Seymour
's life, but then threw a stake intohis spine while he thrashed in the ocean water below us. She said she
did so to make a point.

"Do you really need to know?"