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48. The Night Before

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~ ENRIQUE ~

The sound of the wind rustling in the trees and the occasional insect or bird fills the night. I am lounging on the roof, having drinks with Jose and Carlos. It is almost midnight and tomorrow the Blood Moon will be upon us.

Just the thought sends a chill down my spine. It’s my nerves mixed with a deep sense of foreboding. Things are in place for whatever may happen tomorrow, but why do I feel that we aren’t as prepared as we think we are?

What hold does he have on me? And will Azarakh somehow be able to use me? Why and how? I am El Rey Carmesí, so why is he able to do so?

And then the nerve-racking moment to see if Kataleya is my fated or not.

“You know it’s going to be ok, right? I know it will be,” Jose remarks as he drinks his alcoholic beverage.

“Do you? How?” Carlos asks him sceptically; the tension has settled over everyone. I can’t blame him for feeling on edge.

“Because we won’t give up. We are all prepared. Everyone who needs protection is in an area bathed with l
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Nedsa
Maybe things are in the area of the pack house that is closed. Maybe in his mother things
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Juli
couldn't he make a witch do a spell to find the lost letter?
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Lindsay
I don’t think the first letter was in the box to begin with. I think it was supposed to be given to him by someone else, and for whatever reason, that didn’t happen.
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