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“Then who is the devil?” Mark asked.
“The devil as you know him is referred to in the bible as ‘The Beast’. It doesn’t have a name, just ‘The Beast’. But I suppose this is who you would call the devil,” Sarah explained.
“What is this beast?” Mark asked.
“The Beast, well nobody really knows except for God and God doesn’t speak to humans anymore. Some believe it was part of God at one time, his evil emotions that he cast off and they somehow grew sentience. Some believe it was God’s brother. Others believe that The Beast has existed as long as God has and constantly struggles for control. Me, I believe the last one. And this world is God’s chance to beat The Beast once and for all.” Sarah took a drink and gave Mark another chance to ask any questions, but this time he had none so Sarah continued.
“Now back to Lilith, my mother. She started to see her children grow old while she stayed the same, some of her first born even died of old age before she pleaded with Samael to give them the gift she had been given. He, of course, refused. He believed that his own children were abominations that would destroy the angels. Lilith did not give up. She took her blood, just as Samael had done for her, and gave it to her children. The ones that survived were called Asuune, in English it would mean Ascended.”
“As the years went on, Lilith realized that Samael had been partially right. Her children were not at all like her. They had power beyond imagination. Some of her less righteous children started killing the humans and drinking their blood. These became known as vampires. Lilith tried to stop them but human blood, to an Asuune, is like crack mixed with meth mixed with heroine. The addiction is something you can’t imagine unless you’ve experienced it.” Sarah took another drink, giving Mark another chance for questions.
“Has anyone ever overcome this addiction? Returned from being a vampire I mean.” Mark was paying attention and learning a lot.
“I know of only two and you’re looking at one of them,” Sarah replied.
“You were once a vampire?” Mark asked.
“Yep, a very bad one. I’ve killed thousands. Not something I tell everyone, but I hope that you will believe me when I tell you I’ve changed, a lot.” Sarah stared at the wine in her glass, pondering the life she had led. This was something she told very few people, she trusted Mark.
Mark could see the sadness and self-loathing on her face so he moved closer to ease her mind. He put his hand on her shoulder.
“Don’t worry, I know who you are, that other person, when you were a vampire, that’s not the Sarah I see,” Mark said kindly.
“Thank you, but I have a long way to go before I make up for what I’ve done. Enough of that, you need to know so much more before morning.” Sarah bent down to pour herself another glass.
“Why before morning?” Mark asked with urgency.
“My brother will find us soon, we need to leave in the morning and head out for somewhere safer. I would leave now but you have so much more to learn before we can risk an encounter with my brother.” Sarah took another large sip of her wine.
“Getting back to my name, it isn’t really Sarah Sandleton. I mean legally, yes, that’s my name but I was born Ceralin, Daughter of Samael. Not the kind of name you can go writing on your driver’s license, now is it?” Sarah paused for Mark’s reply.
“No, I guess not. Ceralin, I like it. But I see why you shortened it so Sarah.” Mark looked at his wine, he had barely touched it. He was too engrossed in Sarah’s tale to notice his wine. Then a thought occurred to him. “How did I get ascended or whatever? I didn’t drink anyone’s blood.”
“I was getting to that,” Sarah smiled as she took another drink of wine. “The newly created Asuune had other unique features. We have fangs that can inject another person with our venom, pretty much the same thing as drinking our blood but more efficient. Before you ask, only Nephilim can become Asuune. One of the many road blocks God has put up to keep us from taking over the world. Injecting a human with our venom would kill them. Also, we cannot have children with humans.”
In her best preacher’s voice Sarah made a wide gesture toward the sky, almost spilling her wine. “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” Her voice returned to normal and she looked at Mark. “Meaning each species can only reproduce with its own kind and here’s the kicker. After we ascend, we can no longer have children at all.”
Mark looked at Sarah with pity. “So you never got to have children?”
“No,” Sarah looked down at her glass again and Mark moved closer. He wanted to give her a hug but it was too soon and he was still too attracted to her. He cared for Sarah but he couldn’t control himself around her. Giving her a hug, in his current state of mind, would end up leading somewhere he wasn’t ready to go yet.
“Anyway,” Sarah said, changing the subject. “There are two ways to kill an Asuune that you need to watch out for. Removing their head or draining their blood, completely. This also goes for vampires, who are really just addicted Asuune. But then again we are on God’s side in this war so… The sixth commandment, Thou shalt not kill. We are not allowed to kill them.”
