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She knew what the woman was and what she was ...Vampyre...and instead of being afraid and hating what had been done, she felt a sence of freedom she never had before. When the woman approached Mercedes made a small bow and then placed gentle kissses on the sides of the woman's face .The woman spoke with a thick Hatian accent as she sat,"I am Marie LaVeau and you are the child promised to me, as have all my decendents done",Mercedes did not argue nor scream and shout she simply accepted this fact and asked why she had lost so much time, all was explained to her that there was a voodoo ritual to what had happened to her it was needed because her powers were so latent and this would bring them forth also that she was now a vampyre within the Lasombra clan called the Les Amies Noir. Should she prove herself she would be accepted within the sabbat but none of this must she ever repeat,nor was she told what any of this meant it just seemed that the woman had accepted that Mercedes would know and Mercedes was not about to ask as the woman's features seemed to darken as she said,"I am to be called Marie Chantel Carre". The waiter came with their food and both looked at their plates with a disdain. Mercedes looked over at Marie and asked her would she never again eat regular food,Marie smiled and took a bite of her of Calcasieu Onion soup. "We are not soley bound to have only one delight but it is what is preferred is it not? Go my child the night is fading and soon you need sleep, you are yet to young to try the rays of the sun.
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