She followed the servants into the sanctuary as before, and as before, Señor Oscuro waited at the altar for her to arrive. She said a silent prayer to Quetzalcoatl as she passed his sculpture, asking to be free of her addiction. To be beautiful again before she died. For she knew that she would be vulnerable to the blood that Oscuro would use. She would shudder with want for its taste, and without help, she would succumb.