'' how do i get in ? '' in response , the magic disappeared . i felt its loss immediately . breathless , i waited . what had i done wrong ? opening my eyes , i looked again . of course . there it was , a faint blue shimmer flowing underground . i now knew how we were going to get in ; lough and i were going to
swim

the festival of the undead came to a grand , elaborate close on the third night . the celebrations started several hours before sunset , and though the festival officially ended with the coming of night , a number of vampires kept the party spirit alive late into the following morning . there was no fighting during the final day of the
festival

'' that niece of ours , '' she said low , so only he and the other aunts could hear her , '' she 's a nice lass , is n't she ? '' addolgar thought on that for a moment . he did n't know if he 'd call braith '' nice . '' bunnies were nice . braith was more ... lusty ! yes . she was lusty . and beautiful . and adorable . and - '' you do n't think she 's
nice