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“Wait a sec,” Lilly spoke up as she nodded at Baxter. “How far is he from being, um, undead?”
“And how much stronger is he going to get?” Una added as she jerked a thumb over her shoulder at the dent in the wall where Baxter had thrown Al. “That wasn’t exactly the strength of a guy who’d been drained.”
“His preternatural strength and aversion to the cross and holy water show that he has partially transformed,” Henry told her.
“So he has one foot in the grave?” Una suggested.
“In a word, yes.”
She glanced down at Baxter and snorted. “He sure acts like he’s got a lot of life.”
“That is the curse taking hold of his immortal soul,” Henry revealed. “It rejuvenates the body with the tainted blood and gives a human strength greater than even normal vampires.”
Una held up a hand. “W
