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Ruthie would bet a large amount of credits he knew exactly what he was doing.
Come over here, he whispered, gently holding her arm and directing her near the back of the aisle.
Ruthie noticed for the first time a small, enclosed cubicle area, with a tiny, spindly legged desk and a
large, plush chair. The seat easily fit them both inside it, the chair looking somewhere between an
extravagant armchair and a tiny two-seater couch.
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They sat, half on top of each other, but strangely comfortable, and Rylan opened the tome.
Rituals of the Ancient Vampire Civilization,the title page read.
Intrigued, Ruthie took the book gently from his hands and held it, turning the pages slowly, enjoying the
feel of the old parchment under her hands. She honestly couldn t remember the last real book she had
held and read. Certainly not since her Studies of Ancient Civilizations class at school.
Ruthie studied the contents page, finally deciding on, The Soul-Joining Ritual, pages 116 121 .
Flicking quickly to that page, she skimmed the pages, and then more slowly reread the paragraphs she
found most important.
While a vampire must understand he or she will always feel incomplete and to a varying degree unfulfilled
without his entire soul circle, one can live, and live a happy life. However, This Author cannot fully
describe the difference between a life lived with an incomplete soul circle and a completed one.
Suffice to say, once those gaps are filled by the other partner s soul, one cannot imagine life any different
way.
Since time began, Philosophers have expounded how men s and women s souls were split in half,
divided as it were, and only when fused together could they feel whole. Yet what many older civilizations
have come to realize is it is not one soul shared between two bodies. Before fusion, the soul is present,
but has gaps as it were. When the ritual takes place, and blood is either exchanged, or offered freely by
the non-vampiric party, (for further ruminations on inter-racial and inter-species joinings, see pages
45 67), both parties must FREELY OFFER their sections of their soul.
By some mystical manner, as yet undefined, the free offering completes the ritual, and both parties
exchange pieces of soul. This meshes and thus completes the missing pieces in both parties, somehow
managing to complete both soul circles, without one party losing out. It also, however, binds the two
parties, creating a strong mental and sexual bond between them.
Ruthie looked up to dark brown eyes.
So we manage to keep our own souls, but still be bound somehow? she whispered.
Rylan shrugged. It s not an exact science. From what I remember from chats with Gav, your soul has
missing links, and my soul has missing links. Our links complement each other, so when you offer yours
and I offer mine, we mesh and complete each other, but leave the ritual with all our own pieces, as well
as each other s. So we are still one soul, but we both remain our own circle in our own right. Does that
make sense?
Ruthie thought and then nodded. She shared herself, but yet retained her own identity. In a roundabout
way it made sense.
She could see the moment Rylan recognized she had made her decision. In truth it had been made a
while ago, she couldn t say exactly when, but it helped to have Rylan honest enough to want her to see
these things for herself. She had always been a curious, but cautious person, she liked things to be in
black and white before her before making a decision.
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So why had she decided to leap head first into a permanent bonding ritual with a man who enjoyed flying
free?
I don t always have to break the rules, he whispered sexily, causing her to smile.
Ever made out in a library? she whispered back naughtily, enjoying being able to feel his heightened
arousal and need for her.
Those librarians are psychic, he replied teasingly, I bet there s harsh fines and penalties for
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