The Van Helsing Conjecture – Excerpt No. 218

Vampires were flammable, but this body was nowhere near an external heat source. Evelyn first and foremost wanted information and might end up giving her ‘a night to remember’ if Clara was forthcoming.

Clara witnessed vampires come aflame. Exposure to the sun was the easiest way to have the desired effect, but that was impossible within the confines of this room, located deep within the rock face of a cliff.

The next best thing was holy water. It burned like vitriol; they were fully submerged in water… That leaves…

“Faith…”

Clara was the source of the reaction. Her true form was a creature of faith inhabiting the vessel of a vampire. The longer she remained the incongruity became known.

Evelyn was almost overtop Clara now. Her avatar smiled, formulating what would happen next.

a dramatic, high-contrast cinematic photograph of a distressed flapper, dressed in extravagant attire with intricate beading, fringe, and feathers, her face contorted in anguish as if an unseen force is attempting to emerge from within, set against the lavish backdrop of an opulent art-deco bedroom adorned with ornate mirrors, velvet drapes, and intricate geometric patterns, with a warm, golden lighting that accentuates the sense of luxury and foreboding, capturing the essence of 1925 high-class United States, with the flapper's skin a porcelain-like complexion, her dark hair styled in tight, fashionable curls, and her eyes wide with fear, her beaded necklace and earrings glinting with a faint, eerie light.

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