Eli: The Creator of all Wemmecks. He knows Punchinello by name and wants him to come visit regularly.
“You are special because I made you, and I don't make mistakes.”
Eli: One of two witnesses.
Eli: one of the two witnesses
Eli: One of two witnesses
“"Until we can pray, 'Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven,' we gonna have a whole lot of sleepless nights. We want to make our own plans and then pray, 'My will be done, if you please Massa Jesus, in earth , as it is in my plans.' You got to put your life in Jesus' hands. Trust that in the end, whatever happens, He still in control."”
“"That boy will have to face God pretty soon and give an accounting for all the hate he storing away in his heart. But you and I better not be storing any in ours. Let it go, Missy Caroline-- right away, before it takes root. Else we be just as bad as he is. The devil wants us to be like himself-- telling lies and hating people. Jesus wants us to be like He is-- loving our enemies and praying for them. Who you gonna be like?"”
Eli: A little boy who lives in the country.
“But you know, a wise woman once told me there was a big difference between people born with money and those that acquired it on their own.”
Eli: Lacy's employee, works in printing shop, doesn't like the cold
Eli: boy from Lemburg
Eli: Eben's grandson. He was sent away at the beginning of the occupation at age seven and returned to live with Eben at age twelve.
Eli: Her first serious relationship. She calls him her "first real love"
Eli: creature who lives on the blood of others - friend to Oskar - a.k.a Elias
Eli: Our narrator, the middle-aged surviving child of the family. Has a twin brother named Eddy. Is interested in the maths and sciences.
Eli: The human soul who falls in love with Naamah, even after finding out what she is. Through the centuries, his soul has taken many forms, but the first time he met Naamah, he was a shepard along the Euphrates River whose name was Eli. So everytime Naamah sees him, she calls him Eli. He had shoulder length dark hair and dark brown eyes, his skin tanned a deep brown from too many days in the sun. His beard was scruffy and unkempt. He tries to help Naamah become human so that they can be together.
“The monster in me is still there, just below the surface. Never forget that. Even with your Gullah magic inside you, I can smell your unique blood,” he said, his mouth next to my ear. He inhaled a long, deep breath. “You have no idea how much of a temptation you are to me, Riley Poe. No . . . idea how much control I truly have not to simply taste what rushes through your veins, with barely more than a paper-thin layer of skin to stop me.”
“There are ways for a mortal to kill a vampire, but they‟re old ways—primitive, and not for the squeamish. You squeamish, Poe?”
Eli: The Nerd
“Riley, you will always carry some of their DNA. And that makes you more than a little unpredictable. But I can handle you. We will work through this. Together. I won’t leave you alone for a second. Understand?”
“It kills me to see you in agony, and that I can’t do a goddamn thing about it pisses me off even more.”
Eli: The most beautiful guy Abby has ever seen. She's sure he can wake Tess up, and will fall for her.
Eli: A menacing ghost who has watched over Amelia, and seems to have the best intentions for himself.
Eli: Jimral's son. Kind of takes care of his father, who he sees as almost simple-minded, but lots of fun to do things with, if you don't mind getting your fingers mashed and things blowing up in your face while helping him. Keeps a journal of his father's best-worst word mispronunciations: Psycryajist....Anatheegeologist.
Eli: A 13-year-old aberration boy that Ky meets while working as a decoy. Eli reminds Ky of Cassia's little brother Bram. He finds Vick's test tube with his DNA in it, and gives it to Ky, since Vick died.
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