and it could drain any Atman energy

ously, always silent, but the words

res and witches because of Merik's

ey were unable to come to an agree

k's next move. Domenico, the vampire master, preferred to be more dipl

res felt the energy of the underworl

ing able to reach a consensus, Vider

a, and noticed Krida walking away t

n had taken over as her assistant,

out of the Fortress. Videric stayed

lmest expression. Apparently, Dome

When Lymena stopped, Videric had

ue. Although Gwendolyn had it too,

ic. - Her voice was light. - Arsene told me you prowl the White Forests.

s brother angrily, as if Arsene were

rew wider. - It's her, isn't it? -

voice even more as if she was try

o harm us? - Well, to see Arsene is

t leave, Videric... Nyana is an orac

tating and talking to Atman... - Ly

ow his hand as he placed it on the red handle of the dagger instinctively

ace became serious. That wasn't an in

and defeating any demon that decid

had felt towards Nyana since he ha

would need time to understand th

for me impatiently and putting the

d in respect to the Red Crown. - We

na, nor even escape that conversat

take Domenico's candlestick and hi

adult side wanted to stick the dagge

houghts. - See you later. Chapter 3

all night and the entire forest feld had turned into a quagmire, a mixtu

the rain, the forest seemed like a combination of olfactory and sen

n excellent tracker and could separ

just needed to fnd out if it was be

e to the crack opened by Igrik. His

ed the paths left by the dense trees

ry to his instincts, moved away fro

d heard alongside Arsene, when the

e vampires' bodies left across the ki

and did so. His breathing was difcul

of the place his species should be,

r so long. Igrik was in the South, b

numbers. Lymena's bruciare had dri

of fresh fesh and blood made them

is mind came memories of the battle

with great casualties and broken souls. Videric remembered the brot

s it had done for him. Nyana... It was

fnally safe within the borders of th

derworld, he belonged to the world of monsters that were on the other s

the dark side of a vampire. He got

e of their species, the uncertainty o

o see and, as he was Domenico's frst commander, he needed to keep th

louds due to the cold weather and the rain that would soon begin to fall a

ers. But not the kind that made him cringe or clamor for him as a deadly b

im gently, without him feeling thre

iffed the air instinctively, like an

r aroma. He didn't think twice befo

already stopped, made her tired body relax in the time that had passe

. Nyana opened the door and breathed in the cold air of the village, the

lage with the intention of going to the nearby lake and meditating, but her bare feet too