t the calling had stopped, the voices had fallen silent. Afterwards, she

forest for a while, the horses were releasing clouds of steam through

close. Arsene could see that Videric

energy of the place heavy, in parti

the garden. But Arsene had asked h

ed up accepting the invitation. Fur

with his brother. - The place looks

someone spoke there, the sound of

sene had to agree, the village of Me

the fact that they lived in an eternal winter, but they never realized an

assing in that place as in any other, winter was simply not lasting. , but the only existing station in the

that they had a desire to return to

ined hidden from the human race,

eal world was his and he could comma

anent snow, it was common to se

rns, or even drunkenly singing afte

al skins and the huge nuts that sprou

ious merchants who visited the bord

too. When he found out, they were

Arsene stopped his horse just as th

, they remained silent, watching, unti

-It's just snow, Videric. - Arsene sm

th and the horse began to trot tow

y opened the gates when they realized who the visitors were and then led the horses to shelter them in t

g those men. They were human, they

of them had ever heard those men

even say that they needed to empty

lity, even by the supernatural stand

from the sun, quenching his thirst o

he moon, hiding from witches. But Arsene knew that Videric would neve

ting having accompanied him. They were not escorted, but Arsene knew

deric's countenance improved and, i

he feeling in his balls again. His r

low him. Merik's mansion was dark,

ted the cold stone foor. Arsene fol

Prince was sitting in his favorite ar

lass and the dark red liquid glowed

o longer alone, Merik stopped movin

haracteristics. - I don't remember in

t walked over and sat in his usual

e was already familiar with the dyn

commander just as Videric was used

t mansion for a reason and didn

rden continues to die - Arsene said

re placing it on the foor, close to where he sat. He wore dark clothes

he ran his hand over his face in a ra

less way of preserving it, but even

be weakening... - And do you feel a change in energy? Something different? - I can feel every pulse in tha

h him. Arsene didn't insist much,

o ask more. -Did the witches feel an

htly malicious. Arsene didn't take t

orests to anyone, much less a creat

reaction was very different from whe

at happened - he fnally replied. -A

course I would. -What is the reaso

onjecturing about a world that is still in motion. - The dark eyes stared at the two vampires ahead and Vid

erstand what's going on in the corpo

m. The three were tense, Arsene always paid cordial visits to Merik, ev

he needed to wait