“Welcome to Castle Ravenloft, Tatyana. Be welcome and look upon this as your true home, forevermore.” My words seemed to go right to her heart, and her returning smile was like that first glimpse of sun after a bitter winter. All I wanted to do for the rest of my life was keep that smile on her ever after. And then she looked at Sergei. It was as if the sun that had favored me had been all along hidden by a cloud. Its brilliant glory now shone in full upon him … and him alone.
