“It still doesn’t seem hopeless,” Albert said, once the doors had been secured behind us. “Vampires are more than strong; they also have enhanced coordination, reflexes, and speed.” “The key word there is ‘enhanced,’” Bubba said, as we walked through the spacious tournament floor. Stadium seats stretched far above us, and the ground beneath us was covered in dirt and straw. On one side of the seating, in the center, there was a boxed off area adorned with curtains and jewels, a pair of thrones resting inside it. “If Fred had been some sort of fighter, or athlete, or anything like that before
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