Odalon had written a communique to House Meer. He read it to me as we walked through the orchard, the pallet with the dead trailing behind us. “It is with great regret that I must inform you that Lord Beneger and Knights Uriel and Korsarad have fallen victim to Turan Adin, having attacked him as he entered the dining hall during dinner.” “Like cowards,” Ruga added on my left. “Fallen victim?” Vampires saw themselves as predators, not prey. That was a scathing insult. “Indeed,” Odalon smiled, baring his fangs. “Their resistance lasted but a few breaths, and despite our most valiant efforts,
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