“Not quite my plan, dear. I actually meant that Ruth could help us. She’s worked at the abbey. With her help, we could infiltrate the place, rescue any vampires still alive in there, and maybe even put a stop to their butchery.”
“Could we, now? And supposing we did — not that I fancy the odds of it — do you not think they’d just start up again, soon enough?”
“Well, I know that if we don’t fight back in some way, the only change will come when we’ve all been ‘healed’. I know you’re not happy about Ruth being with us, but since she is here, we should make the most—”
“You trust her?”
“Yes, Robert. Even if I wasn’t sure of her sincerity, she’s clever enough to realise that we’re her best hope of survival now.”
“Her opinion of that may change when she finds you’ve got her marked down for t
