Chapter 8 Agent of JusticeSASHA POV
The stairs are dark, and the loud music from above makes it very easy for me to creep into the lower level unnoticed by the vampires that occupy it. All of them seem to be focused on the end of the room furthest from the stairs, where several cages containing human captives line one wall. I conceal myself in a shadowy corner at the foot of the stairs to plot my attack strategy and carefully dislodge my sword from its hiding place; years of this work have taught me never to charge blindly into a job if I can avoid it.
The cages are on raised platform, which also boasts a podium, at which stands a vampire in a tailcoat and top hat. He seems to be performing the duties of auctioneer; currently he points an old-school, gold-topped cane at one of the cages,
