24 Winding through hallways, passing empty rooms, Lazar finally reached the den. Scattered on the floor were bits and pieces of the lead glass window that had once held a beautiful stain glass picture of a meadow and Adrian was in the midst of it all. He waited, challenging Lazar to go through with his earlier threats. “Why, you insolent boy, look at what you have done. You shall pay for that with your life!” Anger lit his eyes as they turned a deep blood red, but Adrian didn’t flinch once; he was bent on getting his revenge come hell or high water. “Go ahead. I’m not scared of you.” His Dhampiric essence was provoked and he was ready, but as soon as he finished his sentence, Lazar attacked … and hard. Adrian’s body ended up in a heap in the farthest corner of the room, crumpled like a

