Gideon
I could not believe there had been a vampire within the bounds of the royal compound. My people were supposed to be safe from those creatures within the wall. Had I been too slow in closing that gap in the wall?
We had been at war with the vampires for as long as I could remember. The battle in which I had recently been poisoned had been against the vampire’s forces. They didn’t face us directly. No, they sent Rogues they gathered to their banner, and other creatures they controlled with their unholy magics.
I wondered whether a vampire had forced my brother’s Beta to strike me with that poisoned blade.
Today was the first time in years that I had fought a vampire face to face. Even with a dozen fighters at my back, even with all my skill and experience, I had barely been able
