“We’re not suggesting that at all. We’re coming right out and telling you. And you should know that investigations into what might have taken place before we lost contact with them indicates that there is a good chance of vampiric involvement as well.”
Vampiric. That wasn’t even a word, was it? His mind had flailed with the use of it, as if pulling out a dictionary and proving his point would make the fakery disappear. He’d told Volos and Dyball they were crazy. He’d known, looking into their eyes, that they weren’t. They believed what they were saying, anyway. And looking at them, at their straight faces and their direct gazes, Matthew’s mind had starting stacking up the blocks and making bridges out of them: the odd mannerisms of the staff, the extra security in certain areas of the cen
