The vampire creature that once had been Antoine Beauvais was desperate. His sole motivation for attacking the chapel throughout the night had been an insatiable hunger. Now, though his thirst for blood was as great, a new reason had taken hold. Fear. A desperate fear of the rising sun - and its murderous light.
It caused the monster to risk immolation and jump the accursed ossuary crucifix as it lay broken on the ground. He cleared it, feeling the threat of its inglorious heat, and chinned himself on the balcony. Carefully, for the railing broke as the crucifix came down, he mounted the balcony and slipped beneath the collapsed roof.
inglorious heatHe crawled beneath the debris, found the door and, hissing and scratching, tried to force entrance. Part of the roof fell away, slivers of su
