Magan sat in his favourite armchair, the book on Vampire Lore in front of him. It appeared to have been started by a vampire, one older than Hadley and continued by those that had hunted both this and many other of their kind. It spoke of families and clusters, of how vampires were turned, signs and symptoms and of how they were killed and disposed of. The multi generational compilation spanned many hundreds of years but did not seem to hold the answers to the questions that he had. What Magan wanted to know, more than anything, was if they killed Hadley, would all those sired by him also die or would they be freed? He was resigned to dying either way. He had accepted the loss of his power and he had accepted the loss of his power gave Hadley a strong advantage over him. He knew he

