The next morning found Allegra waking up in a much better condition than she had the day before. She felt more re-energised than she had in a long time and practically leaped out of bed in an undeniably good mood. Her reflection in the mirror caught her attention and she approached it curiously. She silently studied her image and brought her fingers up to brush up against the exact spot where Vladislav had bitten her. There was absolutely no indication that her neck had been punctured with fangs mere hours before. She tried to remember if she had felt any discomfort around her neck when she woke up for dinner the previous evening, but her memories drew a blank.
There had been mentions in the books she had taken a liking to about the healing properties of vampire saliva, but it had not pre
