We have been questioning the captives for two hours now. The only one to talk this far was Gio, but he really didn't know much. He was only being used because he had wanted vengeance. Before that, he had kept well away from Lenus. Watching Anya's parents' house had been his first task by Lenus, but he did tell us the kingdom was spilt between people who followed Lenus and them that had stuck around for Charlotte, because they had great love for her late father. The two that we had seen within my own kingdom were the worst. They did nothing but snarl and sneer at us. We had tried the just talking tactic, but now it was coming to us having to use violence to get answers. We were all taking a vampire each and leaving Gio out of it. I, for one, had one of the snarlers. He was currently planni

