When I woke up the lycans were all gone, but Aurelia left a thank you note from my stationary stock. She also left her cell phone number, so I was certain to keep in contact with her. Olaf was waiting for me with a delectable-smelling breakfast. He obviously rushed through his morning meetings to be free when I roused from my slumber.
The sun was still high in the sky, radiating infernal rays of scalding heat, even through the dark curtains. Vampyrs do not burn in the sun as some human mythoi say, but the sun does in fact burn skin with exposure. Like it would a human, only our sensitivity to the sun was magnified. There was no actual way to kill a vampyr with the sun, just annoy the feck out of us.
“Morning. What did ye do, rob an angel in heaven of their meal? That smells simply heav
