Lord Duncan sent for Josh and Leila to be brought out of the dungeon. They were still in the enchanted silver chains. They looked ragged with their eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
"Renie will be here to pick you both up any time from now. You're lucky."
They were too weak to talk. Leila had let Josh feed on her while she had fed ferociously on the rodents in the dungeon. Lord Duncan ordered them to be kept in the banquet hall where the wedding had taken place. The altar seemed polished.
"Or if you're not as lucky as it seems, this altar will bear your ashes too - the ultimate death."
The prisoners gazed into each other's eyes. Instead of fear of the impending doom, a strange gleam of hunger for each other shone in their eyes. They looked at the altar. Tears glazed L
