One night had become rather like another after only a week of hunting. The thought that this might be his whole existence for eternity filled Dirk with such despair that he thought he would die from it.
Whenever he looked upon the faces of his brothers, he saw the same weary, sadness in their eyes. Despite their tales of lustful nights in barns with farmer’s sons and of being pampered by kings and princes in faraway places, not one of them would give up the chance to be mortal again.
And so Dirk developed his plan for revenge. He would put them all out of their misery. Ben, who had taken his life, would likewise be extinguished. His brothers may have been handsome, worldly and possessed of many superhuman powers, but they were no better than beasts. They were predators and preyed upon th
