A string of events followed:
Three days after the book’s release, Kal lost his head in a car accident on Route 32, near the place where he was abducted. His body was drained of all its blood.
The local abductions stopped in the surrounding areas, at least for the time being.
Strange activity at Hyde Manor had calmed for the next forty-plus years. It hadn’t stopped altogether, but it did calm a bit.
Lord Harkford Mason Hyde, now an older man, but one who still looked youthful with pale skin and bright eyes, tight skin, no wrinkles, and enchanting smile, resided in the manor, and painted.
Occasionally young men went missing from surrounding towns. A construction worker from Templeton. Two college students from Crescent. A handyman from West End. The men were never discovered. Lost in th
