Immediately, with the speed of the immortal he was, with superhuman strength, he lifted his hand from my heart and slapped me across my right cheek. The excruciating pain took me off my feet and sent me flying to the floor. My left shoulder and hip cracked against marble tiles. An uggghh slipped out of my mouth. My eyes closed for a second…two seconds…three seconds…and then before I realized it, Lord Hyde stood over me, prepared to make me the third corpse within the music room.
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Mental Note. Things not to do in the future when on a mission for Mina Carpathia:
Never enter an aged vampire’s manor and snoop around.
Never fall head over heels in lust/love with his assistant, the caretaker of the historical manor.
Never create some magical Vonderlust with his assistant. Lord Hyde’s
