**Valerius**
The underground laboratory beneath the abandoned mining complex had taken months to establish, but the results were finally beginning to show promise. Lord Valerius Ravencrest stood before a wall of monitors displaying test results, his pale blue eyes reflecting the cold glow of scientific data that would reshape the supernatural world.
“The latest batch shows a seventy-three percent incapacitation rate in werewolf test subjects,” Dr. Kellner reported, her voice clinical despite the horrific nature of her work. She was a brilliant scientist who had been exiled from vampire society for her illegal experiments—exactly the kind of mind Valerius needed for his purposes.
“Still not sufficient,” Valerius said, though he was pleased with the progress. “I need something that will g
