Chapter 9
Daniel was glad the paths they followed were narrow, often only wide enough for the horses to pass in single file. He wasn’t ready to discuss his experiences in the keep. For some, maybe he never would be. He still worried over his treatment of Razgul. He’d thought himself far removed from the vampires, yet he had inadvertently followed in their footsteps – draining the life force from another creature.
Daniel thought back to his aborted transformation into a vampire. Back then the darkness inside was driving him, trying to force him to drain the life force from something living. Doing so would have doomed Daniel, would have bound the darkness to his soul forever.
Now he felt there was no such risk, at least not immediately. There was no darkness inside trying to latch
