[Music] for hundreds of years there's been rumors of vampires living among us but what would you do if you actually met one if you ever meet Robert Marsh well consider yourself lucky because while he is still a vampire they're much more evil things out there 's the story Laura was a lovely young Fang she was bright-eyed intelligent and destined for a lifetime of success I wish I could have spent more time with her but romance is something that has never worked out for me there could never be any future between us she had her whole
life ahead of her and Ambitions to pursue while I was staring down the barrel of Eternity knowing that there was nothing ahead of me my life was lived solely in the moment with no thought wasted on either the past or the empty potential of the future yet despite our innate incompatibility I didn't decline her advances that evening and for that I feel an immeasurable guilt perhaps I could have simply taken what I needed in a quiet corner and left her to recover but she was young and wild she wanted to take me for a ride
and I felt inclined to let her do so we went bar hopping that night trying all sorts of Liquors and Cocktails I held mine far better than she held hers and I made a point to keep an eye on her to ensure that she didn't take things too far before the Clock Struck midnight I implored her to slow down and switch to water she'd sobered up a little bit by the time she invited me back to her place around three hours later naturally I declined at first not wanting to take advantage we were both still
quite drunk but with her lips on mine and her arms around me she impressed upon me that she was very much interested in me so I gave in and spent the night with her and what a night it was in our Afterglow I held her close she drifted off into a deep sleep in my arms I could feel the blood coursing through her veins and I gently brushed the dark hair off her shoulder before sinking my teeth into her soft unbroken skin young blood is always so much more satisfying I drink as much as I
could without harming her and while she lay asleep beside me I cared for her and wrapped her wound before I slipped out for the morning when she awoke she would likely attribute her new injury to some accident she'd had while drinking we would almost certainly never see each other again and if we did I doubt she'd remembered much about me through the haze of drunken memories from that wonderful night vampirism has not been something I've particularly enjoyed I suppose that besides immortality there is the benefit of having seen the stranger aspects of the world have
been acquainted with mermaids Fae and Supernatural entities both good and evil I've seen parts of the world that no mortal eye was ever meant to see and I know secrets that mankind is not meant to know and I did all of this long before my current employers hired me to protect the unsuspecting World from the more Dreadful things that lurk in its dark corners yet my days and nights repeat themselves as I March drabbling onwards towards some unknown Oblivion my many names lost to history over and over again right now my name is Robert Marsh
although in 20 years my name will be something else I am a vampire albeit unwillingly so and despite the parasitic nature of my ceaseless existence I do try and contribute to the betterment of the world around me and it was my efforts to contribute that led to the phone buzzing as I left Laura's house that morning I answered it as soon as I saw who was calling a call from detective Rick Davis is something that I know better than to ignore even if I'd known where that call would soon lead me I still would have
answered there's no denying destiny though tell room was a mess but that was hardly a surprise Davis had waited for me by the door he was the only other living person inside I imagined he'd sent his associates out before I'd arrived best that I not mingle with them too much Davis didn't need to say a word at first the dead girl on the hotel bed said enough staring at her I was able to piece together enough of the story to tell me just who she was her fishnet stockings and leather mini skirt told me she'd
been a prostitute and the injection marks on her arms told me she'd had a history with drugs in the end I doubted it was drugs that had killed her though judging by the look on her face the disembowelment had probably been the cause her stomach had been cut open vertically her entrails were splayed out on the bed soaking the sheets in her blood despite the mess I could tell that there were things missing namely her kidneys and uterus Davis stood behind me letting me take in the details of the crime scene he was silent for
a few moments before at last he spoke up third one this week he said always some doped up hooker in a cheap hotel just like this room was registered to a Jeffrey Buck considering that the last one was John Deere well I got a feeling that the name won't get us anywhere so why call me then I asked as I looked back at Davis if you're worried about other girls you've got the wrong vampire call Eastgate this seems more Hartman's territory than mine I can't imagine that either myself nor my organization would be much help
here anyways those wounds are clean Surgical this isn't exactly Supernatural maybe not the method but I'm a little more concerned about the motive with the first girl it was her heart and liver last one we found had her skull very meticulously cut open they were after her brain and they wanted it intact he said huh maybe a cannibal I asked or perhaps an organ Harvest somehow I don't think our Vic was walking around with much in the way of prime real estate as far as the Black Market is concerned David said Kelly Pollard she had
a record it's exactly what you'd expect possession prostitution assault even without that you can tell she wasn't exactly the picture of Health before all this I might buy that it was a cannibal if we didn't find her kidneys in the dumpster out back just so happens that we found the liver of the first Vic thrown away too my brow furrowed David stared at me intently you think it's a cult I asked well right now we're missing a hard brain and now a uterus right now our best case scenario is that he's eaten them I want
to know what our worst is I studied the corpse again whoever had done this had clearly been straight to business there hadn't been much of a struggle they'd been strong enough to pin Kelly down and gut her alive while she didn't seem to be the strongest woman alive I doubted that would have been an easy feat for just one person and a group suggested something more than just a simple cannibal as well I'm not exactly the expert on occult rituals detective I said there's an endless list of things you can summon with human organs especially
the three that were taken let's say this was a cult whatever they're up to can't be good I think I can safely say that whatever they could let out it's not exactly something we'd want Unleashed I'm talking about a class four maybe even a class 5 entity class five Davis asked his eyebrow raised English Marsh apocalyptic at worst I said anything class four and over generally has the potential to end society as we know it class five is a guaranteed existential threat they're almost always physical Gods although as for exactly what they could try and
summon I'm not really sure I said would this help at all he asked he reached into his jacket taking out a manila envelope he offered it to me and I snatched it out of his hand I opened the envelope and took a look at the pictures inside they were from another hotel room with another dead girl judging by the damage to her chest I assumed it was the first victim however in this picture it was clear that something had been painted on the ceiling a strange circle with a twisted symbol inside of it it wasn't
a symbol I recognized that was on the first crime scene Davis said as I studied the picture we saw something similar a few blocks away from the second murder I Leaf through the pictures to see what he meant about the second symbol you find anything near here I asked not yet but I think we will he replied no Bells I take it no but I have an associate I can run this by a Fey they're generally better versed in these things all right do it I'll let you know what we dig up Davis said his
phone buzzed and he looked down at it before letting out A Satisfied Huff one of the boys got access to the camera in the lobby you feel like joining me for a look matter of fact I would I replied I looked away from the body on the bed lead the way Detective Davis shooed some of his other officers out of the hotel security room as we entered I caught a few of them giving me curious glances that I didn't return one of the hotel's employees had queued up the video by the time we'd arrived Davis
gestured for him to leave when we were both inside and the employee did so quietly as soon as we were alone the detective played the video I could see various figures moving around the lobby but only one of them was familiar Kelly Pollard was waiting in the lobby very much alive the timestamp suggested that this had taken place around 8 P.M the night before Davis glanced at me to confirm that I saw her too my attention remained fixated on Pollard Jeffrey Buck I said you didn't happen to get a description of him did you sure
short brown hair brown eyes Caucasian sound familiar I laughed humorlessly that description would have fit either of us and God only knew how many people on the screen had that look then I saw someone approach Pollard my eyes narrowed as I watched them they sure as hell weren't Jeffrey Buck but I still recognize them Davis looked over at me again as he saw my eyes narrow what is it he asked I watched as the new woman on the screen spoke to Pollard unlike Pollard's fairly trashy attire the newcomer wore a lovely evening dress I couldn't
tell the color on the black and white recording something dark I watched as she took Pollard's hand and coaxed her towards the elevator no doubt leading her up to the room where she'd meet her fate are there cameras in the upstairs halls I asked none Davis said looks like a bit of an oversight if you ask me although this place isn't exactly reputable what did you see Davis asked that woman who came up to Pollard you recognized her yeah I recognized her I replied I've dealt with her before really so what what is she werewolf
another siren Maybe human I replied but not the sword who I'd imagine would be getting involved in something like this I'm gonna need about 48 Hours detective can you give me that 48 hours it's asking a lot Marsh what are you gonna do my investigation I'll send you whatever Intel I get on that symbol and anything I can get from the girl all I ask is that you leave her to me if she's involved she's not the one in charge but maybe she can tell me who is Davis didn't look satisfied with my request but
after a few moments he sighed oh fine do what you gotta do he said but after 48 hours I'm going after that girl if I don't have anything in 48 hours I'll give her to you myself I replied Davis and I traded a nod before I left the hotel and stepped out into the morning sun many people believe that sunlight kills vampires it does not but our bodies are more attuned to the night the daylight is almost blinding to us and it dulls our senses I returned home to my cozy little apartment after I left
the hotel and after a little bit of digging to make sure I still had the address I turned in for a short rest it'd be better to contact her in the evening anyways my rest was not an idle one though the photograph of the occult markings that Davis had found were emailed to a colleague of mine a siren by the name of Jody West most Sirens are decent enough people their hemivores much like vampires although they're primarily amphibious and have a closer relation to mermaids unlike mermaids however they aren't complete monsters Jody and I had
a decent enough relationship and the girl knew more about Faye and the Occult than most it wasn't less than an hour after I'd emailed Jody that I got a phone call in response Marsh she there I recognize Jody's voice immediately physically yes mentally who knows I replied you got something I take it I do you said that the local PD found these at a couple of crime scenes right I'm guessing there were missing organs as well well well how'd you know I asked so what terrible thing is someone trying to bring into the world this
time to be honest I'm not exactly sure this is some high level [ __ ] though and I mean high level we're probably looking at an attempt to summon a class five my brow furrowed I'd been afraid of that I'm guessing you don't know which there haven't been many documented attempts to summon any class 5 entities in the past 50 years people generally know to steer clear of them if I had a bit more info maybe I might be able to get you something what organs were missing from the victims brain hearts and uterus so
far I replied and Jody seemed to think for a moment well some sort of rebirth entity I'll look through some of my sources see what comes up please tell me you've got more leads than this though I've got one that looks promising I replied I'll follow up on it shortly well don't drag your feet and be careful anyone trying to summon a class 5 is either desperate or crazy both are things you don't want to mess with stay safe okay you too I replied class five [ __ ] I rubbed my temples inside as I
recalled the face of the woman I'd seen on the screen Della Rose what the hell did you get yourself into I hadn't spoken to Della in the five years since I'd left her five years wasn't much for me but for her I imagine it must have felt like a lifetime there was no malice in what I'd done I'd loved her but as I said before romance is something that has never worked out for me there's not much of a future to be had between myself and a mortal I can't sire children in the traditional way
and most of my friends are either immortal like me or have life spans far beyond any normal humans I don't think she cared though perhaps I was selfish abandoning her so I wouldn't need to watch her grow old and die I'm sure she thought I was whatever the case even if we didn't regard the passage of time in the same way returning to her apartment after all those years was difficult I done my Recon before I made my move I checked to ensure she had the same address and I'd waited until she'd returned home from
work from my car I'd watched her walk into the apartment building before I followed her in yet as I knocked on the door I felt an unfamiliar creeping anticipation as I waited for her to answer as well as an irrational fear that she might not answer at all hearing the click of the lock and the sound of the doorknob turning strangely did nothing to ease my discomfort nor did The Familiar sight of her long Ginger hair that so perfectly framed her lovely freckled face her piercing green eyes fixated on me the recognition in them clear
and she did not open the door all the way for me there was a tension in her that I immediately recognized though if it was from discomfort at seeing me again or something else was hard to say what do you want Robert she asked her tone was unwelcoming all the same I was offered a weak smile nice to see you too Della I replied mind if I come in I do actually she said you didn't answer my question my smile faded I'm here on business I'm afraid did you ever meet Kelly Pollard the recognition in
her eyes was impossible to deny Kelly she said Softly She hesitated for a moment before sighing yeah I saw her just the other night why someone killed her last night I said footage from the hotel puts you at the scene Della shifted her weight uneasily she chose her words very carefully and kept a very close eye on me I met up with her strictly business when I left she was still in a hotel room and she was alive she said strictly business I repeated she didn't elaborate the implication was clear but I didn't buy it
Della liked a great many things but cheap prostitutes weren't one of them why do you care she asked I thought your people only looked into the supernatural ghosts monsters Fey and all that so you do know something I interrupted she tensed up glaring at me I didn't kill her she said and I don't know who did last time I checked you weren't technically a cop so why don't you get the hell out of here and leave me alone she tried to close the door but I stuck my arm through to stop her the pain of
having the door slammed on my arm didn't really phase me Della I'm here to help you if you didn't kill her then I need to know who did she pushed my arm out of the door and as she moved I caught a glimpse of something in the apartment behind her on a table I saw some sort of sculpture at a glance it looked like two bowls but I could see only their top halves they looked joined together I don't know she snapped now leave me alone Robert you made it very clear that we're done and
I'd like it to stay that way with that the door slammed in my face I raised my hand to knock again but stopped myself she wouldn't answer I'd gotten everything I could out of her I sighed and turned away the image of that sculpture stuck in my head though and as I returned to my car I took out my phone to dial Jody's number huh so it was two bowls joined as one right Jody asked just the top halves but yes I replied as I drove back to my place that sounds familiar give me a
sec okay right okay it matches the common depiction of the God yavus can't say there's a lot of info available on him first reference to him was on some 6 000 year old minoan Pottery found on the island of Crete some people think it was an early version of the myth about the Minotaur although when you look at actual ancient minitorian poetry there's a few early references to yavus as a malignant deity minotaurian poetry I asked as in poetry by minotaurs yes why do you sound surprised you've never met a Minotaur I have not I
admitted they're more or less extinct nowadays but back in the day some people hunted them for Glory it's a real shame they were delicious anyways back on topic I found a few other scattered references throughout a few other cultures that I think might allude to yavoos and none of them sound good there's a vague summoning ritual that involves creating an icon of Flesh which would permit it to come forth and Usher in something called the Divergence amongst its faithful just what that is the texts don't say but considering the things required for the Golem I'm
guessing that's what we're dealing with so what else would they need for the icon I asked well they've got the heart uterus and one of the brains they'll need one more brain a host body and two severed bullheads the heads they can probably get without causing much of a fuss but the second brain and the body we're looking at two more victims I said quietly and swore under my breath I imagine that Della's new friend would move up the time frame of their plans once they realized I was digging around that couldn't be allowed to
happen thanks Jody I'll pass along the relevant news to my friend and the local PD we'll find whoever's running the show here and we'll shut it down good luck I'll do a bit more digging see if I can find anything useful but no promises watch your back Marsh I always do I called Davis as soon as she'd hung up no need to hide my findings the man deserved to know what he was up against my friend got back to me on those symbols I said when Davis answered it's definitely a cult whoever is responsible is
gonna kill two more times and soon you're gonna need to move fast if you want to stop him they'll likely use the final Vic to complete their ritual and the results won't be good it's always good news with you isn't it he murmured I don't suppose you got any idea who's behind this not exactly no I replied but I'll keep an eye on my lead she wasn't exactly forthcoming with information but I got a feeling she'll lead me to a bigger fish I'm just going home to pick up some supplies I'll keep you posted over
the next 36 hours all right well stay safe Marsh I'll talk to you soon with that Davis hung up as well and I was nearing my own little apartment I didn't intend to be home for long my plan was to get some of my equipment swap vehicles and have myself a good old-fashioned Stakeout not the most exciting way to spend my time but it had gotten me results in the past I parked my car in the underground garage before taking the elevator up to my apartment as I unlocked the door and stepped inside I could
immediately sense I wasn't alone I've mentioned already that vampires are more attuned to the night we see better in the dark and my waiting assailants didn't seem to realize that an ordinary person might not have seen them lurking in the shadows of my hallway nor would they have picked up the scent of their sweat or have heard their hearts beating I sighed wearily as I looked into the darkness at the masked figures waiting for me predictably they wore Crimson robes and bull masks all but confirming that they were the moronic Servants of some malevolent entity
that they'd somehow convinced themselves wasn't all that bad hello there I said and I saw them tense as they realized that I saw them hiding in the shadows and I calmly took off my coat before rolling up my sleeves and loosening my tie then I turned on the dim lights of my apartment I counted about five men surrounding me good effort I said plainly now if you don't mind let's do this like civilized people please who'd like to begin there was an uneasy silence in the air before I got a volunteer one man drew a
hatchet and ran for me screaming bloody murder all the while I think I could have taken him down 500 years ago when I was still mortal but vampirism had given me a bit more of an edge as he tried to swing the ax at my neck I simply ripped it from his hands and struck him across the face with a blunt end of it I didn't kill him God no but I at least left him with one hell of a concussion with First Blood shed the other four came for me at once axes drawn there's
only one single human who has ever successfully overpowered me and while none of these people were on her level they were still moderately strong their real strength came in numbers they swung violently and wildly and it was difficult for me to evade them I managed to drop the first one who came for me by sidestepping him and slamming his head into my wall the effort left me open to another assailant who buried his ax and my shoulder and Spilled the precious blood I drank from Laura earlier I spun around catching him by the throat and
smashed his body against one of the other men the last of them also tried to come at me from behind but this time I was ready I caught his ax before it could touch my flesh and ruin my shirt further then I kicked out at him knocking him on his ass and keeping his ax one of the men on the floor kicked my legs out from beneath me and I hit the ground hard one of the men immediately climbed on top of me and raised his ax to split my skull I had no choice but
to drive the one I'd stolen into his throat that was one man down I could see one of his friends getting up so I tossed the body of them before leaping to my feet I reached back to my shoulder where an ax was dug in deep with a grunt of pain I tore it free just as another one of the assailants slammed against me and sent me staggering into my living room in the dim light of my apartment the light from my window provided the most illumination the assailant came for me again swinging his ax
and on Instinct I grabbed him and tossed him aside I hadn't intended to throw him out my window but he went through the glass all the same and plummeted to his death below tomb men down three to go all three of my assailants had their axes at the ready and with my own stolen weapon in hand I waited for them to come to me they didn't disappoint two of them came for me at once simultaneously swinging their weapons in a desperate attempt to kill me I leapt back a step one of my attackers had left
himself open and I buried my ax and his ribs the second man tried to swing at my head and I caught his ax and tore my own from his soon-to-be dead associate I had a clean swing at his throat and if I'd had just one more second I would have buried the blade in his neck their final associate was smart enough to take advantage of my distraction though he threw himself into the man I was grappling with and pushed us both towards my open window as I reached the edge I lost my footing and before
I knew it both myself and the other man were falling we hit the ground below hard my body was strong enough to survive the fall although the impact was still enough to make my world go black I couldn't have been out more than a few minutes my entire body ached I was sure I'd broken a few bones but as a consequence of my vampirism they wouldn't stay broken for long above me I could see my broken apartment Window no mortal could have survived that fall and the man I'd Fallen with had fared as well as
expected he was quite dead but his blood was still fresh I had time to sink my teeth into his throat a drink would help me recover and freshly dead blood well it was better than nothing at all once I'd had my fill I picked myself up and shambled the safety as far as I could tell no one was on their way to confirm my death but I didn't want to linger for long no doubt the police would arrive soon and being in the vicinity of four dead bodies would be an unfortunate setback that I could
not afford the sky was dark I needed to find Della and I needed to do it fast by the time I'd made it back to her apartment that was too late I found a post in an alley across the street from where she lived where I could rest without being seen and then I watched and waited I'd hoped I'd catch her leaving instead I caught her returning it wasn't more than an hour after I'd gotten there that I saw a red sedan dropping her off out front Della's hair looked more disheveled than normal even across
the street I could smell the blood on her there had been another victim I was sure of it she paused as she stepped out of the sedan and looked back towards the driver's seat through the noise I could hear a deep voice speaking to her be ready the Divergence comes tomorrow night the voice said the wander lost hotel room 130. be prepared of course Joshua Della said I await it eagerly with that the sedan drove off and she scurried off into her apartment I watched her quietly before slumping against the wall of the alley the
Wanderlust hotel that was where the final ritual would take place no doubt this Joshua and his little cult thought I was dead that was good they wouldn't be expecting me to be waiting at the hotel and I'd have a full day to heal from my injuries perfect it didn't take me long to find the Wonder lost hotel which was quite respectable by cheap hotel standards as I waited I had time to wash the drying blood off me and tend to my healing wounds as well my cell phone had been damaged in the fall out the
window I needed to call Davis from a pay phone to give him my update sure enough there had been another murder on the other side of town a second victim had their brain removed just as Jody had predicted please tell me you're on top of this Marsh Davis said I am I replied I imagine you've heard about what happened in my apartment by now our cult friends tried to kill me last night and I must admit they put on an admirable effort so I saw he said I did you a favor and called your people
they're handling the cleanup much obliged I'm laying low at the Wanderlust total I think this is where they'll strike next tonight make sure you've got men nearby on standby but keep them hidden I'm gonna try and handle this myself first you sure about that positive I'd very much like to meet the man who tried to kill me last night his associates made a mess of my home and ruined a really nice shirt I'd like compensation Davis tried to hide his laughter yeah all right count Priscilla me and my men will be on standby let's hope
you're right about the hotel I knew I would be the Wanderlust Hotel had a lovely little Italian restaurant even better still was the fact that their restaurant gave me a discreet place where I could watch the parking lot for anyone interesting the red sedan arrived as the sun began to set I saw four men get out only one of them was of any interest he was tall bulky and dressed in a black suit with a fedora covering his head my instincts told me that this was Joshua the shape of his body implied an inhumanity to
him that might have eluded some but didn't elude me just what he was I couldn't say but I could make an educated guess not long after an SUV dropped off a woman in the parking lot she was young mid-20s perhaps and already looked as if she'd lived a hard life the baby blue dress she wore that hugged her body and showed off her legs as as well as the way she looked around anxiously as she stopped to smoke before she entered the lobby told me that she was the soon-to-be victim now the only missing piece
was Della and she didn't keep me waiting long she arrived as the girl was still smoking and I saw them stopping to talk before going into the lobby together the way that they stood so close to each other told me that the girl thought that Della was her client it was time to go I'd paid my bill beforehand and I left quietly following them into the lobby into room 130 they were already inside by the time I made it to the hallway and as I approached the door I could already hear the faint sounds of
a struggle time was short I broke into a Sprint to close the distance the door was locked but that didn't pose much of an issue for me with one powerful kick I threw it open and was greeted by a site that sent a chill down my spine like nothing had in a very long time the prostitute was held down on the bed by three stoney-faced cultists each wearing a ceremonial Bullhead Della stood over her an ornate dagger that looked like a horn in her hand and near the back of the room stood Joshua without his
hat I could see exactly what he was though his brutish face was human enough the filed down horns protruding from his skull confirmed to me that he was at least part Minotaur At His Feet said an unassuming cooler that stank of human flesh as soon as I broke in they all stopped what they were doing and looked at me except for the prostitute she kept on screaming you will not stop the Divergence you crude simple-minded thing Under The Gardens of yellows we shall surpassed the herd and grow Beyond them and what exactly will you do
with that power I asked my eyes shifted over to Della is killing innocent people worth whatever yavus has promised you elephant Joshua said his teeth gritted in Rage in what context is Humanity innocent you I smell the rotten stink of dead blood in you vampire you especially should know the suffering Humanity has induced on us haunted hated and labeled Ash monsters at least your kind weren't such a label but mine did not hunted at trophies our numbers pushed until only a few of us remained I aim to restore the glory of the Minotaur and with
my faithful we shall make the hunters the haunted you'll get yourself and your friends here killed I said assuming you don't outright end the world by summoning yavus I'm giving you a chance Joshua don't do this don't throw away your Humanity behind Joshua I saw Della's eyes soften her grip on the dagger loosened Humanity Joshua scoffed and what would your kind have to offer me I know what you are vampire the international Faith relations Bureau he said the name was such contempt cowards trying to Stave off Extinction through politics doomed to inevitable failure there is
no cooperation with Humanity there is no Alliance to be heard there is no sad future there is only Hunter and prey I choose to be the Hunter and you you are nothing but pray kill the girl my faithful and I will kill this parasite properly as he spoke Joshua Shrugged off his suit jacket his mind was made up he was looking for a fight and yet before he could move Della spoke Joshua wait what if he's got a point he paused and glared at her I mean we don't exactly know for sure what will happen
when we complete the ritual we've been rushing things already I mean maybe we should stop Joshua asked when will on the cusp of the Divergence look you said it yourself yavoos hasn't been contacted since ancient times we don't know if before she could say another word Joshua was on top of her his meaty fist closed around her throat he tore the horned knife from her grasp so close to Divergence and only now can you feel your coworkers we will achieve Divinity girl and if you are not strong enough to do what must be done then
you shall die with the rest before I could stop him Joshua drove the knife into her heart he cast Della's body aside in the instant before I lunged for him from the corner of my eye I saw his cultist scatter I couldn't tell if they sided with Della or if they were too afraid to step in as they ran the prostitute threw herself off the bed and scrambled for the open door she was gone before anyone could stop her no Joshua cried his eyes fixed on me burning with rage as he tried to drive the
dagger into my throat but I caught him by the wrist for a moment I saw a flash of panic in his eyes before I went for his throat my teeth pierced his flesh as his blood filled my mouth Joshua tried to scream and push me off and yes in terms of raw strength he was much more powerful than I was but I was the one with my teeth and his neck and when he threw me off I took a nice chunk of Flesh with me blood spilled down Joshua's front as he grabbed at his fresh
wound even his massive hand wasn't enough to stop the bleeding I licked my lips his blood was Savory rich and delicious and even without that I would have come for him again anyways Joshua was slashed at me with a dagger I ripped it out of his hands and tossed it aside before biting into his throat again his struggles were weaker this time and it wasn't long before they ceased completely Jody was right minotaurs were delicious with Joshua dead I stepped back from his corpse panting heavily beside me I could hear wheezing rasping breaths and they
grounded me Della she lay in a crumpled Heap in a growing pool of her own blood a few feet away her eyes were on me wide and Afraid she was staring down death and I knew she wouldn't last much longer she opened her mouth to speak and I thought I could just barely hear her say one word my name Robert a note down by her side and I gently took her hand our eyes met and I knew that I couldn't watch her die not like this she was flawed and foolish yes but I could forgive
that what I was about to do was almost certainly a mistake but in that moment I didn't care it was a mistake I'd gladly make Davis and his men caught the cultists as they tried to flee the hotel along with a prostitute I'm told that despite a significant amount of trauma the girl will be okay my employers were kind enough to pay for the repairs to my apartment and in the time since my life is mostly returned to normal mostly fledgling vampires can be a bit of a handful there's so much to teach but Della
is adjusting well I'm not sure if she's forgiven me for the five years it's been since I left her behind but I've got an eternity to make up for it now and for the first time I find myself looking forward to that eternity romance is something that has never worked out for me before but right now I feel inclined to try again [Music]
