19. Dark Deeds (2/2)

eak out into a cheer. instead, he remained silent and stopped in an alcove at camula's indication.

remain where you are. only come out when i tell you that you can. make no indication that you're there.

her voice crept into his mind, a thick and slimy tone that sickened him more than anything else ever had. but he obeyed nevertheless.

satisfied that her thrall would remain where she'd commanded, camula slipped off into the shadows. she had to remain silent and not

ing any attention to herself, lest that annoying shadow wizard or the shape-shifter detect her presence.

she should've prevented them from summoning their friends. if she'd suspected beforehand just what the full range of their abilities were, she would have. but the thought of a group of easily fed from and accepting cattle had been far too tempting. now they roamed her new lair and like any good homeowner, she would have to deal with pest control.

with great caution she peered out from the darkness. they'd recruited that one person who'd spied her pet before and wanted to destroy him. one more person who would either join her new clan or end up dead, that was all. hardly one to worry about.

she'd made up her mind already that the shadow mage would be one of her new clan. she could feel the bonds that wove him and her pet together and it would keep her pet happy. he'd been annoying lately with regards to his

other, so this would soothe him.

the one who played music she hadn't decided on yet. there wasn't much to make him stand out from the others. perhaps once she had a taste of his blood she would be able to make up her mind.

the shape-changer would be dead. shifters could not enter her glorious clan – and good riddance to them, those who mocked the beautiful abilities of vampires – and no one who mattered would miss him.

but the last one, the one that no one had known was coming, he bothered her more than the others. the metallic scent of lightning and magic zipped through his aura, so she knew he was a storm mage. those had given her people trouble before.

her eyes narrowed. she could scent something else; the storm mage and the bard were close to one another. lovers, in fact.

camula smiled. perhaps she knew something she could do with the bard after all.

to be continued

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