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Sixteen – the River of Black Roses Whether the henchmen were not as familiar with this raw awesomeness as their manner purported, I knew not. But as I had slowed to a stop, there had been levity in...
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Seventeen – Falling, falling, falling To my knowledge, I was already two levels below ground before being dragged down yet further by the cyclone of black rose petals. Judging by the height of the...
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Eighteen – A Time For Choices Our descent slowed as if someone had pulled the breaks on an invisible elevator before hitting the ground with a soft flu-dump. An underground cavern that glowed as if...
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Nineteen – Interviewing a Vampire, 1 Holding hands, we might have been any young couple partaking in a stroll along a tunnel off an underground cavern in a realm of vampires. But I could tell that...
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Twenty – Interviewing a Vampire, 2 It was with gravitas that Perveen imparted the next sorry chapter in the tale of her attaining the status of the powerful vampire she had become in so short a space...
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Twenty-one – A Father on the Altar “Billy and I stood to the left of the body on the altar, the ‘foot’ end, my mother towards the head end,” Perveen explained, flitting pictures between unspoken...
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Twenty-two – Some Mothers… “Okay. Here goes,” Perveen said, visibly blowing, struggling to summon the courage to run the tale that final furlong. “With the power the High Priest had bestowed upon me...
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Twenty-three – The Point of No Return And so we stood at the neck of the tunnel. This was it, our wedding. Not two days hence had I even dared to dream that the vampire realm was a tangible entity....
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Twenty-four – Dressed for the Occasion Tell me, have you ever seen those special effects in a late-60’s/early-70’s horror flick, where the image of crackling embers is superimposed onto a victim,...
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Twenty-five – The Henchmen Unveiled Billy began to perceptibly shake and tremble; moments later, so did the very ground beneath our feet. Once more we were greeted by a spectre-like figure rising...
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Twenty-six – A Glimpse into Hell Whether Vlad had been a little rusty or he was just not used to such disruption in his presence, I know not. If my brain was struggling to process any one single line...
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Twenty-nine –The trek along the cavern wall There was something wrong with Vlad. His whole demeanour had smacked of ill ease in the chamber, a lethargy that belied his usurping of power and conquering...
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