Chapter 149: Urum vs. old cedar

- This is something completely different. Their spells penetrate our people, forcing them to obey and acting against their own. That is why we suffer such losses. It's easier to deal with a witch, but it's more difficult to deal with an equal vampire.

Amanda squeezed the fabric of her skirt so tightly that her knuckles turned white. Her heart ached with pain from the feeling of helplessness that she felt for the first time, being without the care of her brother. 

She couldn't understand how all the time he managed to cope with everything alone. It is not surprising that his psyche suddenly cracked at one moment from just touching the hand of the Riliya princess. She didn't know who he needed to be to bear all these problems on her shoulders.

- Your Highness. - the count called out to her, noticing how she instantly withdrew into herself, loaded up and thinking. – Please leave it to me and my people, we'll figure something out.