Bab 222: Rondo of Blood, Part 1

Note: Edited 23/10/23 - Fixed prose, and dialogue, and tweaked the ending scene. 

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"We gotta stop meeting like this, bloodsucker," I growled.

Yeah, despite my bravado, I knew we were in a whole vargr-load of trouble. Our raid party was surrounded from all sides by circus freaks: harlequins on the ground and the acrobats in the rafters.

"Fearless. Good. We like that." The Bearded Lady in the plump red ball gown smiled. "Now, you might be wondering how we knew that—"

"—You had more than an hour to figure out where the entrance to the crypt was. I'd be more surprised if you didn't find it. I'd be even more surprised if you didn't have the brains to at least plan an ambush inside the crypt," I said, shrugging nonchalantly. 

Fatima's smile disappeared very quickly. Beside her, the other elder vampire—Baron Songbird—chuckled.