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Night fell fast in Rubena. The sky grew darker by the minute, and by five in the afternoon, the sun had already dipped behind the mountains. Soon, its light was gone, and the city was plunged into darkness.
Stars hidden by the sun’s glow now revealed themselves, and the moon rose to take its place. It was the hour when vampires could roam freely.
From the ruins where they had hidden, the two Vampires—Tepes and Roman—emerged and leaped onto the roof of a building in the city center. It wasn’t so much a jump as it was an effortless movement, with no sense of weight at all.
They hadn’t spent the daylight lazing around, either. Tepes had used his projection to communicate with Leon, and in that process, learned that the Holy Iron Inquisitors had arrived.
And now, the two key forces of this operation were finally meeting. Waiting for them on the rooftop was Angela, the Holy Iron Inquisitor.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Lady Angela,” said Roman, the older of the two vampires.
She couldn’t speak, so she simply dipped her head once.
Roman knew this already and showed no sign of displeasure, calmly summarizing their plan.
“I’ve heard the situation. My prince and I are to fight alongside you at the holding facility, then help the prisoners escape and regroup afterward. Is that correct?”
Angela nodded again.
The two high-ranking vampires were powerful allies, but Count Rubena surely knew to expect that much. He would have prepared traps and countermeasures that worked especially...
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