Chapter 538

The guests arrived the following evening. They wore their age like their jewels, and Katelina shivered at the thought of that many masters in one place.

Though she didn't want to help Jorick greet them, Sarah's uncomfortable questions were worse. When the servants asked Katelina to carry luggage she jumped at the escape.

It was near dinner when she rounded a corner and heard a familiar voice.

"The original is completely authentic."

"Maybe if you were selling the original I'd be interested, Sorino," said a second vampire with a laugh. "A reproduction is only good for so much."