After fifty years of undeath, Col is still considered a young vampire. When his Mater and protector goes missing, Col finds himself courted by a dark malevolence that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
... let us follow him into the embrace of night...

Ensanguined

Col thought that he was dead. No more life, no more unlife. Dead. He wondered what Hell would be like. 


Then from an eternity (which was perhaps an everlasting blink), the world returned. The light slowly turned to gray and stopped at the drab hue. Col found himself kneeling on a soft hill of some sort. He looked down and saw the hill was more a great pile of carrion. The ground beyond was barren and rocky. Col carefully descended the hill, mindful of the great open chasm to one side of the heap. 


Chapter 19