The Coupling Rites (1)

Mineah had studied the map of Valcrez well during her training inside the ship. From what she had learned, Valcrez's main port was outside Corvus City, the Capital City of Valcrez. 

The Capital City itself also had no walls or fortifications unlike theirs within the Kingdom of Ebodia. It was understandable, however, seeing as some vampires could always just travel in their mist form, making fortified walls all but unnecessary for them.

"Those are very poisonous," she hummed when she recognized the almost fifty feet tall White Giant privacy hedges surrounding the main entrance of the capital city.

"It surrounds the whole capital city," Nikolai pointed out. "After all, we need to regulate visitors coming from other regions and protect the city in case of intruders or possible invasion." 

Mineah nodded at the explanations. These kinds of privacy hedges clearly befitted the vampire kingdom well.