—Lucius
"The Sirekiller and vampire king of Nasferatica!" He gasped, his vigilance quickly replaced by his earlier hostility. It was expected, and I assumed he was even more scared of me than before.
Most were.
"Among other things, yes. Though, the latter had been a 'political bitch' of a situation I couldn't avoid, you see. I prefer to be known as Sirekiller. It's so much more... refined, don't you think?"
He shuddered, but eased up after a while of not sensing any killer intent. This unexpected alliance promised to be an intriguing diversion, at the very least.
As we left the ruins of Shadowvale behind, I couldn't help but wonder what other surprises awaited me on the road to Maerebor.
The map in my coat seemed to pulse with potential, a silent promise of revelations to come.
The path ahead was shrouded in mystery, fraught with danger from both the supernatural forces we had witnessed and the tenuous nature of our own alliance.