“There’s rebels in the castle!” A soldier shouted as he burst into Adrian’s rooms. Adrian was by Ana’s side in an instant.
“What! I had no intel about rebels being anywhere near here, how the hell did this happen?!”
“They came in wearing uniforms, my Lord…but when stopped at the inner gate for ID one of them unleashed and they stormed through.”
“Whereabouts?”
“Northern quarters, my Lord.”
Adrian scowled in thought and then felt Ana hug his arm. He glanced down at her momentarily. It was the first contact she had made towards him since their hug on the balcony over a day ago. Ana looked up at him startled.
“Rebels?” She asked timidly.
“Yes…there is a group calling themselves the Vampire Eradication Squad, or VES for short…they have been getting steadily more sophisticated with their
