Hansel pressed his face to the blackened bars.
"It's not a vampire."
His self proclaimed 'assistant' shuddered at his side. Brushing the cobwebs from his silk sleeve.
"Well what the f**k is it then?"
"A succubus. See for yourself...easy mistake for a commoner."
Hansel stepped aside and let Rameo lean forward.
"By all the gods...I'd let that thing suck me dry Hansel. Are they always so...well...like that?"
The hunter laughed mirthlessly and took a small dagger from his belt. The lock looked flimsy enough.
"Yes. They do. When a male vampire takes a maiden...if she lives, she will bear a child...a succubus. They are a hybrid. A half-breed. They don't require blood to live, but they are weak without it. Interesting species."
Rameo was still staring at the naked and motionless form ins
