The house was oppressively silent, as if everyone could sense what had just happened. Lordic held his breath as he watched Maximus prowl the length of the basement. Lordic was scared to walk down the stairs and go talk to him. Maximus looked angry enough to kill them all. The vampire mumbled to himself as he paced.
Fuck. This was a disaster. Why couldn’t everything go their way? They had Vicker right there, but he escaped. He should have known he would fight back. Vicker was like a machine. Every vampire alive feared him. How did Maximus think he could tame him? Lordic shook his head. It could have been perfect though if he managed to. They would have created a new nest, and life would have gone back to what it was. Lordic sighed and reached for the necklace around his neck. He paused wh
