---- 189, GETTING TO KNOW THE LORD OF THE WOLVES "Rousse, are you okay?" I got up from the ground, still dizzy. That sensation of falling and spinning endlessly had been horrible. "Yes, Miss Victoria," His rough voice answered. He stood up to his full height, towering over me with his intimidating shadow, like everything else about him. The black hood he always wore had fallen back, revealing his grayish hair. His eyes, nearly white, stared straight into mine.

I'm more than used to the undead, but Rousse is still imposing, even for me. Always dressed in black, strong, serious, with those deep scars cutting through his pale body. "Where do you think we are?" I asked him, scanning the alley we had landed in. The stench of garbage piled in small mounds. Flanked by black, grimy walls. ---- "I've never been anywhere like this in our realm." "I don't think we're home, Rousse," I said, frowning. "Let's explore. I decided, pulling my hood up as well.

We walked to the street the alley opened into. "Ew, rats," I made a face, kicking one of the little beasts away. To my complete surprise, it didn't last a second. "Catch it quick!" "It's huge, nice!" I stood frozen at the corner, watching a group of kids throw themselves on the animal. They caught it between the three of them, tearing it apart instantly. With filthy hands and dressed in rags. The layer of grime barely let me see their real skin color.

knew it the moment I saw them drinking eagerly, with tiny fangs and red eyes. Goddess, where the hell had we ended up? "Don't wander off. I don't know this place, and I don't like the feel of it." Rousse

but Rousse's size and bulk scared them off. The more I saw of this gray city, the more I was convinced of its extreme poverty. Until we saw a group of people running toward

they were running I pulled my hood tighter and we slipped into the maze of houses to climb onto a rooftop. Below, a crowd was already gathering. I could feel it-they were all vampires. Some pure, some mixed. But vampires nonetheless. The wide street

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