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"What?"

The word reverberated around the room The sheer volume of the exclamation caused five of the six men present to jump and squirm uncomfortably The six sat around a heavy, dark oak table that th and five in width If any of those present had had the tiht have noticed that the chairs did not quite rand table, the as of a different colour and the style alils on the chairs did not quite fit in with the lavish carvings along the table&039;s legs The rooe, but cos on the walls, no tables with ornaments and no books inside the shelves that covered one of the walls A lone chandelier hung forlornly from the centre of the rooloolow fro bulbs seemed to create more shadows that they banished The stark interior only served to emphasise the size of the room, and the bare walls amplified the thunderous report as it echoed around the terrified eted nervously in his chair He looked down at the papers on the table in front of him, but knew that all eyes were directed at him It had been his news that had er He took a second to s and nervously repeated his e

"Romulus and his clan were killed this afternoon His ure at the head of the table "Who would dare?" The angry figure spat the words out between pale lips drawn back over wickedly sharp teeth

Williaure leaned to within inches of his face Foetid breath assaulted his senses and bile rose in his throat He sed desperately to prevent his sto its contents

"We we don&039;t know for certain," he sta minor inconveniences "

"Is that what you call the death of an entire clan?" Nero snapped at him

"Nnno, Lord," Williaroup have never done anything "

"Roside Alexander, did you know that?" Nero interrupted as he appeared to lose hiin to slow as he watched the vampire Maybe

The creature suddenlyover the table toward hith of its arripped his neck and lifted him level with its six-foot-three frame Williams wasn&039;t a small man at just under six feet and he was at least two stone overweight but his legs kicked free in the air regardless as the creature held hiasped for air, but only succeeded in drawing small painful breaths Cold seemed to seep frohout his body almost instantly He had never been so cold in his life The creature loomed towards him and he was immediately assaulted by a foul stench from the creature&039;s mouth The smell was vile, like someone had killed a roomful of people and left the sweet there also, so intoxicating and terrifying at the sarip was too tight, his stomach lurched from the smell and bile burned its way up his throat Williarip blocked his airway and forced the bile back down

"Romulus was one of the council" The creature stared hard into Williauard detail?"

Williarip He fell to the ground and the bile in his throat spewed onto the floor and down his suit "Dead," he finally h his tortured throat

"Dead?" the creature hissed incredulously "How many thralls did he have?"

"Twenty-five," Williahtered Bodies everywhere It was a very professional job We arrived fifteen minutes after the silent alaruards were all dead Roarden, and the bastards who did it were nowhere to be seen"