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The infiltration into the mansion next door posed no proble the activity of the est movement within the walls, Darius declared that he and Tohr fro of woods that separated the two estates, they re- forht in through a stout wooden- fraest obstacle to breaching the exterior was overco of dread

With every step and every breath, Darius had to force hi that he was in the wrong place And yet he refused to turn back He was out of other practical roads on which to traverse, and though Saht well not be here, with no other leads, he had to do soo mad

"This house feels haunted," Tohrment muttered as they both looked around the servants&039; common roohosts rest solely in yourwhoever tallies under this roof Come, we must locate any subterranean quarters If the huround"

As they made their way silently past thefrom hooks, it was so very clearly a human house All was quiet up above and all around; in contrast to a vampire manse, where this would be an active time of preparation for Last Meal

Alas, that this household was made up of the other race was no confirmation the female was not held herein--and could perhaps recoh vampires knew for certain of the existence ofon the hus survived with greater ease Still, from time to time there were inevitable and bona fide contacts between those who chose to re eyes, and these infrequent brushes with one another explained hu frohosts" to "bloodsuckers" Indeed, the hu need to fabricate in the absence of concrete proof Which iven that race&039;s self-referential understanding of the world and their place in it: Anything that didn&039;t fit was forced into the superstructure, even if that"paranormal" elements

And what a coup for a wealthy household to capture physical evidence of such ephemeral superstitions

Especially lovely, defenseless evidence

There was no telling what had been observed by this household over tihbors What racial differences had been unexpectedly exposed and noted by virtue of the two estates being brothers in landscape

Darius cursed under his breath and thought that this hy va huation and separation

He and Tohr froht did, passing around the carved furnishings and tapestries without sound or substance

The biggest concern, and why they did not traverse the stone floors on foot? Sleeping dogs Many of the uards, and that was a complication they could well do without Hopefully, if there were some within the household, they were curled at the feet of the master&039;s bed

And would the sauard

However, they had fortune on their side No dogs No guard At least, not that they saw, heard, or scented--and they were able to locate the passage that led underground

Both of the over the hurried, careless workh- hewn steps, and the uneven walls--all of which seemed to indicate that the family never made this sojourn below, only the servants