Dante had drifted into a light doze when he was awoken by a banging on his door. It was just dawn when one his men told him captain Lucian had come. Dante quickly dressed and came to the main hall of the manor. Lucian stood there in his armor with two of his men. Dante motioned for Lucian to follow him and lead him to the main study he had been using. “There has been another abduction” Lucian said, “Worse two of my men are dead”. “What?” Dante asked. “Two of my men did not report in after a patrol and when I sent men find them they discovered them dead in a home that had been broken in to” Lucian said “One of them had their blood drained so I can say for a fact it was the Vampire”. Dante nodded and stared at Lucian. “I want to know more about vampires. Like why the vampire was out in the daylight. They should not be able to do that. It should kill them, shouldn’t it?” Lucian asked. “No, daylight will kill most lower caste vampires, but higher caste vampires will only be weakened by daylight” Dante said “We are likely dealing with a high caste vampire. Something I don’t understand is why the vampire is alone. Most high caste vampires will not stray far from their coven”.

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  Lucian nodded “That makes sense, but what is the vampire up to?” He asked. “Likely the two abductions and these new deaths are an indicator that we have disrupted whatever the original plan was. We need to find out what that plan was and capture or kill that vampire” Dante said. “I will be doubling the men I send on patrol, and I am going to send investigators to find any other spots where the vampire might hide” Lucian said. Dante nodded “I will be reinforcing my defense here. I feel that having encountered him he will want to eliminate us as soon as he can,” Dante said. Lucian said and shook Dante hand as he left the manor and prepared to return to his command post.