To the people of Kislova, Baron Janosk was a tyrant, but to young Ilsabet, he was simply Father. When the baron was summarily executed, the people cheered, but Ilsabet wept...and plotted revenge.
That evening she shared it with Jonathan, who concurred. "He hardly sounds like Renfield, or even you in the worst of your delirium. And yet…" "What is it?" "Nothing. I was thinking of the castle, but I can't ever recall seeing the sister alone. She was always with the others. Perhaps they goaded...
Hours had passed while she held Dickey and slept, conserving her strength, waiting for darkness and this calling in her dreams. She woke in the center of the night, powerful, ready for her first human kill. She doused the fire in the stove and put a squirming, protesting D...
John Seward had tidy compartments for his memories. Some were always open. Some were usually locked. A terrible few could be contained only with effort. He thought of his weeks on the Continent with Van Helsing and the others as little as possible, but try as he might, he could not bury the memor...