I am the bringer of retribution with white-hot flame. I wield the fire that will take your power and render you mortal. I can burn your soul to ash and make you beg for your life. Vampire. Witch. Hybrid. Creature of power. I am all of these things. In twelve hundred years, I thought I'd seen everything. That was until I walked into the dark forests of Austria looking for the Devil Who Walks. Bregenz, Austria, 1230AD It had been a week since she heard whisperings of a horror that lived in forgotten corners of the dark forests of Austria. A feeling at first, a malice that tickled at her skin and then the stories began spreading. The villages she passed through were alive with tales of a creature that had become known as the Teufel wen laufen. The Devil who walks. A monster that stalked the forest at night, tearing apart anyone who lingered and drank their blood. Once the sun rose, bodies would be discovered by huntsmen strung up in the treetops and smeared red.
