Henri was vampire. Anyone would call a vampire who sucked human blood a monster. Anyone sane. Henri wanted to frighten her with the name for what he was. Yet she still believed what she had told the voice. It was by one’s actions that man and monster were measured. And by that scale, Henri was a good man. And no matter what he was, he shouldn’t be locked in the Conciergerie and tortured by that vicious woman. The very thought made her want to tear her hair. She had no faith that the Croûte woman who had hurt him so wouldn ’t hurt him again. Could he disappear? Would he? You can’t save him. Your only hope is to escape with the prisoners. If you stay here and by some chance he escapes, then you’re back to leaving him or killing him, or getting infected and becoming just like him. Not attractive alternatives. But how could the prisoners get on the barge if Henri ’s warehouse was being watched? And what of the servants at number sixteen? If they were left behind they might bear the brunt of Robespierre’s wrath.
