Book 3: In the Clutches of a Mad Man

Lydia

I’m woken up by water being thrown at me. I gasp and wipe it from my eyes and look up to see Toman with an empty pail. I look past him and realize I’m in a dungeon. There are vampires in the room dressed in guard’s uniforms.

I try to remember how I got here. The last thing I can recall is resting in the hospital wing at Burgundy Bay. Rainer assured me that I was safe. How have I ended up back in this terrible nightmare? Escaping to Burgundy Bay couldn’t have all been a futile dream, could it?

It couldn’t have been a dream. I’m wearing a hospital gown. That means Toman must have taken me from the hospital wing while I was unconscious. I look around for an exit in the room, but the door is blocked by the two guards.

“All this trouble for one feeder, Toman?” one of the guards mocks him. “We thought you were bringing a whole truckload of feeders.”

“I was, but the shipment was sabotaged by some stranger. He claimed that he was sent as