In a vast chamber where walls of living obsidian pulsed slowly, rhythmically, as though a titanic heart enclosed the chamber.
Veins of crimson rune-light throbbed through the black stone, casting the entire hall in a heartbeat glow, brightening a moment before dimming, and then brightening again.
Every pulse released a faint mist of warm, metallic blood scent, and the reason was simple. This place was within the Crimson Vein Hall, where the sole heiress of Marquis Blood Fiend, Seris Blood Fiend, resides!
The Heart Chamber of Seris lived up to its name; it was not a room but an organ.
In the center of the heart chamber, seated on a throne grown from bone-lattice and crimson crystal, lounged none other than Seris Blood Fiend!
The heiress of the Marquis was a vision sculpted by cruelty and seduction in equal measure. Her skin was a pale, moonless shade, smooth as polished marble yet carrying the faint sheen of living blood beneath.
