"...it may be the most important decision of your lives…"
Heila's words hung heavily over both young women, like an axe ready to fall on them, and Cossot and Roseen swallowed heavily as they saw the seriousness in Heila's eyes.
"Dame Sybyll worked very hard tonight," Heila started, glancing over her shoulder at the crimson-haired vampire with bone-white skin as she did her best to deliver reassurances to the departing townsfolk. "She's dressed like a lady, she's put aside her weapons, and she's restrained so much of her power that at times, you could almost mistake her for an ordinary, beautiful, young woman."
