"What a plan you humans are forming up behind our backs," taunted the vampire duke, his voice echoing in the high-ceilinged hall as he addressed them casually. "I couldn't help but overhear your flimsy plan about my family, though I must say you seem to be underestimating the powers of a female vampire and a baby. Apprehending them is not easy, you know; it's harder than hunting a lion."
Before any of the humans could recover from the shock of seeing a vampire with wings break in on them while they were plotting against his kind, the vampire began to untie the coat he had used to secure the baby in front of him like a carrier. They watched him hold the vampire boy and touch something at his back so the same black wings appeared from the child's back, catching them off guard for the second time.
