"What have you done?" Ume cried over the echoing screams.

The vampires who'd held Katelina and the Father rushed Sushel, shrieking for help. He shouted at them to stay away and climbed into the narrow crack at the back of the room.

The child stood, wreathed in flame, his hands in the air. Maniacal laughter poured from his melting lips. "We go like our master! Like Memnon we become ashes! Even in death we are one!"

With a single blood curdling cry, Fethillen ...