Katelina ran from the room. She didn't stop until she was outside, breathing in deep lungfuls of clean air. She didn't need it, but it made her feel better, as if oxygen could wash away the horror of the holding cell.

She leaned back against the log building. That Lilith preferred to feed on children, they knew. That's why the ancient vampiress kidnapped children near the party and left their bodies in the woods; but that she had a dark holding cell for them-it was more than ...