Griselda turned on her heel and stormed away, the cocktail dress swishing with each angry step. Why Malick had ever made that buffoon an Executioner

She still remembered when he showed up. No, not "showed up", but was invited. She was the one Malick had sent to invite him to The Guild.

"He is avampire of interest, you might say, from a powerful bloodline. I desire to meet him."

The way Malick had spoken, Griselda had expected something like The Hand of Death; ...