With a silent sigh, he watched out the window as Munich gave way to farmland. Like Wolfe said, the den they were summoned to was barely ten minutes down country roads. A vampiress met them at the gate, wringing her hands and wailing. She detailed the attack and mentioned a neighboring coven.

"I don't understand. Why would they?" She locked desperate eyes on the Scharfrichterinnen.

Jilsenna made an uncomfortable noise, then broke away to "look around," leaving Sadihra ...