“Does Crowin make announcements often?” I ask.

“Every once in a while,” Chase says, “when he has something to say.”

“You should come watch it too,” Nick says. “It might be relevant to us.”

All of us wind up standing or sitting behind Nick and watching the announcement on his phone.

Isaak Crowin stands behind a podium which bears the Bloodfang sigil: a set of canine teeth, dripping with blood. How literal. Crowin himself ...