Are We Quite Clear?

[tinhuviel]

Cadmus leaned across the aisle to Kelat, his sloped Elfin brow smooth with neutrality, his eyes heavily lidded as he spoke. “Just for the record, Mother, if the shoe were on the other foot, I’d be the first to want my hand at you. Nothing would please me more than to rip you asunder and collect every last drop of your blood in the chalice. The wailing of the Vampire Hive would be a threnody of joy to my ears as I watched while your life force faded away from your vision and into mine. I am not your ally. Never forget that Kelat of Thessalonika. Once the relics are gathered and the mysteries are revealed, you’ll come to understand that I am here for one thing and one thing only; the total eradication of the pestilence that is Vampirism. Are we quite clear then?”