Hollow Foundations

[LORD RAFE ALDER MORLAND]

All that has been on my mind is Kaelia's words.

In constant repeat, they are an endless replay.

She claims she does not need my protection. A blunt reiteration of the Prince's words during my indictment.

I was left standing in an unfamiliar garden, beneath the harsh rays of direct sunlight. As a vampire, I have no soul by which to feel alive, and yet I have never felt so