![]() ![]() Then I handed him the object that was still clutched in my hand, dimly noting that it was an ancient-looking crown. I blinked, but the red didn't leave my vision. "Leila, can you hear me?" he asked, moving his wrist to allow me to answer. Felt his strong arms around me while his wrist pressed to my mouth. Something poured down my throat and consciousness returned. Couldn't he see that I was trying to sleep? Vlad called my name again, but his voice became fainter. Felt him grab me, but I couldn't see him. ![]() I would use them to break my enemies instead.Īs if from a long way off, I heard Vlad's voice. ![]() Betrayal, pain, and death were my constant companions, yet I would not let them break me. ![]() Then I was abandoned by the vampire who sired me, widowed by a woman who'd shunned me for my deeds, and imprisoned again by Mihaly Szilagyi, a vampire who sought to rule Wallachia through me. I was Vladislav Basarab Dracul, bartered by my father into hellish political imprisonment as a boy, then as a young man, fighting war after war to keep my country free, only to be betrayed by my nobles, the church, and even my own brother. ![]()
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