Chapter 23

Abigail accompanied me back to Vampire Land.  The distance between Verso and Vampire land could be crossed in one day if we kept a steady pace. Since neither of us wanted to spend our resting time sleeping in a tree because we feared making camp in such dangerous times, we started before the sun came up and traveled light and fast.  We entered the gates of Vampire Land just after the stroke of midnight.

Lord Moken was just coming out of the dining hall when he spotted us coming down the corridor toward him.

“Your majesty,” he said with surprise as he rushed toward me and bowed low. “Forgive me. I did not realize you were returning to us so soon or I would have had a reception party waiting for you.”

“We came with a matter of importance,” I said as I nodded acknowledgement to his bowing and motioned for him to follow us to a nearby antechamber.

I closed the door behind me and immediately began telling him of ou