Chapter 20

We’d cleaned up the camp before Luthias emerged from the tent. He looked a little chagrined when I greeted him as ‘sleepy head’ but took it in good humor.  I learned later that vampires seldom went into the deep coma-like slumber I witnessed Luthias in. This only happened when their body suffered trauma and exhaustion.  It occurred involuntarily in order for them to regenerate.  With all that Luthias went through, I wasn’t surprised it happened to him.

“I could think of a better time for my body to regenerate,’’ Luthias said with a scowl as he looked up at the position of the sun.  “We lost half the day.”

“Hardly, lad,” Gwendoline said as she patted his back while walking behind him. “A few hours, perhaps, but we can make it up.”  She turned to me and asked, “‘Tis time to get rid of the tent.  Would ye like to do the honors?”

“I don