Five years later.Night settled over the grand, solemn castle. The Elder Council had granted it to me as my sanctum, and it was mine alone.Beyond the gallery, moonlight shone through the fog. Rare blue night roses swayed in the breeze, their petals giving off a faint fragrance and glow.I leaned against a stone pillar, holding a test tube of the dark gold potion I'd just refined. Power surged inside me.Steady footsteps sounded behind me. Castor slowly approached in a dark cloak, a gentle smile on his lips and barely concealed affection in his gray-blue eyes. "Still going over your data this late?"He stopped beside me, took the test tube, and set it down.I smiled. "Just one last look.""The Elder Council has made its decision," Castor said slowly, his eyes on me. "All nine elders approved your project unanimously. Your work will be formally recorded in the Night Codex. It can purify the tangled bloodlines of lesser vampires and free them from wasting away as their powers fade. It ca
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