The Vampire King's Feeder
“What happened to her?”
“We don’t know exactly. The reports from Hidesmith make it sound like she might have been caught up in the attack there early last night, but her injuries seem… personal. She was found in a ditch between Ravenfell and Hidesmith” The healer's voice tapers off. I watch with blurred vision as the healer leans in to whisper, “The head injury is alarming, your grace. But her chest–she was beaten so badly several ribs are broken, and I believe… I believe someone might have tried to….” He hisses, whispering something under his breath before continuing, “Someone might have been trying to drive a stake, or a knife, through her heart, based on the pattern of bruising.”