We stepped out of the mist into the forest, not the town. Edric already told us that the black mist was something vampires learned, and with learned he meant stole, from the witches. The use of magic caused vibrations to travel through the air, vibrations that the witches would be able to read. But this time it did not matter, we are not sneaking up on them. We came here to talk.
Michael was not stupid, he knew that I had spoken to Edric when he was already here. He eyed me intensely, but there really wasn’t much to say. There was no secret plan, no interesting things he told me about. He just gave me the necklace so I would not appear weak in front of our enemies, that is all.
“Ready to go, sir.” Ailmær said to Edric. It was funny to see someone the size of Ailmær speak to Edric like
