Verchiel pulled her to a stop in front of the heavy doors. He knocked against them with the suitcase and a small square in the door opened, like a peephole. An eye peered through it and looked from Verchiel to Katelina, then the square snapped shut. Bolts were thrown back inside and the door opened on a pair of uniformed vampires.
Verchiel tugged Katelina into a small antechamber. It was furnished with a table and a pair of benches. A computer terminal was built into the wall to the left and held a glowing monitor and all the accessories, including a copious amount of colored paper. Either side of it was lined in television screens. From the grainy images, Katelina guessed that they were security monitors. On the far wall, two doors led out of the room, both locked with heavy bolts, and a
