*Lena*
The first time I ventured out of my windowless prison in the Vampire King's castle was anticlimactic. I didn't get very far before running into a group of the gray, sunken-eyed guards that Penny had warmed me to stay away from. They hissed at me, their red eyes shining in the dim light of a long, curving corridor I'd been exploring.
I'd retreated back to my room, shaken.
King Nikolas hadn't called on me in what felt like days. Food was delivered to my room in three-hour increments, and it was always plentiful and delicious. I ate as much as I possibly could, trying to strengthen my body and my powers for the fight I would soon be up against.
On the third day after meeting the king and healing his feeder, I went to the library. It was dank and dim like the rest of the castle,
