Chapter 29

Our volunteers were successful in confiscating one of the notorious weapons from Bartholomew’s army.  They’d kidnapped a few of the guards and managed to get them to confess that the army was still uncertain as to the location of Vampire Land.  It was true they were a few days away, but they’d chosen a direction to search that would lead them further from us. The volunteers took it upon themselves to leave clues that would encourage the army scouts to believe the path they chose was the correct one.

The kingdom was encouraged. 

After sending the weapon off to be analyzed by members of Vampire Land’s scientific and military communities, Lord Basha suggested we move forward with the wedding plans.  He felt strongly that the distraction of such a happy event was just what the kingdom needed to ease the stress of waiting for an attack that may or may not come.

Luthias was understandably eager to wed.  It took me a lit