Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.

If you don't like vampire games, don't play

They'd poisoned me, dammit. Probably to trade my dead body to the barbarians for Wulfgar's safe return. Or maybe just for the fun of it.

Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.

There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.

A [reformed] vampire ... mostly tries to make reparation for his previous evil by doing good deeds-most commonly, apparently, going into the crime solving business.

People always talk about good, fresh country air, but I kept getting wiffs of something that was neither good nor fresh but definitely country.