Chapter 34

Serpentine rather indifferently watched the preparations for the fire. Here are a few demirates built a decent-sized foundation, overlaid it with stones. Others dragged a spit for future frying. Not a single muscle twitched in the serpentine's face as he was led out from under the net. It was pointless to resist, because demiraths are not only the fastest creatures after vampires. They are also the most merciless when angered.

No, Las was not afraid of death, the memory of the years spent in the trap of the Labyrinth gradually returned. And for good, he himself was no better than these same demirates, ready to eat travelers who...