Harley’s P.O.V.

“What’s wrong with him?”

The three vampires who had fought under Carlos’s command also came closer after hearing my questions, their expressions blank and almost detached. One of them lowered his head.

“I didn’t know anything beyond my sire’s orders.”

His sire, of course!

A sigh escaped me as the pieces fit together in my head. Sired vampires were basically humans turned into vampires by the masters, bound to their will, and tied to their blood. Every pure-blooded vampire had the ability to create obedient servants who were eternally loyal and often completely hollow inside.

As arguing with those custom made puppets would be pointless, I shifted, trying...