The sick thump on the carpet was loud enough that you could hear it all the way through the flat, but there was no one here but they two. He was picking around the room, looking for recognizable inscriptions. xnx For your mothers’ sakes.”
He’d been talking like this all day, but none of the four travelers had really thought he’d make good on his declaration that he’d drive them no further than the pass. Down below, in the guts of the ship, Van Helsing emptied the fuel cans, splashing everything in the hold, eyes burning with the fumes. It must have been deserted for centuries.”
The castle was quiet, gloomy, and skeletal. “How dreadful.”
“Gruesome, yes,” said Van Helsing, adjusting his spectacles. He was trapped in a room that had no way out.
