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Lenora's Army
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Santos couldn't believe his eyes. After taking up Lenora's challenge and chasing her through the caves and around the unclaimed territory outside the boundaries of the Howling Warriors lands, Magnus's daughter leads him into the mouth of a giant gully, completely hidden unless a person knew where to look for the entrance. As he sped through the opening she stood there waiting for him with a small smile on her face, and he stopped abruptly, as the entire gully opened up before his eyes. There were vampires everywhere, some of them sat in groups polishing weapons, others stood talking among themselves. Lenora was standing right in the thick of things, where Santos had come to a halt, belatedly realizing he had sped right into the middle of a huge clutch of vampires.
"Welcome home Santos." She greeted him as their eyes met again, "Meet the Nightstalkers, my handpicked Army." But that wasn't what caught and held his attention. No, what caught his attention was the squirming
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