Chapter Forty-Four

I woke up to the murmuring of voices that I couldn’t quite make out and I let my eyes adjust to the dimness of the room I was being held in. I was chained to a wall and my limbs had pins and needles all over, a sign that the poison was working its way out of my body.

“Abeloth?” I asked in my mind.

“I’m here halfling, they got us bad this time,” he said sounding groggy.

“Can you separate?” I asked him.

“It feels like I’m trapped inside you, I’m being blocked somehow,” he said as he tried to push through.

“At least we found his hideout,” I said and Abeloth chuckled.

“Yeah at least we got this far,” he said and lay down again.

I recognized the vampire that took me from the side of the road as he placed a chair a few feet in front of me. Even if I could kick out now I wouldn’t reach the chair, they were still being careful around me and that actually made me smile.

“He’s awake Sir,” the vampire said as he lifted my head and met my eyes.

“Bring him some water,” the other man said.

The vamp