Road to Valhalla

Chapter 37: The Root of All of Us

"My Lord", Tête entered the room and bowed her head, "There is a letter for you, sir".

She presented the envelope that she was holding in her hands.

"On the table", the master of the house muttered, without looking her way, continuing his gaze into the unknown outside the window, sitting in his recliner.

"Anything else?", when Tête didn't leave for a while, he finally asked.

"My Lord, I am but a servant of your family, like my father was and his father too. We've served your noble family for generations and now, I find it in me to ask you about the fate of your daughter that I raised with my own two hands".

"You've served us", he looked her way, uninterestingly, "Your job has been fine. And this is the only time any member of your family has questioned a decision made by the family of Vlad. It is perhaps my own failure that pests like you have gained a mouth. But since you've presented yourself to me with that miserable fate of yours, let me tell you".

He began.

"Vampires cannot hav