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The ritual: walking into death
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The Archipelago

Caius, Bones-the-old and Adrian stood before a stone, which was covered in dust.

Bones-the-old wrinkled face had a serious expression as he placed the Bone knife, Argus on the stone.

He casted Caius a glance, the latter nodded, signifying his grasp on what Bones wants. He pulled up the sleeve of his black attire, revealing his pale white hand and bit his wrist, letting out pale red blood.

He moved his hand to the stone and let the blood dripping from the wrist fall on the Bone knife.

Bones-the-old's eyes glowed bright white and his whole body trembled as he activated his supernatural ability of foreseeing the future. This time, it's the future of the coven.

While the process went on, the others were quiet.

Anxiety or worry can't be used to qualify what Caius and the others are feeling right now. What they are feeling right now, but can't say it out loud, was terror.

Why won't they feel like that?

A Primordial vampire who is after them, but currently too weak to do it,
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