You should have listened to your brother when he had told you not to accept that specific quest. There was a reason that the bounty had been set so high... You weren't inexperienced in your field of work by any means, but now that you were stripped of almost all your weapons and your garments were hanging off of you in shreds, you were beginning to suspect that you had bitten off a little more than you could chew.

Dashing through the dark and winding hallways of the palace you had invaded - in the middle of the night, no less - you tried your best to make as little noise as possible. You needed to find an exit. Pronto.

By the sound of his joyous whistling as he leisurely strolled down the corridors, you could tell that he was still a good distance away, but it would surely not take more than just a couple of seconds for the beast to catch up to you. If he really wanted to...

For now it seemed as though he was simply enjoying himself; having the time of his life listening to the way your heart was beating almost out of your chest as you tried to make your escape. "Where are you going, little pet? I wasn't done playing with you yet," the vampire lord called out to you in a sing-song manner, his honeyed voice doing little to nothing to mask the malicious intent behind his words.

He chuckled darkly.