Description
In the shadowed land of Starkovia, the god of death demands more than devotion - she demands obedience. Urien has spent centuries serving Avrena, cold-hearted and calculating, sworn to rid the world of the cursed blood that stains it. Vampires. Monsters. Sinners. Tools. But in a cursed vampire king, Urien sees potential. Darius Starbán is not a man - not entirely - but a vampire bound by his own sins and a thirst for redemption. Before Darius can claim a place at Urien's side, he must swear an oath. Serve Avrena. Hunt his own kind. Die when commanded. Urien doesn't expect to be impressed. He certainly doesn't expect to care. But the gods love their little ironies... In this dark fantasy short set before the events of King of Dust, witness the moment Darius is forged into a weapon - and the man who holds the leash.
Cold Oath
