198| One Last Wish
Strome had come in that very night.
And Herrin's anguish had been renewed once more as he realised with a growing dread that the assistant nurse had been Strome's spawn all along.
Once more, a very different type of dread, exceeding that devastating night with Paloma returned.
Hiln was in danger.
Herrin had demanded to know the whereabouts of his daughter, but the spiteful sister had only taunted and mocked him. His demands dwindled into tortured pleas, and the truth Strome had revealed shattered what little remained of him.
Strome had been feeding Hiln hints of her blood in order to cultivate her next meal.
How could he not have noticed?!
At that very moment, his body had become a prison he had never hated more.
He had begged Strome to bring Hiln to him.
She had laughed and left.
Herrin wallowed in indescribable horror.
