It was now the month of Amarum. Nothing had changed, the weather was still cold and wet, but now we could officially call it winter.
Hooray.
No one ever thought of winter as a happy time of the year. The only joy it brought was when it was over and we no longer had to deal with all the snow. During winter, we were all cooped up inside a freezing house, with only a small fireplace to warm us up. Family time was nice, but not when it stretched out for weeks at a time.
Summer was much better; you could run around free as a bird and jump into streams to cool down.
This year would definitely have a late Dark, judging the fact that it was still raining, yet Amarum had begun. Late Darks weren't all that uncommon and occurred in long cycles. I guess that's a good thing for me.
The later the
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"Its a lake. Have you seen a lake before? Imagine that. There's water, lots of water and there's fish in the water. The rogues all live in a really old house by the shore, and the fish always stay away from there for some reason."
There was a pause, and then Kieron said, "I kinda want to see it."
Caine face palmed and made a drawn out noise of exasperation. "I don't think I have met anyone more suicidal than you guys. Do any of you have something called common sense?"
None of them paid him any attention.
"It can't hurt to pass by the side of it. We don't have to go right to the shore, just close enough to see it," Alexander said.
The vampire was silent,
"It's not like were going to die if we look at the lake," Kieron said.
"You are all idiots. Idiots. Rogues aren't friendly little puppies. They're criminals and murderers, except vampire society doesn't have a jail for them. Their punishment is simply that they are killable on sight. Not a good sentence as most are old enough that killing them is a very difficult task. Only a few rogues actually kill each years, compared to the several dozens that are exiled. Imagine a gang of killers living there, if that