Chapter 596
Katelina ran from the room. She didn't stop until she was outside, breathing in deep lungfuls of clean air. She didn't need it, but it made her feel better, as if oxygen could wash away the horror of the holding cell.
She leaned back against the log building. That Lilith preferred to feed on children, they knew. That's why the ancient vampiress kidnapped children near the party and left their bodies in the woods; but that she had a dark holding cell for them-it was more than Katelina could deal with.
It was several minutes before Jorick appeared, his expression grim. She hoped he picked the information from her brain, so she didn't have to explain.
"Brandle told me." Jorick pulled her to him. "It's better if you don't think about it."
Don't think about it, as if that would erase it from history. On the other hand, what was there to do? Whatever children had been down there were already dead. There was no way to bring them back. The only thing they could do was make Lilith pay.