Pyris smiled, the coldness of it sending a chill through the room.
He wasn't going to deal with Vorath nor Silas directly; no, the key to weathering the storm brewing in the Vampire Empire lay elsewhere. It lay with the only man capable of quelling the chaos: Emperor Dracula II.
Pyris understood the stakes well. Silas had seized on the opportunity created by the rift between the Obsidian and Ragna families, capitalizing on the growing unrest.
With the nobility in the Vampire Empire running rampant, Dracula had chosen to sit back and let them unleash their fury on the Obsidian businesses. It wasn't that Pyris' company was powerless in the empire—it was that the emperor's silence had allowed it to happen.
Still, Pyris knew Dracula better than most. Despite their fallout, there was always a way to sway him: power.
