It didn't take long for Ashlynn to weave her story. The sun had fully set and they'd enjoyed a delicious course of roasted capons by the time she was finished explaining everything from the bazaar in the castle town to the things she'd witnessed when Nyrielle fed in one of the villages.
"So, it's true then?" Daithi said when Ashlynn brought up Nyrielle's feeding. "The, um, Eldritch Lady of the Vale really does drink blood?"
Around the table, everyone looked pale at the notion, and the youngest man aside from Ollie, one of the other soldiers in the group, had set down his utensils, unable to continue eating after hearing Ashlynn's story.
