Virgil had been caught. He had stolen from a wealthy lord, and now he was to pay the price. The punishments for thievery were dire. Virgil could either be hanged or be sent away to do something no one has ever come back from: kill the vampire that lived in an old castle in the middle of the woods. Hoping to survive, he chooses the second option. But Virgil finds something more than just a vampire in the woods.