I am a vampire. I know nothing of my past, but intend to create a new future. I have no sympathy for mere humans; their weaknesses engulf them in an illusion entirely of their own making. I relish their screams; I live off their blood. But something is lurking in the dark. Something more deadly and terrifying than anyone has seen before. It could be my undoing. Humans fear me. I fear the Ashkins.