A Vampire's Poet, A Lover's Curse

Previously

…Katja accepted the shard, its smooth surface a stark contrast to the turmoil raging within her. She had come seeking a way to reconcile her past with her present, her humanity with her curse. Now, she realized, her journey had taken a far more complex and dangerous turn. The gilded cage was beginning to show its cracks, and the whispers in the mortal world were calling her toward a truth that might very well unravel everything. The moon, now higher in the sky, cast long, dancing shadows, and Katja knew that her flight from the crimson castle was merely the beginning of a much longer, and far more perilous, escape.