and I hear shouts and cries of despair coming from the kitchen. I leave my post of filling wine goblets for the staff to carry through the crowds and rush to see what is happening. I arrive via a hidden passage just in time to see a gentleman vampire cut down by a wooden arrow.

"How could you do this?" a young man ask them, his face a mask of grief. "You don't even know him! What have you done?"

I look around and see what damage has been caused this night. Three people I recognize from the village are now dead. If I remember correctly, they are the three from the odd love triangle that Shawn had told me of. Interesting.

From my secret vantage point, I couldn't see who shot the arrow, so I don't reveil myself just yet. This is more interesting to watch unfold without involving myself directly.