When my feet found solid ground once more, the air was thick with the scent of stale rot and the briny tang of the sea. It was a solitary island. To be precise, it was a vampire castle suspended within a rift in space-time—the "City of Eternal Night." Legend held that this was the place of exile for the Progenitors; a place where one could enter, but never leave. Julian tossed me onto a large bed