Epilogue
Cain looked up from his inspection of a garnet arrow tip at a knock on his workroom door. "Come in." He set the weapon aside, raising an eyebrow at the demon that came in.
"MacInnis is dead, sir. So is his driver. And the demon caller is gone."
Cain smiled. "Very good." He herded the man out the door. "I need you to set up surveillence over the vampires, Nathaniel. We don't need them to get away from us."
"Yes, sir." The man watched as the revenant wizard knocked softly on the open door of the music room.
"I'll send your retainer through the usual channels, Nathaniel." Cain waited until the man had left, and Mariam had finished the bit of music she was playing before he came over to stand by the piano.
"Well?" She gave him an expectant look.
Cain smiled. "The mercenaries have done their job admirably. The demon caller has been rescued, and they suspected nothing. They will have to come to me to have the blocks removed, and until they do, we will be able to add more gems to your collection, love."
Delighted laughter rang through the house as this, and Cain smiled cruely.
FIN