:05:18
My heart pounded with apprehension
:05:22
as I watched the creature
search around its grave.
:05:27
My limbs would scarcely obey
:05:30
but I challenged the monster out there,
whatever it might be,
:05:35
to reclaim its shroud.
:06:03
A vampire can be destroyed
:06:07
only by a stake through the heart
or decapitation.
:06:13
I waited, sword in hand.