Cogs in Time Anthology (The Steamworks Series)
“However, this was iridescent silver, topped with Prussian blue, a smoother version of its brass and blackened predecessor. The golden propellers indicated his position of wealth and influence as the airship cut through the dank and heavy fog. Slumbering clouds licked and enveloped the air vessel as well as the city of Gravesend below, curling around its windows and blanketing the buildings, waiting for the new day to come.
Mordecai knew the birth of the new vampire was important. He had awa...kened to receive the summons that the arrival of the Perfect Vampire was imminent. At last, he hoped the genetic alterations would not fail and that a vampire would be born with both the physical perfection, and the prophetic strengths, of his clans. Each mutation had been spliced and then re-emerged at great expense, in the Society’s genetics laboratory with high hopes. Unfortunately, a successful birth had eluded them and rendered the vampire women infertile. He hung his overcoat and removed his black leather gloves as he donned the robes of the Society. This child must not be a failure.MoreLess
Mordecai knew the birth of the new vampire was important. He had awa...kened to receive the summons that the arrival of the Perfect Vampire was imminent. At last, he hoped the genetic alterations would not fail and that a vampire would be born with both the physical perfection, and the prophetic strengths, of his clans. Each mutation had been spliced and then re-emerged at great expense, in the Society’s genetics laboratory with high hopes. Unfortunately, a successful birth had eluded them and rendered the vampire women infertile. He hung his overcoat and removed his black leather gloves as he donned the robes of the Society. This child must not be a failure.MoreLess
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