"The Dark One"
-The Laws Of The Coven-
One -- That each coven must have its leader and only he might order the working of the Dark Trick upon a mortal,
seeing that the methods and the rituals were properly
observed.
Two -- That the Dark Gifts must never be given to the crippled, the maimed, or to children, or to those who cannot, even with the Dark Powers, survive on their own. Be it further understood that all mortals who would receive the Dark Gifts should be beautiful in person so that the insult to God might be greater when the Dark Trick is done.
Three -- That never should an old vampire work this magic lest the blood of the fledgling be too strong. For all our gifts increase naturally with age, and the old ones have too much strength to pass on. Injury, burning -- these catastrophes,
if they do not destroy the Child of Satan, will only increase his powers when he is healed. Yet Satan guards the flock from the power of the old ones, for almost all, without exception,
go mad.
Four -- That no vampire may ever destroy another vampire, except that the coven master has the power of life and death over all of his flock. And it is, further, his obligation to lead the old ones and the mad ones into the fire when they can no longer serve Satan as they should. It is his obligation to destroy all vampires who are not properly made. It is his obligation to destroy those who are so badly wounded that they cannot survive on their own. And it is his obligation finally to seek the destruction of all outcasts and all who have broken the laws.
Five -- That no vampire should ever reveal his true nature to a mortal and allow that mortal to live. No vampire must ever reveal the history of the vampires to a mortal and let the mortal live. No vampire must commit to writing the history of the vampires or any true knowledge of vampires lest such a history be found by mortals and believed. And a vampire's name must never be known to mortals, save from his tombstone, and never must any vampire reveal to mortals the location of his or any other vampire's lair.
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What can I say, really, that you have not heard before from others? I find it rather pointless to retell what you have already read about in books. Details of my doings, of course, were not always accurately told, and only given from the point of view of the one doing the telling, but I have no desire to point out which one of those are fact and which are not. I prefer, unlike some of the others, to hold onto my privacy. At least for the time being. And if there ever comes a point where I decide otherwise, then perhaps I too will enlist David Talbot to give my account to. But until that occurs, you will have to decide for yourself which are truths about me and which aren't. Believe what you will, my friends, that is your choice. But the obvious is already there.
I make no excuses.
I am wicked.
I am dangerous.
I am vampire.
I am Santino.
And Thorne failed.
That is all you need to know.
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