Chapter 234

Magic? She realised he meant it, that he wasn't yanking her chain. This vampire of indeterminate age was telling her that he could perform magic. She should have laughed at the very notion but for some reason she didn't. Something in his very stillness, the way he was watching her so intently suddenly had her looking around the cave system, noticing what she had missed.
Little glass bowls flickered with light in various nooks and crannies but didn't give off any smoke. They weren't filled with a smokeless gel either, they were simply full of a single flame, suspended in nothing but air, like magic.
Her eyes swung disbelievingly to his as he removed the pipe from the now filled tub and returned it to its place on the wall, gravity keeping the water from flowing out.