Many years later, An Geliya would still think of the blood spilled in Northumberland, the blood of her family, the blood of the Lord of Northumberland.
Sometimes she would think: if only some of that blood had belonged to Heinrich.
Heinrich vonnegut didn't understand, and would never understand, her resolve, her betrayal, why she gave up her name, or why she surrendered her soul to the devil.
*A nontraditional Western fantasy, set in London
*Vampires and steampunk
Theme: Becoming yourself.