Ashlynn watched in fascination as Sybyll stripped off her red dress without a trace of modesty, revealing a sculpted, muscular, warrior's body marked with old scars that, on any other knight, would have told stories of countless battles. On Sybyll's body, however, only one of those scars, a mass of pebbled and rough skin covering one shoulder, looked like it had been inflicted by the flames of the Inquisition.
It was almost impossible for any human weapon to leave a scar on a vampire, and Sybyll hadn't become a knight until she'd become one of Nyrielle's progeny which meant that the scars on her body…
"It were rough work at times," Sybyll said as she followed Ashlynn's gaze to the collection of scars along her ribs before she turned, pulling her long crimson hair over her shoulder to reveal the larger collection of scars that criss-crossed her back.
