The Van Helsing Conjecture – Excerpt No. 117

5 January 2025

This area primarily housed small businesses which were all closed by this hour. However, there were too many steady hearts beating around to adequately pick up if someone was doubling back on a parallel line.

“Can you track the third?” Clara asked.

Evelyn shook her head before returning to the subject.

“I want you to go and we both know you can’t take me… or any other vampire.”

“So you agree with the plan?”

“I think it’s the best available given your list of allies,” Evelyn said.

a high-contrast, cinematic photograph of a dimly lit, abandoned room filled with rows of empty, worn, and dusty wooden chairs, with cobwebs clinging to the seats and hanging from the ceiling, evoking a sense of neglect and abandonment, the once-grand space now a shadow of its former self, the door, adorned with a worn, faded sign that reads 'Allies.' in bold, golden lettering, slightly ajar, as if beckoning the viewer to enter the forgotten space, the walls cracked and peeling, with chipped paint revealing hints of a bygone era, the atmosphere thick with the whispers of the past, captured in a warm, nostalgic color palette with muted tones of brown, beige, and green, and a hint of warm light peeking through the door, casting long shadows across the floor.

Disclaimer: This novel is an work in progress and readers may encounter grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Please view this a draft and not a published work.