Lucy glanced at Merciless.
It wasn't easy to impress her, much less truly affect her, but there was something about him and his offer that she couldn't ignore.
Deep down, she just wanted to become a Spawn. Her mother and grandmother had both been Spawns, though only Lesser and Greater Spawns at level 2. They had always urged her to break that cycle, to strive for more, and to become an Outer Spawn.
Although the chances of that were close to zero.
They had explained the exam to her, describing the opportunities it provided to rise among the very elite of vampire society. Within those upper echelons was a secret sect among the Saquat vampires who had already become Spawns and managed to escape the King's influence by doing so.
They were known as the Anarchs, vampires who openly or covertly rejected the rigid norms of their society.
