about the greatest monster collection in the world!
Th ere was also a bookmark in this Guide
to Hunting Monsters. I noticed at once my
upcoming name, Longueville, entered in among
the text, as my eye has been quite keen at the sight
of the word! Th is is a very strange connection to
Percy’s French ancestry, and I wonder why Lu
Yan should think of us at all, but for this name
appearing within these pages.
I recount the entry:
“In the reign of James the fi rst, Sir Ruthven
Gowrie hatched a plot to assassinate his King.
Gowrie, a wealthy landowner in Scotland and a
young man of one and twenty, was second in the
line of succession.” He and his brother invited
King James to their palace for a hunt, whereupon
they lured the king away from his men and
into the woods. King James was an
avid monster huntsman and was said
to detest, most of all, the wicked
vampires, who, at that time,
plagued the land. Both Gowrie
brothers claimed to be keeping
just such a creature captive in their
tower, which the king was most
interested in seeing. Th e boys led him
back to their castle, unseen. Th ey led the
King to the highest tower, unguarded, and there
they revealed their true nature as members of that
unholy band of vampires themselves! Th ey meant
to kill the King, for as noble lords, they were next
in the line of succession. It was known that they
only feasted upon the blue-blood of royalty!
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