FOR SALE: ONE VAMPIRE — Chapter Four: Auctioning The Undead

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Chapter Four: Auctioning The Undead

The warehouse had become a mausoleum of horrors, but in the suffocating weight of their predicament, the soldiers clung to one last hope — profit. It was Private Demir who first suggested the idea, his voice trembling but laced with something resembling hope.

“If this… thing is what we think it is, someone out there will pay for it,” he said, his bloodshot eyes darting between his comrades.

Corporal Arslan narrowed his gaze. “You’re talking about selling it? A cursed coffin? Do you realize what’s inside?”

Demir shot back, “Exactly! That’s the point. If it’s a Va..er…a you-know-what, like the old stories say — if it’s real — there’s someone out there who’ll pay a fortune for something like…