Osmond sets down his book - to his surprise, his incantations succeeded. The Memory Stone flashes to life, releasing intense cyan light through the dark room.
The demon takes a deep breath, his heart beating through his well-muscled chest in intense anticipation.
The time has come. He will learn the vampire's secret.
Osmond's hand reaches out to touch the glowing Memory Stone. He'd done this only once before, on the day he was created. The Lord of the Apocalypse presented him with a Memory Stone, and from it he was infused with his entire personality.
'Could this be a Memory Stone used to train someone, like what happened with me?' Osmond can't shake the thought. He might be peering into someone's entire essence. And who knew how much of this could bleed into his own personality, once he's overwhelmed with that amount of memory?
Osmond steels himself. Nothing like that could happen, he is certain. His love for Maria is unbreakable.
