"Stake and Wake" Part 1/4 of One Last Day, a Vampire: the Masquerade Short Story

Welcome back to Cleveland, Ohio as it exists in the World of Darkness. After the events of The Red Deemer, a newish coterie is formed in the wake of cleaning up after the last major event to springboard into another. It seems Clyde McCoy - who was thought missing - is not so missing and must be extracted from where he's held. Except, as you might suspect, everything seems rushed and...wrong...somehow.