Chapter 31

Then he continued, “Cush, I’m a vampire or rather was a vampire until....” he turned to look at me, and I’m sure I scared the living daylights out of him. I think my face was white cause I felt weak.

“Babe, you’re not going to faint, are you?” he asked, running back and holding me. I shook my head in the negative.

“I’ve been trying to hide it from you, and I almost blew it that day you were kidnapped. My original name is Hardeshan Ilekacumiz. I was born some years into the 21st century. My father was a blacksmith, and my mom was a farmer.”

Somehow, I found my voice. “You keep saying ‘was’. Are they dead? Or weren’t they the ones that turned you? Isn’t that how it works?” I was trying to loosen the thickness of the atmosphere.

“No, they weren’t. I was once what you call a normal kid. All I wanted to do was grow up, take over my family’s business, marry, grow old, and die, but that was not for me. I had four siblings, three sisters and a brother, Justin who you