Chapter 23. He Rose

ALICIA CHAY

I had a flashback. It came out of the reddish blue. When I closed my eyes after a long, grueling night of hunting, I was haunted by reflections of my past life, even though I wasn’t made of glass. Instead of fighting it, I embraced it.

One didn't become great if he or she didn't learn themselves like I had to learn myself all over again when I was turned into a vampire. I could remember my first home, before The House of the Hounds, before I was Queen of anything I was residing with Golden Crowned Flying Foxes: bats.

I discovered the cave by accident. It was covered with immaculate moss and magnificent lavender.

I slept in the cave upside down with vampire bats of the Chiropteran Order.

The first few months of my vampire life I foraged with different classes of bats. I took a liking to vampire bats because they fed on blood.

I wasn’t a fan of insects, nor did I enjoy feeding on nectar. I was a bit clumsy at first, but because of them I