make it harder for you to accept us and yourself.” Gavin said.
“You told me you have evolved and are safe to humans. Is that true?” I asked.
“Of course it’s true we would never harm a human and we are truly integrated into the human world I promise you and everyone else is 100% safe.” Gavin implored.
“Well in that case I need to know more, I want to know your history and what has made you and I.”
Alice sighed and said, “I did think you may ask for more details and myself and Marcus discussed it last night. Come with me.” Alice took me upstairs to a study that had a wall full of books. It was unlike the other rooms in the house and had dark wood panelling on the wall, a large old-fashioned rug was on the floor, and two large wooden framed chairs were positioned near an old worn cupboard. The window was large and over looked the garden and had a window box with cushions and a throw. Some old paintings and portraits hung on the wall and it was extremely quiet. Alice unlocked the old cupboard and gestured for me to look “Lauren these are some old diaries and books we have that have been passed down through generations of our family. It may help you, but understand some of the stories are very old and may be upsetting. Just remember time has changed us. I know Gavin has explained how we have evolved, but we were more like the vampires you imagine in the past. I don’t want to upset or alarm you and I promise you are safe but be aware you may not like some of what you uncover.” Alice left the room and Gavin came beside me “Lauren remember I am the same person you met all those months ago, remember we went to BBQ’s, had meals together, went to the cinema, we did normal things and we will again.” I touched one of the books and he looked at me “I’ll leave you to it, but just remember I’m still the same.”
I looked around the room and examined some of the paintings they were mostly large portraits and I appeared to be relatives. All the paintings were of men and were obviously from different centuries as the clothes and hairstyles varied enormously; however, the jawline and nose shape of each man was similar and they all had striking eyes. One of the smaller paintings caught my attention as the face seemed recognisable and I wondered if it was a close uncle or grandfather. I studied the painting and felt an odd tingle the face seemed so familiar I began to wonder if it was from my dreams or if it was a relative, I’d maybe seen elsewhere in the house and not realised. I suddenly shuddered as it occurred to me that if they were old relatives they could very well have been of the generation that did drink human blood and were hunted by people centuries ago.
I went to the cupboard and took out the first book my hand came to and sat in the window and began to read. The book was a diary from the 1900’s and described day-to-day activities and seemed to suggest that what Gavin had said was true as this vampire used blood from animals and hospitals and appeared human. The vampire was called Benedict and he was wealthy, lived a good life, and seemed to mix with humans and have a normal lifestyle. I got the impression he considered himself superior to the humans he worked and lived alongside, but throughout the book no harm came to anyone he mixed with and towards the end of the diary it seemed he had fallen in love with a human woman named Eve. There was a grand ball held at his house and it was at this that his feelings for Eve developed. The diary explained how he had known of her for years but their paths had rarely crossed. Benedict asked her to dance at the ball and felt emotions that he had never registered before. Benedict wrote of feelings of nervousness and lust which he had never felt, he had known human women but none had evoked such a human response from him before. The diary only contained 5 months as the others pages had been lost or removed. I wondered what had become of them, if he
“You told me you have evolved and are safe to humans. Is that true?” I asked.
“Of course it’s true we would never harm a human and we are truly integrated into the human world I promise you and everyone else is 100% safe.” Gavin implored.
“Well in that case I need to know more, I want to know your history and what has made you and I.”
Alice sighed and said, “I did think you may ask for more details and myself and Marcus discussed it last night. Come with me.” Alice took me upstairs to a study that had a wall full of books. It was unlike the other rooms in the house and had dark wood panelling on the wall, a large old-fashioned rug was on the floor, and two large wooden framed chairs were positioned near an old worn cupboard. The window was large and over looked the garden and had a window box with cushions and a throw. Some old paintings and portraits hung on the wall and it was extremely quiet. Alice unlocked the old cupboard and gestured for me to look “Lauren these are some old diaries and books we have that have been passed down through generations of our family. It may help you, but understand some of the stories are very old and may be upsetting. Just remember time has changed us. I know Gavin has explained how we have evolved, but we were more like the vampires you imagine in the past. I don’t want to upset or alarm you and I promise you are safe but be aware you may not like some of what you uncover.” Alice left the room and Gavin came beside me “Lauren remember I am the same person you met all those months ago, remember we went to BBQ’s, had meals together, went to the cinema, we did normal things and we will again.” I touched one of the books and he looked at me “I’ll leave you to it, but just remember I’m still the same.”
I looked around the room and examined some of the paintings they were mostly large portraits and I appeared to be relatives. All the paintings were of men and were obviously from different centuries as the clothes and hairstyles varied enormously; however, the jawline and nose shape of each man was similar and they all had striking eyes. One of the smaller paintings caught my attention as the face seemed recognisable and I wondered if it was a close uncle or grandfather. I studied the painting and felt an odd tingle the face seemed so familiar I began to wonder if it was from my dreams or if it was a relative, I’d maybe seen elsewhere in the house and not realised. I suddenly shuddered as it occurred to me that if they were old relatives they could very well have been of the generation that did drink human blood and were hunted by people centuries ago.
I went to the cupboard and took out the first book my hand came to and sat in the window and began to read. The book was a diary from the 1900’s and described day-to-day activities and seemed to suggest that what Gavin had said was true as this vampire used blood from animals and hospitals and appeared human. The vampire was called Benedict and he was wealthy, lived a good life, and seemed to mix with humans and have a normal lifestyle. I got the impression he considered himself superior to the humans he worked and lived alongside, but throughout the book no harm came to anyone he mixed with and towards the end of the diary it seemed he had fallen in love with a human woman named Eve. There was a grand ball held at his house and it was at this that his feelings for Eve developed. The diary explained how he had known of her for years but their paths had rarely crossed. Benedict asked her to dance at the ball and felt emotions that he had never registered before. Benedict wrote of feelings of nervousness and lust which he had never felt, he had known human women but none had evoked such a human response from him before. The diary only contained 5 months as the others pages had been lost or removed. I wondered what had become of them, if he
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