-ELENA-
I feel empty...numb. You would think that I would at least feel the freezing rain that’s pouring down around me, dripping down my face, soaking me completely. You would think that the icy wind would have made me go inside an hour ago but I can’t force myself to move. So I just continue to stare at the new headstone sitting above the freshly covered grave that now holds my parents.
I failed them. I failed to protect them. Now they’re gone forever and it’s my fault!
Anyone else would disagree with me, even my brother. The vampire that killed my mother and father had been after an artifact that my mother had recovered on her recent dig in Cambodia. A necklace. They were killed over a f*****g necklace!
My hands fist at my sides trembling as I recall what all had happened over the
