*Seth*
“So all vampires have red hair and that mark?” I ask, and he nods.
“Yes,” he confirms. “When a vampire is created, they bear the mark.”
“Your daughter is not born from you, but that you created?” Molly asks.
He nods and smiles at us. “Yes. We are the undead, so we can not birth our own children. I created Ana as a vampire, and she is my daughter just the same. I’m sure you can understand that.”
“I do,” she smiles at him. “So, how old are you, Ana?”
“I was fifteen in human years when he turned me. I have been a vampire for two years now.”
Fifteen? She was so young.
“I am not a monster,” Matei says defensively. “Ana was attacked by her own kind and left to die.”
Molly looks at her with so much sympathy in her eyes. “I’m so sorry that happened to you.”
Matei looks a
