His words resonated deeply within Theora. She had spent a lot of her childhood clouded by questions and feeling like a freak without the answers she needed. Her purple eyes made her a wonder, and her half-vampire nature was an aberration to many. She'd grown up to understand her existence was a secret, her origins something to hide. Antonis, her brother, calling her a miracle was something new, and it shook something in her. It was like the foundation of everything she'd always believed about herself suddenly shifted. She was wanted. She had people who had loved her the second she was conceived, and those who'd cared for her the minute they knew she existed. All of a sudden, Theora realized how much of a blessing that was. Not just because it suddenly dawned on her how lucky she was, but a
