Third-person POV
Its been just more than sixteen years since Gabriel and Melissa arrived at the school. Since Hailey's birth, Melissa has been aging much slower than normal. When the hybrid child was still inside Melissa, some of her vampire blood got into Melissa's system, thus causing Melissa to age slower than she used to. This had a permanent effect on Melissa. So in the last sixteen years, Melissa has aged about only eight years. Melissa would also never be able to have another child after giving birth to a hybrid. Emilia explained all of this to Melissa and Gabriel as she knows just about everything there is to know about the supernatural world. Melissa still helps out around the school. She has her own private room inside the teacher's quarters. Gabriel has the whole northern side
