She releases me without protest.
“You’re dead,” I snap. A million thoughts race through my head.
Mother is alive. She’s been alive this entire time… and a vampire. Pressure builds behind my eyes, blurring my vision. Kitty, Father, and I mourned her. She could have returned, but she didn’t. She had been our mother. Though she was never overly affectionate, she seemed to love us.
But you don’t abandon the ones you love.
The betrayal stings. My throat is thick with a myriad of emotions threatening to choke me.
She takes a step closer.
“Stay back,” I say.
Mother tips her head to the side and smirks. It makes me feel like a child throwing a fit over something small. “Come now, Darling. We can be together again. Everything will be all right.”
“No. We thought you were dead. Everyone thoug
