chapter Sixteen
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As it was my concern that Helios would leave had diminished once Rose was turned. For if I knew Helios and I most certainly did he never broke a promise. It took a little more than a week for Rose to regain her strength fully. And though she was slow with that she learned very quickly. And was a willing student. I was very impressed with her willingness to feed off another that if I had had the courage I would have taken advice from her on how she did it without regret.
There was so much to learn and so much that I could teach her but as it were I thought it better that Helios do the educating. She was so quick at many of the skills that in my fifty or so years I had difficulty in learning that even Helios was impressed. I fell in love with her more every day.
As the days turned into month and months into years I found it peaceful and had never been happier. The war in America had ended in April 1865. Men from both sides headed home to their families and lived the rest of their lives in peace. And though slavery had just about been abolished in Louisiana it took a long while for such a thing to occur.
I was quite content and relived when our slaves were freed from their bondage though Rose was a bit put out she understood and reluctantly gave hers their freedom. The North or as it was said in this time the Yankees had won the war and the Union restored. And slavery had been deemed illegal and all but abolished. This didn't happen overnight however.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated three days after the war had ended by a want to be actor by the name of John Wilks Booth.it took twelve days to track him down and bring him to justice. Though he was killed in the pursuit.
I myself didn't care much for politics. And whatever happened in the human world was their business. We just kept to ourselves and as the century passed into the twentieth we got along well with new inventions as old ones became obsolete.
Even the shipping industry was taking its weight with new Ocean liners built every day. There were two that caught my interest. The Titanic and the Olympics. They were sister ships almost identical and built a year or so apart. They were the largest to be built at this time. The one that caught my eye was Titanic for as some had said was unsikable. This news intrigued me as I read the paper.
I showed Helios this new ship built by the white star line. All he sis was huff.
"These humans are so pathetic with their irritating claims." He stated.
"This is quite extrodenary though you must admit Helios. A ship as big as a mountain." I said.
"Yes. The bigger the better. Their pompisity will get the better of them one day. Mark my words Erin. Something dreadful is about to happen."
And Helios was indeed correct. For on the night of April 15 1912 The lovely ocean liner Titanic sank in the middle of the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage no less. More than 1500 people lost their lives that night. Froze to death in the freezing waters. It was the story of the century. And it hit me hard for this beautiful ship was made in Britain.
When Helios heard the news he was not surprised.
"Told ya so." He said as he walked into the next room. I sat stunned.
"Sill reading my mind I see." I stated.
"All those poor people. They must have been so frightend. Knowing they would die in such a horrible way." Said Rose soulumly.
"It's as Helios predicted. Their vanity got the better of them. And the passengers paid for it with their lives." I added. I went over to her and held her tightly.
"When will this beastality end?" She asked.
"When man learns from his mistakes. Which i wouldn't hold your breath on that my dear."
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