[ AYSEL ]
“Astrea was the weapon that shattered Raegon and Kaelor’s bond for good.” Pandora says quietly.
She breaks eye contact and sits straighter, her gaze fixed ahead as though she’s watching the past unfold on the road before us. “Very few people in this generation know the full story. My father was one of them.”
Then she looks at me again.
“You see, Raegon and Kaelor were inseparable once. Just like Raegon is a hybrid and immortal, Kaelor is too. Though his blood isn’t as dominant.” She pauses briefly. “His mother was a blood-sucker.”
“Vampire?” I whisper, stunned.
Pandora nods.
Vampires are almost extinct now. Like dragons, they keep to themselves, hidden and distant from the rest of the world, and are barely spoken of.
“And despite that difference, they grew up like brothe
