I stood up and walked slowly over to her. She looked small and innocent behind the bar yet she had an underlying wickedness I couldn't miss. She exuded danger. Her entire persona reeked of power and control.
I hesitantly introduced myself to her, "Ms. Tala, my name is Anwyn Rose, I am the."
She interrupted me with a tinkling laugh shattering all feelings of danger and unease in the air. "I know who you are Wynnie dear. I worked with your father during the Hysteria. I was his friend, his partner. and your mother's best friend." Sadness took control of her features for a brief moment and she looked down at the floor to regain her composure.
I was shocked, my dad's partner and my mother's friend. My mother hated vampires with a passion.to have had one as a friend. "I'm sorry Ms. Tala, I
