"They were usually thought of as in league with the devil, or whatnot, depending on what time it was in history. Bottom line was they caught hell for it. " Then I blushed because I'd said the H word in front of a teacher, but she didn't seem to care, she was just nodding in agreement with me. "Yes, exactly. They even attacked holy people, like their Joan of Arc. So you see that humans have learned to silence their in stincts. Vampyres, on the other hand, have learned to listen and listen well to them. In the past, when humans attempted to hunt and destroy our kind, it was all that saved many of our foremothers and forefathers' lives. " I shivered, not liking to think about how tough it must have been to be a vampyre a hundred or so years ago. "Oh, you don't need to worry, Grogerbird. " Bea

