-Miriam- I lifted Mina from the floor and hugged her; she had hidden behind the counter table. For a second, I almost forgot to breathe looking for her. Vasil made me nervous. “Where were you hiding? Don’t ever leave my sight, Mina!” She meowed, and I kissed her little head. “Do you miss your mommy, darling?” I scratched her behind her ears. Mina answered me with a plaintive meow. Of course, she does. I hid Mina in my chest pocket and tried to overhear the conversation of my mother with those monsters, but Mina kept meowing. However, I grasped something. Carmilla's blood. Who is she, and why does my mother want her blood? Mina was complaining. She must be hungry. I left her, and I wasn't even sure for how long. The alarm was to pull me back when sensing my mother's nearness, not

