"Now I understand why they did. You see Violet, I live by the rules set in place for me, even when I don't want to. I cannot interfere with the freewill of my children. The consequences would be disastrous. I watched helplessly as one after another vampire was slaughtered, until finally, they lost hope in me. So they did what they thought they had to do in order to survive."
"What did you do?" Violet asked. She was leaned against my rock, her eyes misty and wide. I reached one had out to gently caress her cheek.
"I had a daughter." I told her.
Hala whined under me, the sound ending in a broken cry.
"I don't understand." She placed her had over mine.
"Just as I bestow gifts on you, my Mother bestowed a gift to me. I bore a daughter, a true daughter, of my own flesh and blood. She was m
