Aidan “How are you feeling?” “Better than I did a week ago.” I smile at Marcus. “I wasn’t sure the right blood donor would be found. But the blood has worked unbelievably well.” Marcus nods. “Do you remember that day eighteen years ago?” “I’ve been alive for over eight hundred years, Marcus. I do not remember every day of those hundreds of years. Be more specific.” My best friend and second-in-command rolls his eyes with a smile. He shifts in his armchair, wiping down his trousers. I’m sitting lazily in my living room, comfortable in my favourite armchair beside the open fire. Thankful that I can after being ill for weeks. I have been alive for many years, and I have watched each new century bring new changes. I embrace them because I enjoy change. My castle undergoes upgrades ever

