MATTEO There’s no one to go to ask about what happened with Xenia. The man I publicly called father made sure of that. That asshole of a parental figure was the reason I was still wallowing in an endless pit of confusion. It had been a couple of days since the blood sucking incident in Thekla’s kitchen and I still had no idea what had come over me to act so foolishly. The entire encounter was on endless loop in my head. But that’s not even the worst part of it all. Ever since I got a taste of her intoxicating blood, I’ve not been able to stop feeling an insatiable hunger and desire to go sink my fangs into her neck whenever she’s near. And it doesn’t help matters that she’s almost always near when we’re at school because her and Thekla are suddenly joined at the hip. It’s suffocating

