Damien Teaching my Pet was a pleasure. She was an attentive learner. She grasped new concepts quickly. And something about spending time with her, a book open between us, felt nostalgic. I didn't remember why. But I enjoyed it. So I decided to start teaching her immediately. I dropped my Pet off in the kitchens with instructions for them to put her to work. Then I went to the castle library. I was, of course, older than any book in there. But my memory was cloudy and vague. I wanted to teach my Pet the history of the vampire kingdom. The problem was, while I knew I had founded our kingdom, I could not recall doing so. The only memories that came to mind easily from that time were of when I changed Henry. I recalled that he had been someone dear to me. I knew that he had been bruta

