Bloody Hell

|Chapter 10|

This garden is a royal locale for noble vampires. We were even grateful for walking through a rose-laden courtyard. Matthew, a Dhampir, and myself, a human. Should anyone walk between us, the bottom of vampire society, they would find themselves targets of fierce rumors just like we are subject to, but that didn't matter to us, we just did what we simply pleased.

"Which of your parents was human?" I asked, as me and Matthew continued our little walk. "My mother. She was sent to the Garden as a living sacrifice. My father was a pureblood vampire. Then the two of them fell in love, and now i'm here." Matthew clarified.

"Love?"

"You sound rather skeptical."

"Well...Back in my village, that's unthinkable." The blonde looked over at me, raising a brow.
"Unthinkable, how?" Matthew asked. "Vampire's see us humans as food, not as people to fall in love with. Half Breeds come from vampires forcing themselves on humans and the Dhampirs born from the process are fed upon too."

Matthew laughs. "Wow! So I'm going to be eaten by a vampire? It's true, there are some cases where vampires force themselves on humans but at the very least, my parents were in love with each other."

"So that happens sometimes, then."

"Oh, and vampires make babies just like vampire's do." Matthew adds, seeming to think he needed to clarify that for me. "I didn't ask, but thanks for the useful information. So where are your parents now?" I asked, curious.

"They're gone. They were killed off by the purebloods, to them having a child with a human is unimaginable." He said. "I'm...I'm sorry for bringing up something so painful.." I apologized quickly.

"You have nothing to apologize for, Mika. It's not your fault. It's the purebloods...There isn't a whole lot I can say out loud but...I think what vampires do to humans is pretty appalling." I followed Mtthew's surprisingly downcast eyes to a half-witted rose.

He is sympathetic towards humans because he's a Dhampir? It would be nice if all vampire's thought like Matthew. If that were the case, there would be no need for me or anyone to be here, or me to assassinate Niklaus.

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That night, I found myself summoned by Niklaus.

"Take this." Right after I stepped into his office, Niklaus handed me a paper.

Investigation Results. Subject: Elijah Henderson.

He was working at Scarlett Rose's mansion.

Elijah was alive, and had been sighted recently at a theater in town accompanying Rose.

He's alive..

"So Elijah is actually alive..! He even went to the theater, Elijah loved plays and dancing back in the village , he had always wanted to see a live show...Can I see him? There's so much I want to talk about!" I couldn't help but ramble, I just couldn't believe he was alive! He was still here, I could see him...

"I'll try, that family is very narrow-minded...I'll need time to send in a request." I got so excited that it just came out. "Okay, thank you for the information on Elijah."

"You seem to have a great relationship with him."

"Yes, he's my best friend. If not for him, I wouldn't know where or how I would be."

"I'm glad you met." A small smile appeared on Niklaus's face, and his eyes were surprisingly gentle. "You make your most human-like faces when you speak about Elijah..." The vampire leaned forward against his desk, as I crossed my arms."When you put it like that, it makes it sound like I'm not human."