CHAPTER 3

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There was a really long pause. He nodded and she started talking

" Maya" my mom said " we really did not want to tell you this until you were 21 but time isn't really on our side" she added.

My heart skipped a beat and then went twenty times faster

" What could it be" I thought.  Like a million things went through my mind at that time, my head felt light and dizzy. Why was this happening on my birthday.

My mom continued " Maya your real dad is a strigoi "

What? I asked. Was this a joke or something?

I remember Mr Hanks my history teacher telling us something about the strigoi but I was too preoccupied with my best friend talking about something between a new horror movie to a prank we were supposed pull on someone for me to listen. Why was I so easily distracted in class.

"What is a strigoi?" I asked

" They are dark evil spirit, the strongest of all kinds of spirit" she answered.

Now this was a complete joke.How could my father be a spirit?

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