Walking with the Vampire |COMPLETE|

30. Infidel

Valentina silently watched Fauna flip through pages. She had long abandoned the book Fauna had given her to read to entertain herself with other matters.
Fauna was a very pretty girl, Valentina thought. And she was very close to his Lordship she presumed. And his Lordship was an attractive man as well, so it only logical to presume that Fauna...
'How old are you Fauna?'
Her face was still buried in the book when she replied. 'Eighteen.'
She was very young. And Valentina let her know that.

'You look about my age as well.' She chuckled. They both knew Valentina was not. She could have been when she died. Valentina made sure to ask Nicholae when he came to see her. Her heart began to race at the thought of seeing his warm silver eyes and his beautiful face.
' How long have you known His Lordship?'
It honestly felt weird calling him that.

Fauna flipped a page, 'Sixteen years.'
Thankfully she elaborated.

'I met him at the orphanage when I was two years old. His Aura drew me to him.'
'aaah.' Valentina said when really, she had no idea how the aura thing worked. She wasn't even sure she knew what exactly an aura was.

'Do you like his Lordship?' Valentina asked her.

'Yes.' The answer was fast. Valentina looked back into her book surprised and a little miffed.

The silence stretched a little more before Fauna spoke again.

'I think I've found a concoction that might work.' She gladly announced.
She took out her phone and began tapping letters on the screen.

'What are you doing?' Valentina asked.

'I'm texting His Lordship.'
Fauna went further to explain what texting was and what a phone was. For some reason Valentina came up blank when're she saw the device.
But she wanted one too, it looked so sleek and shiny.

'I'll need some of your blood for the potion. Is that okay?' Fauna asked Valentina.
The question gave Valentina time to pause.
Again she was confronted with the choice of regaining all she'd lost, memory wise. And that would also bring back the pain she'd felt earlier. As of now that pain was the only vivid memory she possessed, but in her heart she knew the pain should have been far more excruciating.

'I don't think I want to remember anything yet.'
That took Fauna by surprise.

'You don't want to remember?'
Valentina shook her head.
'I'd rather my memories come to me in bits and pieces. I don't want to be overwhelmed.'
She could give every excuse. But it really just boiled down to cowardice.

'You could have been married. Had family, friends who miss you and can't wait to see you again.'

'Did you ever find your family?' Valentina asked Fauna.
'Did you want to know why you were at the orphanage?'

Fauna slowly shook her head. And Valentina could guess why. She might have been afraid of what she'd find out.

'I didn't need to. His Lordship and Niko are my family.'
There was a very obvious passion in her voice and fire in her eyes when she spoke about Nicholae.

'Who's Niko?'

'Oh yes. You haven't met him yet. He's His Lordship's son.'

They had a child too?

Valentina fell further into her slump.
Here she was yearning for a married man who had a son.