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The rap of knuckles on solid wood broke Octavia’s concentration and with a sigh she called out, Come in, if you must.īeggin’ your pardon, my lady, but Maribelle says the sheep got out again and one is over the river. From the journal of Octavia Wilder, 1824

And I will fight to the death, and then beyond, to keep them safe. Everyone who lives in my territory, human or otherwise, is under my protection. But no matter my ancestor’s sin, I will not let their viciousness affect my people. These marks tell the story of that crime, committed by an ancestor, which cursed the bloodline and resulted in such creatures. I know this - each of us bears the marks of the sin that created us on our flesh. I know what I am, and it is because of that feeling, and because of the marks on my flesh, that I stand steadfast in my cause. I have never once felt human, or like anything else. And so because we have free will, we are more like the humans and the other creatures with souls. That we are only brutal if we choose to be. Those who are born into this fate have better control and thus are civilized. Created vampires are feral, ruthless killers who desire blood above all else. They say we are born, not made, as vampires.