Hey guys! Here comes a turning point in the story. Gregory becomes a bit vulnerable. Will it make our lovely Lillian trust him or despise him? Read and find out!

My head ached from the encounter with the demon that now resided in my mother's body. I had decided I couldn't trust them. Any of them. They still possessed memories of those people and would use that against me. I needed to get out of this rotten place before I was forced to gaze upon the other faces that had plagued my heart for so long.

I was given a room deep in the catacombs. The vampires called it the guest room, but I called it my jail cell. There was but one exit, a large wooden door that just happened to be guarded by two massive vampires.

I was seething in anger. It had been that stupid Gregory's idea to lock me in here, but I had to give him credit. He was far smarter than I'd thought. He knew I was hell-bent on getting out if I could.

After what felt like hours of pacing the room like a caged animal the large wooden door opened and Gregory stepped inside.

"You say this is my room but if I can't even determine the company that I receive then it only proves my theories correct. I am but a prisoner in this fucking tomb." I said glaring at him.

"You think I keep you in here to keep you from leaving." It wasn't a question but a statement.

"Of course I do. What else am I to think? I'm not allowed to leave." I hissed back.

"It was my idea to keep you here, but only to protect my family. If we let you leave then we would only have to be gone before you got back with Rookery. That would be easy. I keep you here to protect my family. I have seen your skill first hand. You are dangerous even without any weapons." He said calmly, returning my glare. "You would do the same for your family."

"Why would I stoop to protect them? They are evil demons and the only reason you feel a connection to them is because you come from the same hellish place." I shouted, my arms shaking and my fists itching to hit him.

"We are not demons. Demons are devils that kill without remorse, who show not emotion but hatred and anger. They destroy everything in their path and compel others to follow." He replied, shouting. "That description fits no single being in this tomb except one."

"Let me guess. Is this man your leader?" I retorted crossing my arms to stop the shaking.

"No, it's you." He replied. His eyes filled with a sadness that I had never imagined from him."I've watched you hunt us. You have no regrets for the people you kill."

"That's because it's not people I'm killing. It's Vampires." I replied.

"You forget we were once people too, Mortals with family and friends. Many of us went to church and obeyed the laws of the land. We did nothing to deserve this curse, but the witch who bestowed it upon us seemed to disagree." He hissed.

I could feel some of my own anger leave me when I heard this. His face drooped at the memory. "Why did she curse you?" I asked. There was no real emotion in my voice anymore, only curiosity.

"It was my fault. She was a young maid, about my age. Her name was Mina. I wasn't supposed to speak to her but I would when my parents weren't present. Eventually we became close. I never felt like she was anything more than a sister to me, but she believed she had fallen in love with me. So when she tried to make advances toward me I pushed her away. I apologized for having lead her on, and explained my feelings towards her but she was fuming. She blamed my parents, thought they were the reason I couldn't be with her. She tried to kill them, but I always kept her from succeeding." He sighed. "She eventually had enough and cursed me. She set me on my family. My throat burned and I killed many of the maids before I even got to my family. When I awoke my family was all but dead. I did the only thing I could think to do. I gave them my blood. The next night they rose as vampires. Mina hadn't expected me to be able to perform such a task. I traveled to her home that night and demanded she change us back, but she refused, telling me that she had no talent in breaking curses. I was furious and almost killed her right there, but I left not wanting anymore blood to be shed."

My eyes had grown wide and my moth had dropped open. I quickly closed it as he continued.

"A few nights later the villagers stormed threw her home and burned her at the stake for witch craft. I had been informed too late to help her. Soon the villagers became suspicious of our family as well and we were forced to flee. We've been running ever since." He finished. His eyes were staring at the floor for a moment until he looked back up to me. "I would have ended my life if it weren't for my family. We searched for nearly a century before we found anything that could help us. Then we heard of the stone of Attamon. Its powers can reverse any curse. It is the only hope we have of being mortal again. We want to be humans, not eat them for dinner." He said sincerely.

"That is quite an elaborate story. Come up with it all on your own did you?" I asked venom seeping into my words.

"Believe what you will, but it is the truth. I have never told another soul of this till today, not even my family." He sighed.

"Gregory…. I can't trust you, even if I wanted to. I just can't. Vampires are skilled liars, and this could be just another trick to make me feel secure."

"You can leave." Gregory replied walking towards the door.

"What?" I asked confused. Perhaps I'd miss heard him.

"You can leave. I won't keep you here anymore. Go tell Rookery where we are." He said, Pointing to the door.

"You said it yourself you won't be here when I get back." I replied crossing my arms again. There had to be some sort of trick to this.

"I was bluffing. We have no other places to hide. Rookery has destroyed them all. It's almost sunrise so we wouldn't be able to get to another cemetery anyway." He looked defeated. At that moment I knew exactly what he was doing. A vampire is always proud and will do anything in his power to keep his weaknesses from you. Gregory was telling the truth.

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