Rose's Diary
Dear Bogdan,
you're now 3 years old, despite the fact that you look like a teenager.
You're strong, fast, and an excellent fighter. I can truly say that I feel safe with you.
We've been living in the outback for a while, trying to collect information on anyone with your eyes. Another half-strigoi.
We've received word from someone living in a coastal town not far from Sydney.
It's been a while since we've been anywhere that's more populated than a small village.
It's exciting, but we also have to lay low.
Love,
Mom
Dear Bogdan,
Today we met Anderson. He's got sandy colored hair and tanned skin and appears to be in his mid twenties. Despite truly being 80 years old.
And Anderson is half-strigoi like you.
He's letting us stay with him for a while.
Anderson has revealed that he used to live in europe, yet the strigoi population tried desperately to find him.
Half-Strigoi are as strong and as fast as strigoi yet they can go out in the sun and hold a stake. Half-Strigoi like you and him are close to godlike.
Possessing the positive qualities of both Strigoi and Humans.
Anderson believes that living in Sunny regions keeps him safe and undetectable.
The more half-Strigoi I meet the more I have hope for you my son.
Love,
Mom
Dear Bogdan,
Time flies when you're running from Strigoi.
We've been found out. There are teams of strigoi ready to find us.
You are strong and trained, but you aren't ready to face the Strigoi. You still have so much to learn.
Your father would be able to teach you everything you need to know, but we can't return, not yet.
Nowhere is safe.
We travel now to Thailand.
Love,
Mom
Dear Bogdan,
My fear grows the longer we spend in one place. It's been 2 months in thailand and I have received threatening messages from the Strigoi.
You hate that we keep moving, I know you do. And I'm so sorry, my son. Nowhere is safe.
For now we have taken residence with another half-strigoi we have discovered, two of them!
Their names are Jaidee and Lalana.
Their appearance is younger, they look as though they are eighteen and have lived on this earth for 9 years.
They too acknowledge that they are on the run.
They lived in Kazakhstan for sometime yet they were found by strigoi. They returned home to Thailand 2 years ago.
I do not wish to endanger Jaidee and Lalana anymore than they already have been.
Tomorrow we travel to Turkey, which coincidentally is where your grandfather is from.
Love,
Mom
Dear Bogdan,
We've just arrived to turkey, we've rented out a small flat with the highest security and we intend to stay.
We need to be on high alert.
After hours of complaining, you have finally persuaded me to allow you to go to school.
I've laid out the ground rules, but I know that you will enjoy going to school once again.
It's been forever since you've been around kids your age.. or well the age you appear to be.
You're starting to look like an 18 year old man. Despite actually being four.
You're mature, strong, good-looking, well-mannered, and you have some issues with authority. All in all you're the perfect combination of me and Dmitri.
You look much like him too, except for your naturally darker skin coming from my side of the family and your beautiful magenta eyes.
Never forget who you are: Bogdan Mason Hathaway.
Love,
Mom
