The first nights
I don't remember much before the embrace; I just have a few pictures of a little girl in a Goth outfit.
I do remember the night I was embraced: I was going to a party when a stranger came from out of nowhere and snatched
me away. I remember a wonderful feeling, tingly all over. After a minute I started to feel weak, then a falling
sensation. It all blurs together after that. The next thing I know is I'm waking up, really sick and trying to
think straight. I was struggling with preventing my stomach from trying to purge its contents when I smelled blood.
I had never noticed the metallic smell with such clarity before. The hunger had just overtaken me. It beckoned
and I immediately ran over and drank deeply, slaking my thirst on a pitcher full of the still warm liquid.
Sated, I sat back down and relaxed, my sick feelings gone. It was then I heard the voices of two men outside the door.
"…told you Soren, that you were not given permission to embrace one childe, much less 2! You'll get us all
killed!" A heavily accented Asian voice spoke.
"Elder, We are leaving the area anyway. The prince is already seeking out our heads because of what the rest
of the coterie did." My mind is still a jumble, but that must be my…
"Father?" The door opens and a kindly looking man walks in.
"Yes daughter?"
"What happened?" As he is about to speak, the Asian man pipes up.
"We have no time for this! We've got to get out of here before Skull finds us!"
"Lets go Daughter, I will explain everything in time. Follow the Elder out to the cars, I have something I
have to take care of."
We ran out to the cars and left. I hopped in with Zao Chin Zsu, or 'The Elder' as Father called him.
He explained that Soren was covering our escape from a murderer named Skull and he would meet us at our new home in Seattle.