The following morning at the Palidori residents.
"Wish I knew what I did last night to hurt my head," said Paulus as he sat at the dining table rubbing the back of his head.
"No clue," said Sunshine from the kitchen as she was making breakfast.
"You were already in bed when I got home," she said.
"Speaking of you running away last night," said Paulus as she walked over to put two plates of food down on the table.
"I apologize for my actions with the gun and being so crazy about hunting vampires, I just don't want another person I care about to be harmed by one of those blood suckers," he said.
"What do you mean grandpa?" asked Sunshine.
"I promised to tell you once you were older, but now is better than ever," said Paulus after a long sigh.
"Your parents were killed by a vampire when you were a mere baby," he said.
"They were?" asked a surprised Sunshine.
"Yes, and I swore to hunt all of the vampires down to make them pay for what had been done to them and you," said Paulus.
"Do you know anything about the vampire who killed them?" asked Sunshine.
"All I know is his name, Count Alarich von Horrificus," said Paulus with a hateful expression.
"Horrificus?" thought a surprised Sunshine.
To be continued.