CHAPTER SIX PART TWO
"Have you ever heard of the King family, Alice?"
I shook my head purely because I didn't know if Sarah was referring to a family in human society or a vampire one.
I was sat in the classroom with just a notebook and pen with Sarah sat cross legged on the table beside my small desk. It was my tenth or so lecture and I was on my own because there were no other people like me that was aiming to be a feeder.
In those sittings I was learning about vampire history and what vampire society struggled with and how they overcame it. They had recurring problems - I didn't doubt they would have no problems - mainly relating to vampires without a source of blood. Apparently despite the blood bank and a feeder's role, there was always going to be a problem with feeding.
"The King family were a pure blood family and are no longer with us."
"What do you mean?" The only way for a vampire to die was either by Rose's hand or by another vampire. The playing field evened out if you were a vampire fighting another vampire. They could inflict the same damage compared to a human on human fight in terms of... well... what they were. I learnt this the previous lesson. Was she trying to see if I could recall it?
"Well compared to humans, vampires live significantly longer, generally have better health and have an eye for detail. So knowing that, a daughter of the King family by the name of Amanda, went missing without a trace seventy three years ago. There were no witnesses. She was meant to head off to school one morning but never arrived there. I want you to gather what information is out there - factual information, and come up with some theories."
What.
"Have they found Amanda yet?" I asked. Seventy three years ago is a long time to have a case open.
Sarah shook her head.
"Do you do this with the rest of the new recruits?" If and when they have new recruits. God knows when that is.
"Sometimes we need a fresh eye on something."
As it turns out, there were several vampires that had gone missing. King was the more well known one because of their pure blood status. During my research which was mainly from gathering vampire newspaper clippings, word of mouth (mainly from Mattie and Iain) and Rose's archive, about a hundred had gone missing, all of them vampires from different families, from different walks of life and blood type. All disappeared without a trace and absolutely no witnesses were present. Out of all the information I gathered from the archive at Rose and from talking to the vampires that covered the area at the time, there was no new lead.
Not that I was trying to solve it.