Jericho giggled and Eben had to smile. Admitting this Vampire child was actulally kind of cute was a hard thing for him to do. After all not that long ago Eben had seen his entire town destoryed by these monsters. Everyone he knew torn to pieces, blood all over the streets. Since they found the infant they had kept him in a dark room in fear the sun would turn him to dust. After all he was a true Vampire. After three years Jericho had started to talk. No one could make out what he was saying, it wasn't that it was baby talk. But he talked in his native tounge. Stella and Eben had been working hard on teaching him english. It wasn't easy. Eben could speak some of the languge so it helped a bit when talking to Jericho. Stella was trying her best to get what he was saying. "Ech noth" Jericho grunted.
"Outside? he asked. But you can't go outside, the suns bad for you".
"Ech Noth" he said again. Eben knew he could see the other children play outside through the flap they left open for him. He must want to play with them he thought. Jericho had never had contact with the other children in the Barrow. Jericho gave Eben a tug. He looked so sad locked up like a dirty secret.
"Dinners ready!" Stella called from outside. She had made steaks. Raw for Eben and Jericho and cooked Medium rare for herself. Eben closed the door and turned the lock. He sighed. Whats wrong hon?
"I feel Jericho is like a dirty secret" he told Stella. No one ever comes over to play with him. It makes me feel bad.
"We just need to socialize him thats all". He's not used to people who knows what would happen if we just threw him in with another child. He only knows us, but if you want we can slowly socialize him into playing with the other children.
"Okay" Eben replied. Promise me we will.
"I promise" Stella told him. Let me bring down the steak to Jericho and we can talk more about this
"Sounds good" he said.