16 Chapter 16

“Well, never mind that. It isn’t something you have to know.”

Shoot. I guessed he wasn’t going to talk about it now either. Something did puzzle me, though. “If they live on cow’s blood and have the…the buffets on the side, why do they still have such a bad reputation?”

“The human race believes they’re at the top of the food chain. They didn’t take it well when they realized otherwise.”

“I guess that makes sense. Wait! They?”

“What?”

“You said ‘they.’ Does that mean we’re not human?”

“I…it…we…” He looked distressed, and he swore under his breath. “The Plague continued to come along periodically, so folklore about vampyres never died out. Instead the tales were passed down from one generation to another.”

“Oh, I get it.” No, I didn’t get it, but how could I tell him that? It was obvious he wasn’t going to explain—or maybe he wasn’t able to. “Gee, Dad, that’s kind of interesting and all, but what does it have to do with me?”