Chapter 8

“Yeah, that. What happened to her again?”

“Torn neck and little blood left in her body. Her head was almost separated from her body.”

“Shit! I’m sorry I asked.”

He shrugged at Dylan without turning his eyes away from the busy road.

“You’ll get used to things like that.”

“Huh? I don’t think so.”

“You will. You are a Thornton and a witch.”

“Hate to break it to you, but my last name is Johnson.”

“Your witch heritage is dominant regardless of your father’s last name. You will always be a Thornton.”

“Is Aurelius your real name?”

“Of course it is.”

“And Chatzis?”

“It is my real last name.”

“Why did you have a last name?”

“Why not?”

“Never mind. What happens if you shave?”

“My hair will grow back almost immediately. All vampires will remain the way they were when they…turned.”

“I see. Wait! Does this mean that all your muscles…? Fuck! That is so unfair.”