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Alexander and I knew the moment we encountered your scent."

Chapter 7
    "No," was the only word to come out of my mouth. These guys were insane. First telling me they were vampires and then telling me I was of a different species. I started shaking, the kind of shaking when your system has a rush of adrenaline when you're faced with some dire news.
    Not because I was afraid of these guys, but because on some buried level of my psyche, there was a minuscule thought that what they were saying was true. I am different, have always known and felt out of sync with the rest of the world. I listened to people all my life tell me I was over sensitive, or high-strung. I never once thought maybe I was different in a genetic way.
    Well heck, who would think of that?
    Janel wrapped her arms around me and glared at the two men who were still in the same exact position.
    "What is wrong with you two? There is nothing wrong with Olivia." She proclaimed.
    Alex got up from where he was sitting and said; "Of course there is nothing wrong with Olivia.
    She has some special gifts she is not aware of yet. That's all." Janel and I said in unison, "Gifts?"
    "What do you mean by gifts?" I felt like I was going to hyperventilate.
    Robert groaned and began to rub his temples. "Alexander, why do you always have to speak out of turn? Why do you have to speak at all?"
    Alex glared at him. "She has to know. You can't keep this from her. She has a right to know what's going to happen. The stakes are as high for her as for us."
    "Don't you think that I'm aware of that? Who knows better than I what can happen? I have been fighting this battle for almost five hundred years. You have been at it what? A mere two hundred years, pup?"
    At Roberto's use of the word pup, Alexander made a low growling noise and sprang at Roberto.
    Roberto easily grabbed Alexander and placed a restraining arm around his neck. "Do not think to take me on pup. You know what will happen." When Roberto grabbed a hold of Alex, I involuntarily moved forward to help. The action didn't go unnoticed by both men. Alex calmed down quite a bit and actually gave me a little smile while Roberto just scowled.
    "Don't worry babe, this old guy won't hurt me. Will you gramps?" Alex laughed.
    I could see Roberto stiffen but he did let Alex go. Alex came over to me and pulled me down to sit beside him.

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    "Listen Olivia, I may not be five hundred years old and don't always speak with all of the old world charm of that one over there. But I will always speak the truth to you. And the truth of the matter is you are different. There is a whole world out there with a lot of different things in it. You call us vampires and that is what we are. I don't make any apologies for it anymore than you should apologize for what you are or Janel for her being human. I'm sure you have a lot of questions. Why don't you ask? Then you can begin to imagine the world you have suddenly found yourself in."
    I took a deep breath. Where to begin? If all they said was true, then my world was about to implode.
    "Do you drink blood?" I was dying to know this ever since they bared their fangs to us. Kind of silly but hey, I was a girl who read Bram Stoker's Dracula five times. Romantic that I was, I considered it a great love story and what girl doesn't like a love story, I ask you?
    For the first time Alex looked a little uncomfortable.
    "Yes we do." He said and frowned when I moved farther away.
    "But I saw the two of you eat earlier." I said. Janel chimed in, "Yes. I saw that too, and drink.
    They drank wine with dinner." She accused. Roberto was back to rubbing his temples and looking like he was getting a headache. I wondered if vampires got headaches and decided to add that question to my list. Roberto said, "If you had ever done any research on bat species you would know besides blood, bats have a varied diet. Besides we have evolved from bats and humans. We carry the best