A Dark Fantasy Series
INT. JOLYN’S STUDIO APARTMENT — CLOUDED DUSK (CONT’D)
CONNOR: Autumn isn’t a monster. Believe it or not, he doesn’t care for killing our own kind. I’m not so innocent myself.
Jolyn braces herself for what Connor is about to say next.
JOLYN: What are you trying to say, Connor?
CONNOR: My father ordered him to take down the vampires. All the Reborns. He ordered the same to me as well. And for years, I aided my brother in this. Father was worried that being that the Reborns couldn’t control their thirst, seeing as they weren’t born vampires, then they would wipe out humanity. And for a while, it looked to be that my father was right. Villages were being slaughtered left and right. Towns were dangerous to wonder around at night. It was my fault anyway.
Connor doesn’t want to say the next part.
CONNOR: I made the first Reborn. I changed the first human being into a vampire. Something that neither father nor my brother knew was possible. We were all still new to our vampiric curse.
Connor pauses.
CONNOR: Her name was Eramis. We didn’t know what had happened to her. But one night…I lost control. I bit her and believed I drained her. I thought I killed her. I wanted so bad to be done with my own life. I tried everything there was to kill myself. I was the one who discovered that the sunlight couldn’t kill us. But then…she rose. Approximately fourteen hours after I buried her. She changed and took on our characteristics. Father took her in to ease my mind, allowing her to stay in the castle with us. But then…then she started to hunt. And she started to change others. I tried to help her get control of things, and over time…she got a grip. But by then, she had already changed so many mortals, that we were now facing some sort of vampiric epidemic. So father casted an order. He demanded that we eradicated all of the new vampires. The Reborns. We did this. We spent every night killing our kind for hours. It took us less than a month until the vampire legend…became that of a legend. Eramis even assisted us on some hunts. And then…it happened. Father ordered her demise as well. He said that Reborns couldn’t exist. That he didn’t understand them. I couldn’t kill her again.
Jolyn shows concern.
JOLYN: So then Autumn did it.
CONNOR: Not right away. I took her and ran far with her. Regions. It took six months for my brother to catch up with us. But…when he finally did…
Tears of blood begin to roll out of Connor’s eyes.
JOLYN: Ok, we don’t have to talk about it anymore.
CONNOR: I stood there, Jolyn. I stood there. I froze up while he slaughtered my lover, right in front of me.
The extinction of vampires, known as Reborns, was a promise. Sent to be Death Dealers of their own kind, Connor and his elder brother Autumn, slaughter those who carry the less fortunate blood of vampires. Being Immortals — vampires with a pureblood lineage, they’ve been able to achieve this with ease. That is until Connor falls in love with a Reborn, turning the brothers against one another, as the elder brother wants to see their mission through, while the younger brother…wants to follow the guidance of his soul.
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