29 TWENTY-NINE...

Gates, Yusuf and Rosalia had left the store, yusuf carrying four bags in each hand and Rosalia two less than him. After half an hour they reached home, The Gates Family.

Yusuf returns to his sister whom has alot to tell him as Gates enters his room, Rosalia following behind him as she drops the things she had gotten from him by the door, going to the balcony even as the cold night breeze flowed.

Gates fell on his bed as he closed his eyes, tomorrow was going to be a long ass day, so he needed as much rest as possible...Opening his eyes, he realises that he has only been a day in this novel, making him realise just what the fuck he has been doing...

As he laughed to himself on how much had happened in just a day,

He realises that Rosalia is still in his room...Looking at her whom stayed at the balcony even when the cold was many times worse than earth's night breeze...He somewhat knew that she had something on her mind.

Wondering what she wants, Gates stood from his bed as he approached her, wanting to know what she had in her head so late at night...

Rosalia knowing that he was approaching her didnt move, instead looks up to the moon as it shined bright in the sky...

"Hey, Rosa what's wrong?" Gates said giving her a nickname as he couldn't keep saying her full name...Rosa was the name he called her, even back on earth so it felt natural to him.

Normally, she didn't speak much, she'd usually just grumble or stare at you like you had something on your face but tonight, it seemed she had alot in her head...

"I'm really a monster...like the rumors say." She said as she turned to look at Gates, standing a couple feet below her whom looked at her weirdly as she said those words...

"What are you talking about?" Gates knew the rumors more than even she herself but the way she was talking, it didn't feel as though it originated from feeling about the rumors but herself instead.

"The rumors of me killing people...they are true as well as beinga vampire..." She said without much tonality in her voice, like she was dead inside...

Gates wanted to speak up when she continued her words,

"A vampire killed and turned my mother when she was pregnant with me...for whatever reason, her being turned after death didnt kill me and some of that gene from the vampire, i got it...so instead of a constant need to drink blood, it's to bathe in it somewhat.. I can hear things much more than humans, smell things, i am faster, stronger and even heal as long as i bathe in blood..." Rosalia said as she continued to look into Gates eyes, if he were any more like the citizens and beings of this world, he would definitely be scared or at least show some hatred towards her...

However Gates showed no such emotions in his expression, coming from a world that wrote alot about fantasy and beings that didn't exist in their world, there were much worse beings and creatures than a vampire especially a half vampire like Rosalia.

Humans feared always what they wouldn't understand, it was a given that she would be ostracised whether by humans or other creatures as vampires are demonic beings.

She has everything a vampire would except the fangs, claws or physical appearance of one if you remove the red hair and eyes...She didn't even have the Pale skin as most would but she definitely had the charm of one.

Gates wonders why she told him this piece of information that the novel author never spoke about it, he wondered if she really even knew why she told him such things, but he knew that she must've really been lonely all this time...even if other kids would treat her kindly, as long as she was recognized by anyone with the intellect to connect the dots...she would immediately be treated like a monster...

She as well doesn't know why but she feels he knows her... the way he looks at her is different, so much different from what she had received all these years... Even after he found out her identity, and when in public, said her name like it was not even a bad Omen to the people of Black Turtle City...

Sighing, Gates knew that she was indeed still a woman even if she had he strength of ten men,

"Come here," he said to her as he sat up on the rails, spreading his hands open as he invited her for a hug,

Seeing his stretched out arms, she hesitated before leaving her spot and coming into his space, as Gates wrapped his arms under her arms and hers on his neck...

"Look, I know you've gone through alot... I can't even start to imagine what exactly you've gone through but I know that you've been treated unfairly, I know you've been called a monster even when you tried your best to save people, they never appreciated it...instead cursing your name, I know you've not had a place to call a home in a long time and I know you've not had anyone to call family or friend in a long time, if any, at all.

You should stop thinking about the inability of others to understand you, you should worry more about your life, where you'll live, sleep, eat, laugh and even enjoy the sunset.

Even the demons that are the most hated, still laugh beyond humans wildest reasonings, even the humans themselves that condemn you as a monster are worse monsters themselves...I am no different, maybe I may be the worst monster amongst all as I would gladly sacrifice anyone that does not align with my Ideals. Rosalia, You are strong, beautiful and most of all, a Knight...You carry honor and dignity in anything you do...when a human kills a deer, they feel no pity as they skin it and use its hide for clothes, their meat as dinner and their head as decorations..

Why should you feel bad about yourself? If anyone makes you feel such a way, just let me know and I'll bury hem allive." Gates said as he said this to her while she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you, master." Rosalia said as she hugged him tight.. . deeply affected by his words, no one had ever said words like that to her, for her.

"Call me Amon...Now, let's sleep shall we?"