Andy wandered through Ontario, Canada trying to pick up the scents of the newborns. She wasn't that far behind them, they were lingering in the forests around Hazelwood Lake. She smirked heading to a bank to sort out her 'inheritance'.

After purchasing a car she drove to the mall for a change of wardrobe and nearest real-estate agency.

"May I help you?" The lady behind the desk asked as she approached. Suzie was having a bad day, and now a tall blonde wearing a high class outfit and hat. She radiated power and confidence, and drew Suzie's attention with her smile. Suzie couldn't get over how attractive the woman was as she leant against her desk.

"Yes, I'd like to buy a house." Andy said her eyes smiling behind her sunglasses.

"Oh, of course." She replied.

Once Andy had brought the house in a secluded part of the woods on a lake that was fully furnished she got some things delivered from one of her storage units to make it more comfortable before heading out in search of some newborns.

She didn't have to travel far, they were camping out in one of the ranger's cabins and didn't even sense her presence when she approached the door. She knocked and looked in the window spotting them jump in surprise. It was Bree that opened the door with a tired smile and surprisingly orange eyes.

"Come with me." Andy told them and turned leading the way back to the house she just bought. When she noticed they weren't following her she gave them an impatient look. "The way I see it you have two options. You can stay here and live in this hovel feeding on bears and the odd hiker, or you can return with me to more comfortable accommodations. It's your choice." She continued walking not bothered to see if they were following her.

Bree took a couple of steps to follow her only to be stopped by Diego's hand in hers. "Trust me." The brunette told her mate who reluctantly nodded taking her lead with Fred silently bringing up the rear.

The trio gasped at the beautiful glass house on a small lake which was fed by a larger one but still hidden from view. They followed the elder vampire inside to see her lounging in the large living area scribbling in a diary.

"Pick a room, I would say unpack, but you don't have any belongings to do so... so I took the liberty of acquiring you a couple of outfits. Feel free to shop online, this is my card it's unlimited so you can spend as much as you want because I'm a thousand years old and have more money than I need." She said holding up the piece of plastic not moving her eyes from the pages.

"Why?" Bree asked timidly.

"Honestly," Andy said lifting her eyes from the book to look at the trio. "I don't know." Bree nodded in acceptance and dragged Diego off to view the rest of the house.

"You found us. How?" Fred inquired.

"I'm a hunter." She stated, "It is what I do."

"But what about my abilities?"

"You've been feeding on animals," she points out. "We're not supposed to feed off animals, the blood doesn't sustain us. You need to hunt more, and relearn to control your gifts if you choose to stay on that diet."

"Have you ever tried? Bree does it so well, Diego and I just snap." He informed looking around the room.

"Fred, I would have to be desperate to resort to animal blood. I prefer human, screaming and straight from the vein. You should pick a room."

"Can I buy books?"

"You can buy whatever you want." She shrugged, "you will find that money is not hard to come by when you're immortal."

Fred nodded and climbed the nearest set of stairs. He found a room with an open view of the lake and decided to make it his own. One wall was a large bookshelf half filled with random texts, it had a bed he would never need to use and a walk in wardrobe. The other wall was just glass that looked out over the dark green lake. He found a change of clothes on the draws and set off for a much needed shower.

Bree looked around the room in awe of the view as Diego showered. Something in her gut just told her she could trust Andy with their lives. She knew for a fact the old vampire wouldn't hesitate to kill them if they posed a threat, but she was honest about her intentions and never once lied to them.

Diego stepped out of their shared bathroom a towel snug on his waist and his hair dripping with water that rolled down his tone olive chest.

Bree didn't even realise she was staring until he breathed out a deep chuckle and gave her a flirty smile. "Like what you see?" He questioned with a smirk.

"I've seen better," she quipped as he reached for some pants on the tall boy.

He hissed and retracted his hand as the power point by his clothes sparked shocking him slightly with a warm sensation.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, just a small shock, nothing I can't handle." He said brushing it off. "We should go down and find out what our thousand year old hostess wants with us."

Andy sat by the fire her hands resting on the fragile old book while deep in thought. She knew she would have to read it eventually, she just didn't know what she would find.

Her thoughts were interrupted by three figures entering the room. They stood awkwardly by the door and she smirked.

"Have a seat." She indicated to the sofas as she placed the fragile book gently on an oak table. "Ask."

"Are you really a thousand years old?" Bree asks innocently causing Andy to chuckle.

"Give or take a couple of decades, we weren't the best with dates back then."

"And you're from Greece?" Diego asked.

"Yes." She replied.

"Will you tell us about living in your time?"

"I don't remember being human. I get some flashbacks but they're unreliable." Andy informed, "My sire found me washed up on the shores of a beach in Crete. I had hit my head on the rocks. She turned me and brought me back to her coven." Andy gazed into the flames that provided heat to the room, not that it was needed anyway. "My coven was the oldest known and was led by my father, Aegeus and his mate Thalia. They enforced the rules much like the Volturi do now. I had two brother's Phineus and Tydeus. Phineus was a stick in the mud really. He was always so strict and formal, I don't know how his mate Cressida put up with him. He was my older brother though and I loved him anyway. I was closer to Tydeus. He was a charismatic vampire, and enjoyed the company of women as he was unmated. He played with his food often."

"Which one do I look like?" Diego asked.

"Tydeus." She replied with a smile fond memories passing through her mind. "I used to get us in trouble. A lot. But Tydeus was the most loyal man I have ever met. Then there's Dora. She changed me and taught me everything I needed to know, as is the responsibility of a sire."

"What happened to them?" Fred asked from his position in the corner.

"War." Andy shook her head to ease the venom pooling in her tear ducts. "We won many battles but we lost the war. We got complacent and trusted the wrong people."

"A war with who?"

"A war with the Wolves. The Werewolves."

"Werewolves are real?" Diego questioned.

"They are, I've seen them." Bree answered and Andy shook her head.

"Those were not werewolves." She informed the newborn. "They're shape shifters. I mean werewolves that are slaves to the full moon. Hideous beasts that prey on vampires and humans alike."

"Where are they?"

"Extinct." She said with a satisfied grin. "They have been for centuries."

"They killed your coven?"

"All bar two. I wasn't there and Dora escaped to her mate in Italy."

"I'm sorry." Bree said softly and Andy nodded in acknowledgement.

"There is still much you are yet to know."

"Who are those Volturi people?" She questioned remembering the cloaked figures.

"It's a Coven that uphold the laws of our kind. Laws that I broke saving your lives. It's a branch of the original Greek coven. Aro and Marcus, two of the leaders, shared the same sire as Aegeus. They split from the Greeks after about a century and created their own coven. The Volturi upheld the same laws as the Greeks, with one difference. They wanted more power. They had a tense respect with my coven. The politics didn't really interest me at the time."

"What are the laws?"

"There a few rules but one that is the most important. Do not expose our kind." Andy told them. "The rest of the laws are based around that. Children are not to be turned as they cannot be taught control and risk exposing us. Hunting must be inconspicuous. No dealing with Werewolves unless for extermination. False witnessing is punishable by death. Any interaction with humans must not draw wide attention. And the big rule that I broke; the creator is responsible for his newborn's behaviour and teaching of the laws before they can be released on their own. By letting a newborn hunt conspicuously, the penalty will be death both to the newborn and its creator. Even if the newborn is ignorant of the law, rash acts are still punishable by death." She recited it like she was standing before a class and this was an assignment.

"Thank you." Diego said to her with a small smile.

"For what?"

"Saving out lives."

*****

What are you reading?" Bree asked looking up from her sketchpad that Andy had acquired for her.

"A love story." Andy replied her breath hitching as she continued to read. "A tragic love story."

Entry #1124

The concept of a blood singer is a strange one.

La tua cantante was the Italian expression.

The blood appeals so much that we want nothing more than to claim it as our own in every way possible.

I met her today.

She was a Spartan princess. A goddess in her own right, with warm brown hair and sky blue eyes that held a warm spark drawing me in.

She is the most beautiful creature I have ever laid eyes on.

And she is mine.

Mathias

Entry #1129

I heard her voice today.

I had to feed from countless victims so I could be close enough to her to do so.

Her voice is like bells. Bells that chimed oh so sweetly.

Mathias

Entry #1146

We talked today.

She's so ambitious, and wants to travel.

But she would never turn her back on her duty.

Her name is Daphne.

Mathias

Entry #1157

I can't help myself when I'm around her.

She confessed her feelings today and I told her I returned them.

She is my heart.

Mathias

Entry #1205

I've fallen hopelessly for her.

There is nothing that will ever change the way I feel about her.

I will love her, forever.

Mathias

Entry #1254

She knows.

And she doesn't hate me.

I asked her to become like me and she declined.

I will respect her decision because I love her.

I just hope I'm making the right choice.

Mathias

Entry #1273

Aegeus found out.

He wants me to change her.

I can't do that to her, she doesn't want it.

Mathias

Entry #1311

She's getting married.

She told me she loved me but will do her duty to her family and produce an heir.

The one thing I cannot give her.

She's severing all ties with me and I hate it but it's the right thing to do.

Mathias

Entry #1324

I saw her today.

She's happy, that's all that matters.

I need to return to Madrid.

It's probably better if I don't linger here anymore.

Mathias

Entry #1335

I saw her again today.

She was walking through the olive groves with that small toddler by her side. The child had all her features except her hair was golden. I wanted to hate that child. She was a symbol of the love I had lost, but I couldn't bring myself to hate anything that came from her.

I miss her, with all my heart. I wish I turned her, but she wanted a normal life and family, to grow old and watch her family blossom. The things I could never give her.

She is my heart and will always be my heart.

Mathias

Entry #1463

I could have saved her!

That scum made me watch as he ordered the men to kill her.

And my brothers let it happen.

I will never forgive them for this.

Mathias

Entry #1465

She survived!

A piece of her survived.

The child.

Andromeda.

Andy slammed the book closed with a shuddering sigh. She felt betrayed. They knew who she was and failed to tell her a thing.

It was a thousand years ago but the betrayal still stung heavily on her mind.