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“Is there so I should know?” I asked

“No, but you should be warned,” he said and even in the dark his blue eyes glowed

“Warned about what?”

“Va me in on a little secret

I laughed

“Coled

“I a at me

“Okay, I’ll hu

“That’s all I ask Before I wasteabout those filthy bloodsuckers let me tell you about the Coven” He cleared his throat, winced, and then continued “The Coven was foro the exact date was never recorded We are the decedents of the Knights Tehts Templar was formed to hunt and kill them They aren’t our friends, Ky We are trained to kill vampires not ith them This will be a new experience for us Especially for so, untrained warriors We haven’t perfected our skills yet We are only beginning to learn how to control our senses and refine our skills Every nerve in‘kill’ when I’m around a vampire”

“Can I ask a question?” He nodded his ascent “Do you have to be a part of this Coven? Is it a choice?”

“There is no choice for us We are raised knoe will becohteenth birthday we are inducted into the Coven for life There is no getting out of it, except death, and there is no deciding to join You’re born into it and trained by your parents at a young age I’m a lethal weapon If the military knew about us we’d become some kind of super weapon Humans that aren’t quite human, with deadly skills like no other, sounds like a horror movie or a sci fi novel, eh?”

“Kind of Is that what your tattoo is for?” I asked pointing to his arm which was now covered

“Yes It’s the Coven’s symbol That way if we are in a different country other Coven nize us Each tattoo is the saht difference to differentiate between countries”

“I guess I have to respect it, now,” I said sadly

He laughed “Yeah, it’s not like I wanted it”