I had my mouth open to give her a witty answer for her first question when she hit me with the second. Faltering, I'm sure I looked like a fucking genius, mouth hanging open and not answering a simple question about my heritage. Back home, I'd gotten to a point where I'd gotten over being ashamed at what I was, even if I wasn't entirely peachy with it. The thing is, though, you tell a person you're half monster, if they don't think you're crazy, they're still bound to see you as, well…a monster.

"Uh," I began, articulate as always. Sookie had said she dated a vampire back home, but vamps weren't the same as Auphe, not by a long shot. I scrubbed a hand through my hair as I weighed my options and decided fuck it. Wouldn't be the first time someone ran away from me.

"My dad was, um. An Auphe. Do you even know what that is?" Most people didn't. Lucky them.