Secrets, Secrets

"Alby??" 

Alby turned to see Roy and Lily standing in the doorway, a look of horror on their faces.

"Why are you covered in blood??" Roy asked, trying to walk to him but Alby held his hand out and quickly covered Jel. 

I need to protect his dignity at least. 

"What happened here? Who is that?" Roy asked, questions flooding out of his mouth, one after the other. "Alby." 

"Do you smell that?" Lily asked, placing a hand on his shoulder, looking around the room. "I think Alby went into heat." 

"No," Roy said, eyes widening. "He shouldn't have gone into his heat, at all." 

As he was about to check Jel's pulse, as if that would be visible, he is a Vampire after all. He paused, hearing Roy's words. 

"What do you mean by that?" 

"Mean by what?" Roy asked, a sheepish look on his face as he could not bring himself to look at him.