Chapter 24: The Old Ones

“Tommy, where have you been?” Emilia asked when Tommy returned to his bedroom.

Emilia was sitting on the end of his bed. Her cheeks were rosy, her skin tinged with color. She’d recently fed. Probably on Dulcinea.

“Okay, I just discovered something weird,” Tommy said. He hadn’t had a chance to actually think about what he’d found, but Emilia might know more about it.

“Oh, did you find something hidden in the estate?” she asked, her sapphire eyes lighting up.

“I think so,” Tommy said.

Emilia patted the bed beside her. She winked at him.

Tommy grinned and sat down. He turned towards her slightly, running the back of his finger down her bare arm. She was almost as warm as he was.

That meant she drank a lot of blood. Dulcinea would have been dead if Emilia fed that much from her.

“Does this estate have humans you can feed from?” Tommy asked, momentarily distracted.