Sacrifice! Red Silk meets the Dragon!

Flashback

"Mother mother! Why musn't we drink blood like the others?"

"Because, Manasseh, my child." Her mother petted her head as she softly smiled. "It dulled our senses, it casted away who we are, for nobles must never drink blood, but instead lead wtih mercy and defiance against our betrayer ancestor."

"But no blood equals to no strength, mother! I thought that's what vampires are about?!" The child flailed her arms in the air, her fangs glimmering in the moonlight dimmed not even a sliver of silvers.

"Strengths aren't just claws and bites, Manasseh. The fact that we are the only ones granted the ability to speak is no coincidence." The mother's silver hair, in contrast, dimmed compared against the moonlight, indulging in a silvery sorrow.

"M-my lips?"