"Ombrex?" I repeat. " What on earth is that?"
I look at her face, waiting for her to give me an explanation. It is my first time hearing that name, doesn't look like anything I have read or hear about it.
"They are a dark presence," she answers. "I won't call them demons because that word is too small. They are ancient shadows formed from blood-hunger. They feed on life-force through blood, supernatural blood especially." she explain briefly, not wanting to dive deeper.
I swallow again, my grit my teeth tightly.
"Supernatural blood? And in all this pack, this palace," I pause, trying to make everything happening make sense. "They only went after her?"
She looks around, not sure if she should talk. Our eyes meet and she look away quickly, that is a sign that I won't like her answer.
"That's because…" she begins slowly, "her blood is the only kind they need."
My heart falls straight into the depth of my stomach.
"Her blood?" I step closer to her. "How? Why her?"
