“Vampires. The Original vampires,” Rebekah answered, though of course that would make no sense to Tatia, given that no such thing had existed during her lifetime, and therefore not even the mythology associated with vampires.
“My parents were devastated when Henril died. In an effort to ensure that they would never lose another one of their children, my mother created in us a set of immortal beings. She bound the spell with your blood. It was your blood that changed us from human to...inhuman. And now we subsist on blood.” There was more but Rebekah was unsure how much the girl could take.
“That was a thousand years ago, Tatia. And some strange magic has brought us all to this place. People brought from different times and yet I never thought that it was powerful enough to bring you from so long ago.” She should have known better, really.