Edward
Think nothing of it. I am an old drunk, I deserve to feel as such.
The word was dhampir, half-vampire. Yes, actually- it was uncommon, but possible. Like she seemed to know, immortal children were seen as a threat, pliable for one's own purposes. It was a Law that those able to survive their childhood either be put in the care of our ruling Council, or killed, if they were showing signs of threat.
Most vampires chose to leave the child with the human parent, in secret, to save their lives. Some were conceived without knowledge of the vampire at all. I, for one, met a son here I never knew I had. Over a century old, and I had never heard of him, in my world.