#Chapter 103 Plan

Francia turned to us slowly. Her gaze drifted over me and then to Candido. She looked like she wanted to shake her head and pat Candido on the head as a conciliation prize.

“She wouldn’t be the first to give birth to a hybrid,” Francia said. “And does it truly matter whose child it is? And what do you think he plans to do with this child? It’s probably not even his first one.”

My stomach dropped. “Not his first one?”

“How many could there be?” Vanessa asked. “I thought vampires were the undead.”

“It doesn’t matter?” Candido asked.

Francia chuckled. “The thing you call death, a vampire would call a new life. It is the main reason why Francium can say that he did not kill Claire.” She paused. “Among other reasons.”

I glanced at Francium who gave me a tense smile.

“And all living vampires, in some way, are descendants of the vampire king,” Francia said easily. “They are very different than the werewolves of today, though we are all related to him as well.”

I felt Candido flinch beside me