Free Tainted Crimson by Tarisa Marie Page A

the vampire came before real vampires. My guess is that Marco intended his vampires to be a replica of the legends,” D corrects.
    “Oh,” Is all I say. Then I close my eyes again and wait for another question to enter my mind.
    “Why does he want me? That guy? Marco?” I ask.
    Dad answers, “well, dark supposedly always blackens light. You can take a perfectly good-hearted human and turn them into a vampire and they will become as cold-hearted as the devil. Whereas if you’re human and a terrible person, a serial killer for example, and you get turned into an immortal, you’re still going to have darkness in your heart. Darkness is like a disease. You were born part vampire, part immortal, part witch, part human. Part dark, part light. I’m sure he’s hoping that your darkness will take over and you’ll also possess the ability to not have to suck power from others. That would make you a very valuable asset. Also, your mother was human when she was turned into a vampire obviously. I wasn’t human when I was turned into an immortal, I was a white witch. So you’re also part witch and part human. So you could be able to wield power like a witch. This also means you could possibly be killable, able to get sick, and even able to age.”
    “But I can’t do anything,” I say. “I can’t even run fast. I got 345th in the track meet long distance run,” I admit sheepishly.
    D chuckles and I feel like smacking him.
    “Jacob and I think it’s because you’re part witch. Witches aren’t able to use the majority of their power until they are fully grown which is hard to say when that is in your case because witches grow up much faster. My guess and probably Marco’s as well is that it’s around the human age of eighteen. I wasn’t sure what to expect when you were born. I thought you’d grow up fast like a witch but you didn’t. That could mean that the human part of you is in charge of your aging, again this would be evidence that you may be able to age past full growth. Full growth to a witch of course, again, is probably around the age of eighteen to a human,” Dad tells me while making a left and exiting the city.
    “That being said you should be ready for when this may happen. If your fingers start to tingle or you feel lightheaded and dizzy. Let us know,” D says while fiddling with a button on his coat.
    “So wait, you’re part witch and immortal so you can like move stuff like D can? So witches can't be turned into vampires but witches can be turned into immortals?” I ask my father.
    “Yes, I can. Jacob was only half-witch before he was turned immortal so he wasn’t very strong when he turned. His capability of wielding power was depleted when he turned immortal. And yes, I can move stuff. Daymon and I have been best friends since before we could walk. Our parents were best friends as well.  As far as I know, witches can’t be turned into vampires, during the turning process they seem to just die no one is sure why. I’m sure Marco could create a hybrid himself but it would take a lot of power. Power that he doesn’t have. That’s why you are special. You’re a little bit of everything,” my father says. “By the way, Jacob calls Daymon D because when he was little he couldn’t say his name. He had a terrible speech impediment until he was thirteen.”
    Jacob rolls his eyes. “It stuck.”
    “I was involuntarily turned into an immortal by Arianna when I was 23. She chose me to be the first of her new race of soldiers. It was shortly after Marilyn and I had Jacob. When Jacob turned 21 I turned him too. There was a bad flu going around and I didn’t want him to catch it. Witches can’t become ill, but his mother was human making him only half witch and so there was a chance that he could get sick. immortals can’t become sick so that’s why I did what I did. His mother died from the flu shortly before I turned him. I wanted to turn her before the flu took her but she wished not to