So my story began and so it continued… I do not see the need to describe every night, every moment to you. All you need know is that time passes quickly for an immortal in love, filled with happiness. I spent my days sleeping wrapped in Julian's arms and my nights talking, learning, and of course feeding. Similar to a mortal child who enters the realm of learning and school at a young age, I began an era of growth and education with Julian. Being one of the Darkest Ones, he saw the importance of knowledge and made certain that I had it early on. We traveled to every corner of the world and he showed me all I had ever wished to see. As a mortal child I had dreamed of the great sphinx of Egypt and the rivers of Italy and the towers of France; as an immortal child I saw them.
With each passing night I learned more and more of my kind's history. I met vampires here and there; as Julian had said to me that first night, certain areas were veritable "hot spots" for vampire communities. Cairo Egypt, for instance, was crawling with immortals while we saw none in Buenos Aires. The large ancient cities were the most common places to find them-- Paris, London, Venice-- but we also discovered small villages in South America that were composed entirely of vampires. Cultural differences, though less prevalent than in mortals, were also there.
Within some cultures also existed groups or bands of "vampire slayers", bounty hunters who sought after and murdered immortals. The concept of the profession can be compared to the popular t.v. show; most "slayers" or hunters are trained from birth and given the means to lure and trap vampires (usually the idiotic ones that Julian described to me) then expose them to our only true killer-- sunlight. They travel in bands and I've never seen a solitary hunter. Julian scoffed every time we saw one remarking that they were foolish mortals who would never be smart enough to catch the truly dangerous vampires, the intelligent ones. Julian taught me many things, most importantly that knowledge is power. In fact, I would say that Julian's love of knowledge surpassed that of his love for me.
And so it came to pass, as they say, that the inevitable occurred… I had learned all that I could from my maker and subsequently grew bored with him. I yearned for love and passion and Julian, I soon realized, could not give it to me. After all of his promises of eternal love he could not satisfy my hunger and the fire that burned within my soul. Though I knew he loved me, I could not love him in return. I knew that it was time for me to leave but feared whether or not he would ever let me go.
I choose to approach the subject in a subtle manner at first, speaking of wanting to travel more and met more people, and then with a bit more force. I told him that I wanted to see the island of the Dark Ones when I knew that Julian was staunchly against me going there so soon. Much to my horror and frustration, he did not recognize my implications for what they were. He assumed that I was simply interested and curious, not that I wanted to leave without him. He didn't know, or perhaps didn't want to know, that I couldn't stay with him any longer.
I spent almost five years trying to gently ease away from him and nothing I tried worked at all. I knew that whatever the method I used to get away would have to be painful for both of us. It was time to end it.
