Chapter 65 - A field trip

**Ambrogios pov**

“So, you seriously have to stay inside the whole day?..What happens if you go outside? If the sun hits you?” Zara is laying beside me, drawing circles on my chest with her fingers.
“Well, I will not spontaneously combust like they do in the movies.” But it hurts and I get..sick”
“I assume all the witches and warlocks you had at your disposal over the years has tried to change it?”
“Oh yes..many times..apparently a judgment passed by a God cannot be broken by a spell”
“ I would like to see it..the place you grow up, were you got..cursed and other places I only heard about..Except for Great Falls, I know what you did there and I have seen that place from every corner…is it far?” she rises to her elbows and looks at me, I have to smile at the enthusiasm.
“ No, not really, a couple of hours by foot..and by foot is the only choice there is.”
“ Can we go? Tonight? I have the night off anyway, please!”
I thought about it.. it was a pretty weird question but on the other hand this whole situation is weird. This wonderful creature, this honey-tasting witch-wolf has completely turned my life upside down. And now she wants to see all the horrible places that shaped me. I usually visit them myself..alone. I have never brought anyone with me, it has been more to remember and sometimes to try to feel something. It usually results in anger and some type of tantrum that ends up costing someone their life. Maybe it could be different if I brought someone with me..someone I care about.
Who would have guessed..The most evil creature acts like a lovesick teenager and considers taking his new female acquaintance with him to show her his childhood home. Well, maybe I can see it as a test..maybe she will be hit by reality and finally see me for what I am..I rather have her end things now in the beginning.. Beginning of what? Am I really thinking of having a real relationship with this woman? With Zandra's descendant?.. A chuckle leave my lips at the thought.
“Whats so funny” she asks as she heard me.
“Its an peculiar situation..that’s all..”
“Well, it fits..we are two peculiar creatures” She smiles before she jumps off the bed and walks in to the bathroom.
I pick up my phone, It is truly a fascinating invention. It kept me company while I was in agony so I’ve kept up with the technological developments quite well even though I’ve been..away..and now I can’t imagine life without it.
The screen shows several missed calls from Tony, so i press redial. He answers after the first tone.
“ Master, are you okay? Where are you?” His voice is stressed and concerned.
“ Calm down Tony, I’m perfectly fine.”
“ FIne..You are perfectly fine?..Do you know how worried I was? All of us?! You couldn’t have..I don't know, sent a text at least?” I can't help to laugh a little at his frustration.
“ I am so sorry MOM, I should have told you I slept at a friends house.”
“ Very funny father..very funny indeed..what did you say? Which friend?” The frustration was gone, instead I heard curiosity..and a little bit of excitement perhaps.
“ Just so you know, I will pull your fangs if you speak of this..I took a page from the *Tonys way of living book*..I met someone, a girl…and I really enjoy her company.” I was expecting some smart comment from him..but was met with silence at first.
“ Is she from our cluster or some neighboring one?” He asked
“ Neither..she is not one of us”
“ Wow..the great Ambrogio, keeping a human pet!” He chuckled
“ One, she is not my pet..and two..she is not human, she is a hybrid, half witch, half wolf…” Again, I am met with silence.
“ Tony?..are you still there?”
“ I’m here father, I’m just having a hard time speaking with this big smile on my face”. After that he laughs, a high and honest laugh that put a smile on my face.
“ Anyway..I am taking her for a trip this night, she knows my history..in a way she is bound to it. She wants to see were it all begun..the village, the cave..you know, the places of origin..”
“You are going to the cave? Tonight? Are you sure?”
“ Yeah, it's not far, and I haven't been there for a long time..I’m curious if I react differently then before.”
“ Wow..okay..well, I hope you have a pleasant field-trip, I got to go.” he ended the call in a hurry and if I wasn't distracted by the sexy little witch coming back in to the room I might have giveen it a thought.

“ I was wondering..how often do you need to..you know, eat, drink?” Zara asked as we were getting dressed.
“ It depends..on how active I have been” I give her a wink and wrap my arms around her from the back, kissing her neck.
“ Can you eat normal food? Or is it just..blood?”
“ I can, I am a human of sorts..but I can't taste it and I need the blood to stay strong.”
“So, im guessing you need to feed soon? How does it work? Do you go for a hunt?”
“Sometimes. But we have volunteers at the mansion, we call them tappers. They tap their blood and we store it, we don't always drink straight from the vein.”
“ Oh..how about now? “?
“ Why? Are you offering?” I nibble on her neck and she giggles
“ No, I think I need my blood if we are going by foot.”
“ I grab a snack on the way then.” I smile and help her on with her jacket.
We leave her apartment but don't go through the pub, we go out on the backside of the house. Its an narrow alley and after about a hundred feet she turns right, in to next alley.
“ The crime rate is pretty high here “ She says and glance against a couple of men standing outside a door, probably dealing in something illegal. As we come closer One of them goes back in the house and the other walks away.
“ There is your snack” She says and nods at the walking man, with a mischievous smile on her lips.
I would have thought she was going to be repulsed or disgusted seeing me feed, but on the contrary, she seemed fascinated. I didnt kill the man, I knocked him unconscious from behind and when I was done I left him sitting against a wall. Anyone who would see him would think he had to much to drink, sniff or smoke. By the taste of his blood, they wouldn't be wrong.

We leave the city behind us. As we walk Zara ask me a lot about my life and how it started out. So I tell her. I tell her about my time after I got cursed. How I tried to survive but the food didnt taste anything, neither did the wine or the beers, even the water was tasteless and my body was getting weaker.Was this my life? Domed to walk the earth in darkness for a long long time, weak and malnourished. I thought many times to take my life..I drank a lot, even tasteless the alcohol did its job and left me numb.
One night I got in to a fight outside a bar. Drunk and rattling around, I probably cursed my father in heaven and annoyed some of the others who stepped out for some fresh air, I was so weak and this one guy wanted to impress his buddies..so, he saw me as a easy target. I got beaten, badly..but I still had a bottle of wine in my hand so when I got the opportunity I smashed it against his head. It was made of clay so it didnt shatter like a glass-bottle would, it turned in to a couple of big shards. I took one and in an attempt to scare him of by waving it in front him I accidentally sliced his throat. He pressed his hand to his wound but the blood spurted out between his fingers, hitting me right in the face. A few drops found my tongue, and I could taste them. Mesmerized by the flavor I grabbed the man, starting to lick his wound, before I realized it I drank from him, feeling every cell and muscle in my body come to life. My body quickly adapted to my new diet and soon my fangs grew out..at first I couldn’t retract them, but whoever was pulling the strings behind the scenes soon made that function possible.
“ Who did you think it was? God? The father of humans?” Zara is intrigued by the story.
“ Maybe..or one of his siblings..I honestly don't know which God is mine anymore, or if it is the devil himself perhaps” I try to give her a smile but suddenly feel a sadness in my chest, the words I spoke is true.
“ So, where do you want to start?..What do you want to see first?” I asked her while I enjoyed the feel of our intertwined fingers.
“The cave..I would love to see the cave!”