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staring outside. “If your blood can heal everyone that means you’re the strongest. But what we don’t know is, if you get hurt, is there any blood strong enough to heal you.”
    “ What do you mean?” Arianna finally turned back to Thomas.
    “ When one of our kind gets seriously hurt, there are only two options. One, find a stronger night human and give some blood to the one who’s hurt. Or, two, put them out of their misery.” Arianna’s mouth dropped.
    “ I’ve never seen that done before,” Arianna replied.
    “ You’ve only been a night human for one year.” Thomas paused. “I’ve seen it done on multiple occasions. The stronger only share with those they choose to share with. So, poorer night humans have to pledge allegiance to those stronger to stay safe. Even then you’re not completely safe.” Thomas spoke from experience.
    “ Is that why your parents offered your sister as my sacrifice last year?” Arianna asked the question she had been dying to ask for some time. When Arianna changed into a baku the previous year, she had a sacrifice waiting to fulfill the blood rite of the ceremony. The child was Thomas’ little sister.
    Thomas opened his eyes and considered his answer before speaking. “Your uncle is a fair man, but sometimes people would just prefer to be free. My kind is especially known for wanting to be free. Must come with the wings.” Thomas, in his night human form, always felt free. Arianna preferred not to have Thomas fly her around as it was terrifying, but she could feel his freedom even from the ground. “But when you’re free of bonds, there’s no protection.” Thomas closed his eyes and lay back down. Arianna still didn’t get a straight answer, but she didn’t push the subject.
    “ I was ten when Sara was born. She was actually born as a sacrifice because of my stupidity. I had been out with my friends. We were having fun, flying around and racing. We began a competition that now sounds so stupid.” Thomas rubbed his forehead. “There was this especially witchy lady that lived on our street. She had an immaculate lawn and garden and would spend hours daily picking weeds. She loved her garden, and hated us kids. Every time something went bad, she blamed us for it.” Arianna raised her eyebrows and Thomas smirked. “Well, I guess, okay. We mostly caused all the bad stuff. But not that time. She had got us all grounded for two weeks for something we didn’t even do. So, we began a stupid game. We’d start up on her house and dive down to pull her hair and then fly away. The goal was to get close enough to do so without getting caught. My friends all tried, and no one was brave enough to go close enough to her. We weren’t that good at flying. I figured they were all just scared of her. I decided that I’d be the one to do it. Well, let me tell you, you shouldn’t dive down at someone that’s squatting on the ground. Long story short, I ended up hitting the ground at full force, never having the chance to change my direction. I should have died, but your uncle saved me. With his blood I was able to heal over a two-week period. I’ve had no side effects from it. What he required in turn was my parents’ devotion to him, and another child that he wanted to use as a new member sacrifice. My parents then had Sara.”
    “ She was born only to be fed to someone?” Arianna was still not used to the night human world.
    “ She was born to be fed to you. Your uncle knew you’d need strong blood to turn, and he needed more than a day human. We don’t look kindly upon sacrificing night humans for the change. This way he had what he needed, and my parents couldn’t protest. To save me, they would have to sacrifice her.” Thomas laid back and closed his eyes. Arianna returned to staring outside. “There’s still so much about this world you don’t know.”
    “ Then why doesn’t anyone tell me?” Arianna tried not to whine, but it came out that way anyway.
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