Cecilia paused as her brain processed what she had just heard. She could hear Terri choking on the lemonade. Did Lady Gale just say she knew she wasn't from this realm? How would she have known?

　　"My lady, I believe you are mistaken. I'm from Southport. My parents are..."

　　"You're from a city that was affected by the plague 100 years ago," Lady Gale explained, "Most vampires wouldn't know about that since all the humans that lived there died off in less than a ...