Her name was Rachel—and she was the first woman of his kind that he had seen since Alys.How long had it been since he had lost Alys? Malachi did not know but it had been a very long time, long enough that even the memory of how she looked had faded.Indeed, Malachi had not seen any men like him until recently. Men had come, like this woman, seeking him out. Telling him that he had a destiny, a calling. But he had to travel to the lands in the west. He did not wish to leave his mountains.Vampyr.That was what they said he was. Vampyr. And there were others, many others, like him. Some evil—Malachi still remembered the taint that had hung in the air around Jacob and he prayed the evil ones were not what normally emerged after the Change from human to—this.It was the evil ones that they needed help with. Help from those like Malachi.These people cannot hope to fight the darkness that waits in the night, not without us. Join us—help us.That was what the first man who had come had said to Malachi.
