Zia's memories, feelings, and thoughts flashed through Arad's mind, but he almost paid them no attention. The process itself wasn't conscious, but he still had to be careful.
Arad saw the day she first became a vampire, the months she spent refusing to drink blood until she finally gave up, the years she spent after that studying magic and working as a maid in Vlad's castle to avoid the bloodshed, and the Blood Lord's laughter as he thought it was funny, for a vampire to avoid killing for so long.
Vlad didn't care what Zia did as long as she didn't bother him in the castle. He even allowed her to have a room and work as somewhat of a maid, cleaning the blood stains and dust all night long.
While other vampires were going out, hunting humans and drinking blood, Zia was always in the castle, living off a single glass of blood a month and focusing on her magic. She even had one of the vampires, who was a thief, teach her how to fight with daggers.
