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Family alliances

"And those humans pay you for your protection services with places like this ?"

I could not help but ask , how this risky job could leave this man such a high profit , you could say that he lived a millionaire life , although this surely carried a big price , because everything in this life with carried a price and more when it came to protecting the life of another person .

"I think that although you are a neophyte , you have even in the human mind too many doubts , you must stop reasoning as much as if you were a human yet , or else you will not survive in this wild world "

I comment incisively , as if he was giving me a valuable lesson that I needed to learn quickly .

"As truthful , the life of an immortal man is not so bad , but at the same time it carries certain risks that a human mind cannot comprehend , most humans are not as innocent as they seem , they have in their heart a high degree of envy , and a looming lack of acceptance . This leads them to make killers without jumping for anyone's jugular "

He said sitting across from me , with a relaxed and confident pose , on one of the plush sofas by the fireplace .

"I understand , I know humans are not the supreme race they think they are and we could be better people if we wanted to be . But that doesn't mean they should be punished and killed so brutally ."

"Exactly , therein lies the detail . Although their behaviors are often not entirely correct , they should not be hunted like prey in a field , and that's where I come in to protect them from the attacks of those who think humans are an unnecessary race , and should be exterminated for their unreasonable behaviors . Although humans deserve punishment , I am not worthy of punishing them , as I am also half human and have made the same mistakes as them and many more . So I have my high society contacts , who would do anything for my protection . People who have many enemies for their money and power . So I also protect the natives of the area who don't have so much power and they pay me with animals ."

"In the end we are all one and the same thing aren't we ?"

I commented trying to understand where all this conversation was leading , because what I was really interested in was the protection of my parents .

"i Wow I am amazed at your deep understanding of things , but it really is like that ! . We either kill each other or take care of each other , and I chose this side . I don't want to be a servant of a regime that murders its own kind just for power . Although it is clear to me that our behaviors have never been exemplary , I would not want to behave only as a soulless beast all eternity , I am already paying a high enough price for being born half vampire ."

"I understand when you say there is a high price to pay for being immortal "

" Many humans I work for do not understand my need to protect them , they think I do it for money , since one of the greatest ambitions of human beings is to have everything , but they still do not come to understand that even having everything including money can not buy their own life , they have not understood that life is non-transferable and fragile and that although we are on this earth is a good that can easily be lost , and that even beings like us can not possess it at all "

I kept meditating on that part about possessing life , it was true that life was as fragile as a leaf in the wind . One day you could be a young man who had a bright future ahead of him and the next minute you could be an aimless murderous beast .

" I decided after many decades , to defend the life I was not allowed to live as a normal human being at birth , that's why they call me The Immortal Coyote , vampire hunter and defender of humans ."

His voice took on a tone of authority as he proudly pronounced the nickname he had been given , the truth of his ideology was quite respectable in my logic and benefited me greatly for my future plans .

"Have you already decided which side you are on or do you still have doubts about me ?"

His question soaked in the uncertainty that I carried since the fatal night that my life changed , choosing a side would be beneficial to me but I would pay either way a high price no matter what decision I made .

"I'm on your side " I replied with the image of my parents in my mind , smiling alive and happy on the couch fighting over the TV remote control.

"Perfect then let's toast to this alliance , because now the Hall's have found each other to protect this town from all threats and to you finally getting started as a conscientious predator "

He rose from the couch and uncorked a bottle of what appeared to be wine , but had a somewhat dense paracience .

"Let's have a glass and seal your initiation to the side of the nocturnal coyotes."

He poured two glasses and handed me one , we both raised them to the wind and then toasted .

"What is this ?"

I asked as I savored a sip of the liquid in my glass , which was clearly not wine .

"It's distilled deer blood , it's what you will eat and drink from now on . It's not human blood , but it will nourish you enough and keep your senses alert without the need to lose control ."

Being alert and keeping control of my senses , was all I needed to live with my parents on a daily basis without wanting to devour them , so I didn't mind changing my diet from human blood to animal blood quickly .

"Perfect since we have made this alliance and you agree to change your diet , we should take care of the cases I have been investigating . Clearly the case of the dead police officer in the forest has already been solved , and I know it won't happen again . I warn you that Araticus will use all possible weapons to tempt you to fall into the game of hunting humans again, but you must be strong and not get carried away by instincts, besides the life of your parents is at risk and if you get to murder a human in my presence, or I get to know that you did it I will leave you alone, and you will have to face the army of that immortal prince without my support, I hope that is clear to you why I do not give second chances ".

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