Chaapter 18

Chapter Eighteen

Jenna's POV

“Tell me more. Tell me everything.” I urge Veronica, eager to hear the rest of the story.

“I will.” Veronica assures. Now more comfortable in my presence, she goes to lean against the wall but encourages me to take the bed. I sit gingerly at the edge of the bed, marvelling at its softness.

“When humans first started living here, everything was perfect. In order for them to be accepting of us, we had to be accepting of them…”

“They tried to understand our ways, and we tried to understand theirs. But when they drew a line on how we fed, everything changed. They began to see us as higher animals who fed off of animals and sometimes human blood.”

Veronica looks down at her hands, and her expression morphs into that of anger. “They began to take recordings of everything we did, and and sold them for large sums of money.”

“What?” I splutter. “They began to make money of you like you all were some sort of circus animal?”

Veronica nodded. “And they invited more