<i>Previously published as &#39;He Asked Me a Question, I Answered with Truth&#39; by Noct Moll.</i><br /><br /><b>Vampires: lustful, adventurous, cruel...</b><br /><b>...not.</b><br /><br />Meet Celeste: eternally jaded, hopelessly introspective, and more than anything else, lonely.<br />Celeste lived in solitude for well over a century&mdash;never a word about her true identity, never a hint about her bloodthirst to anyone.<br />A hundred freezing winters have come and gone. Flowers have bloomed and withered as many times.<br />Given the loneliness and the fatigue from hiding her true self, is it such a big surprise that she told the truth, for once, in response to an incredibly honest question?<br />But soon, the uncontrollable fallout from her simple, truthful answer unfolds.