Priest Gregorio, holding a candle to see at least something in the darkness, sat at the table. As soon as he saw Cra's white hair, he felt fear and cold sweat swept his body.

  "I am so gd, that you were able to come in such short time notice. We have an assignment for you. We need you to teach us how to write and read, too..."

  "Enough. I can't do this. Bishop Gerard is on high alert after what happened when everyone departed to Croatia."

  "I don't care. You will meet here with Cra until she will be able to read and write. I want you to tell her as much as you can about the church and the best way to make money."

  Priest Gregorio felt shackled by the vampires and the fact, that he would be teaching a vampire everything he knew. He felt disgusted, as he would willingly gave away everything that he had worked for his entire life and before he started protesting against it old man disappeared and he was left here only with Cra.

  "Hello priest Gregorio, my name is Cra. I am happy that you will help me with reading and writing. Besides I will try to learn everything as fast as possible."

  Priest Gregorio didn't know if Cra was making fun of him or not, but he had no choice but to do as the old man said. Priest Gregorio start with the expnation of the written text and how to read. Most of the time he was the one who was talking and Cra only listen to him. Start quickly went by, until te at night, when the doors into the room opened and along with some more light, Isabel appeared in the doors.

  Priest Gregorio was completely exhausted by the hours of constant talking and expining, that he was happy that someone interpreted them and stopped this torture. He quickly finished and left before Cra managed to pay him. Cra picked up all the books from the table and they went into their room. Cra pced the books to the side and before they arrived at the bed they were both naked.

  "Isabel, how was your day? What were you doing outside?"

  Cra was excited to hear more from Isabel as she could only feel that she was excited about her day.

  "I was selling the fruits at the market. It was fun and I didn't make any mistakes at all. I will go there tomorrow."

  Cra felt that Isabel was happy at the market, and also remembered about her mother as they were going regurly to the market to buy food.

  "I also met a very beautiful girl today. Her name is Lucia Bianchi. She is nearly eighteen like me and lives only with her mother alone. She has long chestnut hair and olive-like skin. You should meet her, she is your type. I talked to her and she said she would like us to meet. I also told her about the fact that we are looking for some pce to stay and they have a big house and only she and her mother are living there alone."

  "And did you tell her that I am a vampire?"

  "No. Why?"

  "No reason. When did you say that we will arrive?"

  "As soon as I woke up. I met her right before I finished the work, so she knew that I was tired."

  "Shall we py a little or we will go right away?"

  Isabel looked at Cra and asked her.

  "Do you want to py without drinking my blood?"

  Cra jumped out of bed and tossed Isabel’s clothes on her.

  "Take them on we are leaving right away."

  As soon as Cra was back in her clothes she packed her books and left one pouch with fifty gold coins on the table and the note.

  "We will move into the household of Bianchi. Send me there priest Gregorio every two nights and send me a few servant girls for me, who will be able to attend to me."

  Isabel also put on her clothes and waited until Cra finished the note.

  "You know how to write? When did you learn it?"

  "When I awakened. I can also read, but none of this thing I know, so I need them to learn."

  "After you are done, we can go."

  Cra quickly finished and they left the nest. Both of them felt the hot summer air of Florence heating their bodies and they went through the night streets. Cra decided to put a bck cloth over her hair to hide the most noticeable fact that she is a vampire and they went to the Bianchi mansion.

  Bianchi's mansion was on the other side of the city, so they went around the cathedral which both of them admired for a while. They finished their night walk at the Bianchi mansion, which was a store-tall building in the north part of the city located quite far away area from most of the attention. The household didn't look in the best shape, probably thanks to nearly no personnel operating the household as their funds were nearly cut off thanks to the death of the father of the family.

  Isabel knocked on the front doors and after waiting for quite some time doors opened and who welcomed them was Lucia. She looked as same as Isabel described her to Cra and as soon as they saw each other they quickly hugged.

  "I am gd that you were. Please come inside. I prepared a room for you."

  "You are so nice to us," said Isabel and they quickly went inside. Cra followed them patiently until they arrived on the second floor of the household and entered into a big bedroom.

  The bedroom looked quite beautiful, and inside the bed was a woman. She looked quite weak and sick. Lucia went forward to that woman and whispered to her in her ear.