Tina’s eyes widened with the realization and the others in the room gasped in surprise. The Queen of the vampires was one of those legends no one thought was true.

"I-I’m sorry Tasha," I said.

"You dare call her by her name?" James whispered worriedly, I could hear the panic in his voice.

"She’s my vampire mother James," I said.

All the vampires gasped, there were few who were privileged enough to be sired by the queen. She was created in the creation of humanity when a primeval human bore the child of a demon that went extinct when humans discovered fire. She was born a vampire, and that goodness and innocence never went away when she grew into her permanent age. She was the only vampire who never became evil, not even once.

"Wow, it’s an honor," Tina said bowing slightly to her.

"Thank you," Tasha said, "I have seen all kinds of creatures, even the ones who have gone extinct. You and your clan are quite the hybrid."

Tina’s eyes widened and murmurs broke out within her clan. Angus stepped forward, "you know what we are?"

"You were created in the early 3rd century," Tasha said, "you are a hybrid of a witch and a teleporting demon called the humacha."

Angus’ eyebrows rose, "whoa, humacha’s normally stay away from civilization."

"That witch was special," Tasha said with a shrug, "either way their son Diedtrus had strong enough genes to pass on to all of you."

"D-do we have a name?" Tina asked.

"I spoke Diedtrus before he was killed in World War 2," Tasha said, "he knew about all of you, but he didn’t want to be a leader. He calls you guys the Cleanis, named after his mother."

"Cleanis?" Dana said in surprise, "she’s the mother of witchcraft!"

"And to a lot of other things obviously," I said with a breath.

"Well there’s a lot we have to do before starting the ambushes," Tasha said changing the subject, "learning everything about your roots is lesson number one."

"You will take charge then Tasha?" I said hopefully.

She shook her head, "I will train them and get them ready, you, Tina and whoever else from the group will go undercover and start the inside job. I will only lead the ambushes but I will not fight in the frontal battle unless you guys are in dire need."