Interview with DANIELLA ROLFE

Hello, readers. You’re in for a real treat. I’ve been given the rare opportunity of interviewing Daniella Rolfe, a curator of sorts of antiques, and one of the main characters in Dawné Dominique’s The First series. Daniella rarely gives interviews, and I’m very excited. So, without further adieu, let me introduce Ms. Daniella Rolfe.

Q:  Ms. Rolfe—

A:  Call me Daniella.

Q:  Daniella. Thank you for granting me this interview.

A:  I didn’t. Aiden thought it would be a good idea.

Q:  I’ll have to thank him. May I ask why you don’t like being interviewed?

A:  I tend to keep you mortals at a distance. My blood cycle is approaching—

Q:  Blood cycle?

A:  I am not like my vampire kin, who need to feed every night. I must digest blood once a month and within a three day span. It is a little like a menstrual cycle, only backwards.

Q:  That’s different. What happens if you don’t feed within three days?

A:  Hope that you and I never meet. The hunger takes over and the blood madness follows. People die. Over the centuries, I have developed staunch habits to ensure I feed in a timely fashion.

Q:  Centuries? How old are you?

A:  You do know it is impolite to ask a woman her age, don’t you?

Q:  Yes, but you’re no ordinary woman.

A:  Touché. I gave up counting the years long ago, but there had been a time I thought I was about seven centuries old. Things have transpired recently, and I’ve discovered I’m far older.

Q:  How much older?

A:  How about we leave it at seven centuries for now.

Q:  Absolutely. I didn’t mean to offend. Let’s talk about Aiden.

A:  My favorite subject.

Q:  You and Aiden met in a small prairie city in Canada, correct?

A:  Yes, a quaint city, and one we hope to return to soon and live out the rest of our days.

Q:  How did you and Aiden actually meet?

A: My penthouse was broken into by petty thieves. Aiden had been assigned the task of investigating the crime, but unbeknownst to me, he was also working on another case at the time. A serial killer was loose on the streets of Winnipeg killing off my monthly lovers, excuse me, monthly fodder. He was the lead detective searching for the murderer.

Q: Damn, that’s awful!

A: Sometimes, in the realm of horror, good can come from it.

Q:  Good analogy. You two hit it off pretty good, eh?

A:  I see there’s some Canadian in you.

Q:  Excuse me? Oh, the “eh”.  I rarely use it, I swear.

A: To answer your question, I fell in love with Aiden the moment I first saw him, though I fought against it with every ounce of my essence. A man of authority is dangerous to creatures such as I, and love? What did I know of such a mortal emotion? He awakened something dormant inside me and brought out my humanness.

Q:  But you’re a vampire.

A: I am half vampire, half human. I was born a blood drinker.

Q:  Whoa! What? Aren’t vampires usually turned?

A:  We call it “the veiling” and yes, vampires come into existence through the interlacing of blood. They are my kin, but I am nothing like them, except for the unrelenting thirst that comes once a month. I had once thought I was the last of my kind, but there is one more. My father, Sanehet.

Q:  So, your mother was human and your father a vampire?

A:  He was an Egyptian demi-god.

Q:  You’ve got to be kidding?

A:  I never kid.

Q:  Then that means vampires have been around for –

A:  Since the beginning of man.

Q: You’re joking?

A: I don’t joke, either. Aiden is the comedic relief.

Q:  You mean to tell me that vampires have walked this earth since the days of Adam and Eve?

A: To learn the truth of that, I suggest you speak with Addison Eden. And it was Adam and Lillith, not Eve.

Q:  Who’s Lillith?

A:  Adam’s first wife.

Q: Holy crap! I learn something new every day.

A: There is a lot you mortals don’t know. Your bibles are storybooks, recounts of events written and rewritten so many times that no one knows what is fact or fiction anymore, like the Alluminatae, which some profess to be a vampire’s bible. As an author, you yourself know that one person’s rendition of something is entirely different from another.

Q:  True, but religion... Wait a minute. A vampire’s bible?

A:  You repeat yourself a lot, don’t you?

Q:  Only when I’m shocked. Vampires have a bible?

A:  Everyone is entitled to believe what he or she wishes. I am not that naïve. What god would create creatures such as us?

Q:  True. No one believed in vampires.

A:  Or vilkacis.

Q: What a vil-ka-size?

A: Wolf.

Q: You mean like in werewolf?

A:  Why are you surprised? You’re interviewing a vampire, and not just any vampire, but a First.

Q:  Yes, but...  Why do you call yourself The First?

A:  Because I am from the first bloodline.

Q:  Wow. That’s so cool.

A:  There is nothing cool about what I am. I am a blood drinker, a huntress, and every month I must feed from one of you. I take someone of bigger stature to ensure I replace all the blood in my system. In this way, my fodder is not in danger of being drained to death. I take what I must, and my magic ensures they remember nothing of the incident.

Q: In other words, you don’t kill.

A:  Not necessarily. Some souls do not have a place here on earth.

Q:  So, you play God?

A:  I would suggest you ask him yourself.

Q:  *gulp* Well, look at the time.

A:  Yes, it is getting rather late, almost midnight, and I must sleep.

Q:  Oh, that’s right. You sleep at night, unlike the other vamps that have to sleep during the day.

A:  I am a day dweller, for now, but things can always change.

Q:  What do you mean?

A: To answer that you will have to read The First series.

Q:  Oh, now that’s clever.

A:  I thought so.

Q: Well, Daniella, it’s been an absolute pleasure, and I hope we have this opportunity again.

A:  Only time will tell.