Chapter 265

But it wasn't only the humans that had forgotten. The Neratomay forgot their history. They did not remember who controlled their memories and prevented them from speaking of those memories that they were able to recollect. They did not remember the Chosen, and the idea of day-walkers became the stuff of myth and legend.

They were taught to believe that their creator was She-Who-Is-First. Even the original Neratomay that knew all did not know the truth behind what had created them.

Shrouded in mystery, the Committee taught the Neratomay not to question authority out of fear of pain and death.

And without the ability for the Mother to intervene on behalf of her Children, over time the Chosen were made nearly extinct. Left in their place were their human children whose abilities lay dormant, awaiting death so that a spark of life could re-animate their un-living corpses.

With their memories suppressed, the Neratomay did not understand their attraction for these golden mortals, but it