No man or creature can live without a heart; humans need it to stay alive! Creatures, however, need it to keep blood circling in their veins, otherwise, they'd dry out and slowly rot until their bodies become dust.
It could take years, decades, centuries...it had always been a truly torturous way to die; a punishment second only to ghoulish mutation.
True immortality doesn't exist, there are too many loopholes when it comes to matters of life and death. Those who claim to be immortal might not age, but without a heart, death waits for them at the end of the tunnel.
They die just like any other man.
Anabel thought Elias would be no exception; though he is the first-born of the first vampire and the son of the ruler of Hell, his body should still be confined to the weakness shared by both man and creature.
She tugged on Oliver's black tie as she questioned with wide eyes, "Is that possible? Can he do that?"
