Slow-Motion Continuation

Sylvia is delighted with the news, especially when Larten tells her that they're gonna buy a house.So....they find a nice neighborhood (I couldn't be bothered to go into loads of detail, since I have no idea anyways how you buy a house xP) and find a really cool house and buy it!Apparently, as one of the locals, Brenda, tells them, the house is considered "haunted" but she tells them it's just a stupid made-up story.Gerald, the man who is selling the house (and also Brenda's cousin) comes and gives them a few things to sign, asks them to write him a cheque and the house is theirs.He unwittingly decides to ask the for the name of the children, trying to be nice, but Larten snaps at him, saying they're called (meaning his children) "None of your business!".

Gerald apologises and acts very professional and sells them the house.So now, they have a house, Larten is not affected by the sun and they have children! Note: Vampires age at one tenth the normal rate so for every 10 years that pass, they look 1 year older. Effectively, Larten is 200 years old. That night, the couple hear some strange noises, and so Larten goes to investigate.The "ghosts", it turns out, are in fact two of Brenda's sons, Richard Jr. (named after his father, he's 17 and the eldest) and Ronny (2nd eldest, 15). Larten catches them and takes them home. Brenda is shocked and is very mad at them, and she apologises to Larten.She tells him that it's very difficult to keep her four sons under control since their father died, 4 years earlier. Richard Jr., Ronny, Michael (8) and Arthur (4) are her four sons.

Richard (the father) died because he was hit by a van.Driving the van was the youthful Marcus, 10 years old, but already a twisted imp. His step-father had been teaching him how to drive and the child (purposely) ran Richard over while the man was on his way home from work.Marcus became a postman and went by Shepherd's Field (the neighborhood where Sylvia and Larten got the house) every day.Brenda tells Larten that they tried putting the boy in jail, but his step-father worked in the law and bailed him out, on account that the boy did nothing so stupid again.The advise given to Larten by Brenda is to have as little involvement with Marcus as possible.Many years in the future (as we will later find out) Marcus will become one of the most hated men by Larten.