Raine

"Why? Am I still dangerous to you?" I still couldn't fathom what potential danger I could pose, but I remembered he didn't reply the night before, so suspected the answer was yes.

"I don't know what you are," he replied simply.

"What I am," I repeated, trying to understand. I thought I was a perfectly ordinary orphan. Obviously, they felt differently. I remembered their careful inspection of my skin. "What were they looking for yesterday?"

"They were looking for the birthmarks of an Immortal."

"But, what does that mean? Surely, they cannot think I am immortal." 

"In this context, the word 'immortal' is not used in the descriptive sense....