Charles had still not forgotten about the death of Sir Paul. He had dropped Angela and Nicole at Nicole's apartment as he drove off. Tonight he wanted to be alone but did not directly say that to Angela, instead he gave her permission to spend the night with Nicole if she wanted, which she readily accepted. Nicole had stayed over at Lucas's apartment for 2 days straight now and Angela was already missing their sleep overs together.
Charles drove off towards the direction of Sir Paul's mansion. It was a long drive but it gave him time to reflect on what had happened.
Sir Paul had been killed by the vampire hybrids in battle and Charles had vowed to avenge his death but so far he hadn't made a headway with his plans. He needed to see some of the vampire guards at the mansion that used to work for Sir Paul.
"So tell me how has it been staying with your boyfriend for the past few days?", Angela asked."It's been wonderful, almost perfect. I'm happy we spent some quality time together but I also miss spending my nights with you; Angela", Nicole said with a smile."Awww, that's lovely", Angela said, glad she missed her time with her."I am here now but tell me what do you mean by your time with Lucas was "almost perfect", is there a problem?", she asked."It isn't really a problem", Nicole said, realising she shouldn't have said that."I don't think so. I think it must be bothering you that is why you mentioned it to me", Angela said.
Back at the nightclub, Charles was seated in front of the bartender ready for his order to be taken."Hello Charles, you are here earlier than usual, where are Angela and Nicole?", the bartender asked, trying to be friendly."I left them both at Nicole's place. Please can I get two human blood bags?", Charles said, placing his order."Sure coming right up", the bartender said, as he quickly left to get his fresh human blood. As he did Charles rested his head on one of his hands. His mind was still filled with what David had told him about the mystery vampire girl being linked to the vampire hybrids."Here you go Charles, two human blood bags as requested", the bartender said, placing the bags in front of him.
Charles continued sipping his drink of human blood. He was now quietly reflecting on his next line of action. He couldn't go back to Nicole's apartment to see her tonight because he had agreed earlier to let the girls have some alone time together. Now he wished he hadn't done that, he would bring up the matter to Nicole tomorrow.The next thought on his head was the identity of the mystery female vampire. Now he had a way of finding her based on the intel of the bartender. He had to look for a lady in any club making large orders of human blood bags, dressed in black with a face cap and sunshades. Of course he knew the intel is top secret and he had to be very discreet in his investigation because the vampire hierarchy was also actively investigating the case and also not to implicate the bartender. It won't be easy finding her but he had to visit as many nightclubs to see if he could find h
It was now dawn at Nicole's house. The previous night had been blissful with Angela, too blissful in fact and Nicole loved it.She had gotten up and made her way to the bathroom to pee leaving Angela still sleeping on the bed."I can feel it, it's going to be a wonderful day!", Nicole said to herself excitedly. She had a lot to look forward to today. She was going to have the opportunity to do what she loves doing at work- which was drawing wonderful tattoo art on the body of her clients. Above all she was also going to reunite with Lucas after spending a day away from him. She just couldn't wait for the time to arrive!She heard a knock on her door, after which she heard her doorbell ring while she was still in the bathroom. Normally her front door
Charles remained quiet after he had his question to give room for Nicole to clarify herself. He had asked Nicole three urgent questions she needed to give answers too."I want to say I am very sorry firstly for lying with your names. You are my friends and I didn't mean to lie with them intentionally. It was a big mistake on my part and for that I am sorry", Nicole said, looking at her feet."That fateful night some few weeks back, I bought 12 human blood bags from the night club and I bought it for a good cause", she said slowly. Her confident way of speaking and composure wasn't yet back."There were some group of vampires who couldn't come into the club because they would be judged for how they were, so they begged me to help them purchase
It had been a busy day at the tattoo shop with a lot of clients coming in for their body art work. The day had been stressful but finally they were done as they headed back to Nicole's apartment in Charles' car.It was Angela's idea. The plan was simple, Angela and Charles were to escort her back to her apartment and stay with her there until she was ready to leave for Lucas's place and that was what they did. They were now back at Nicole's place."What time will you be leaving for Lucas' place?", Angela asked, as she sat on the couch in the living room. Charles was sitting on another couch watching television."I'll leave by 7 PM", Nicole said as she made her way down the passageway of her apartment to her bedroom. She had gone there to freshen up and ch
Charles looked at her and kept quiet. His silence was the positive affirmation that he was."How could you even think of such Charles, I am totally disappointed in you!", she yelled at him."We are friends, we are family! We literally have each other's back and have been totally honest with ourselves!", she yelled trying to convince him of Nicole's innocence."My story hasn't finished yet, there is still more I haven't yet revealed and this is very important",Charles said to her calmly.Angela could tell from his calm disposition it was something he had thought about and arrived at a conclusion already. A conclusion that was against her best friend, Nicole.
They waited in the car about 10 minutes after which Nicole emerged out of the club, carrying two nylon carrier bags. The nylon was opaque, so they couldn't see what was exactly inside but they could make out the shape of the items it contained - it was human blood bags!Charles and Angela were in shock as they both watched her speechless as she opened the booth of her car and dropped them in, before getting into her car and driving off.Charles didn't utter a word in the car as he started the engine and quickly followed Nicole trailing her at the back.Angela was still in a state of shock as she struggled to make sense of what she had just witnessed. She was already getting emotional as she struggled to control her emotions while taking deep breaths.
When Lucas arrived at Mildred's house, he could hear her quietly sobbing inside the living room. The door was not shut, it was kept half way open. Mildred apparently was expecting Lucas to come after her. Because she was crying Lucas pleaded with Nicole not to come inside with him to not aggravate the situation even more but he allowed her to stay close enough to the door to hear everything that was going to be said. Lucas knocked gently and went in. "Why are you here with her? To further compound my mystery?!", Mildred asked, not too pleased to see him anymore. "I now know the true reason why you are so upset with Nicole. I wished I had figured it out earlier but I didn't. It took me this long to figure it out but I am sorry I made you suffer", Lucas sa
Dracula had been brutalised by Ambrosia as he got of him, which meant Lucas and his brothers had no more pains to inflict on him but they had one little request before they left."Announce that all vampires in your territory be summoned to court. You have a big announcement to make about Ambrosia and Mary. I am sure your face would have healed up well before they arrived", Lucas said.Dracula's hands were figuratively tied, he was powerless against the vampire hybrids and they were reinforcing their supremacy over him. Dracula gave his General Apollo the go ahead to summon the vampire originals. Apollo was now a shadow of his former self as he had lost all his courage seeing how Ambrosia dealt with Dracula mercilessly and he didn't retaliate for fear of the vampire hybrids. Apollo quickly ran and did as he was tol
"Mark please get to Dracula before they get to him", Lucas said calmly looking at Mark. The chaos was soon going to get to him and he didn't want him to leave until he was ready for him to."Consider it done!", Mark said, as he zoomed off in superspeed. Dracula had no chance of escaping him."Andrew, please seal off all the exits out of this place. Nobody goes out or comes in with my consent", Lucas said."I got it covered!", Andrew said, as he zoomed off in supermood and did exactly as he was told until the whole fortress was secured. No vampire was able to leave because of how fast he was at shutting the doors.Mark and Andrew now had everything covered as Lucas, Nicole, Ambrosia and Mary made their way slow
It was dawn the next day and Lucas was ready to make good his promise to Ambrosia and Mary. He also had other things he needed to accomplish. He knew the truth about how Mildred felt about him and needed to make things straight with her. He had done a lot of thinking through the night and his amazing brain and pieced together why things didn't go according to plan for her. As always Lucas was going to be going with his brothers to Dracula's territory and Nicole would come along with him as well.They were all ready and dressed. Lucas and his brothers had worn their black outfits as if they were going vampire hunting and Andrew was with his small backpack where their masks were kept. Nicole equally wore her favourite colour black to match with those of her fiance and his brothers. They all looked attractive and fierce as they stepped out of the apartment with Lucas holding on to
"But does that mean we won't stop hiding from the vampire hierarchy? Dracula doesn't know we are with you", Ambrosia said. He knew he and his wife could not tag along with the vampire hybrids everywhere they were going to. It was practically impossible, so when the vampire hybrids were not with them how will they be safe?"I'll have that taken care of tomorrow. I'll inform Dracula and his vampires that you are now under my protection. You are now my friend, whatever happens to you or Mary he will answer to me", Lucas said.Ambrosia looked surprised at him. Lucas had just spoken as if he knew and had spoken one on one with Dracula."Oh thank you Lucas, thank you so much. I can come with you when you go to meet him to direct you to his lair", he offered.
Lucas learnt all he could about Ambrosia and Mary as they stayed in their apartment and one thing that stood out for him was that he was the bridge connecting all of them together. He was the link between the witch, the werewolves, the vampire and even the humans. He understood all of them perfectly and he could be the key that could change everything.Lucas had never thought about his role in that light before until now. What he learnt from Mildred was that he was at the top of the food chain and others below them didn't really matter so much.Ambrosia had lived a long life and there was a lot he could learn even from a supposed enemy. Nicole was supposed to be his enemy too as a vampire but through her he learnt how to control his urge to feed on vampires and how to rather drink human blood bags.&
It is now past midnight and again Lord Dracula and a few of his generals have convened at the neutral zone between their territories. Mildred once again kept them waiting as she played her mind games."I hope the others are in place?", Dracula asked. With him was Mathias, Kim and Tasha. Apollo, Cleopatra and Jones had all gone into hiding trying to figure out the hiding spot of Mildred."Yes Lord Dracula", Matthias said. All they were waiting for now was for the witch to show up and she did."Good, you could finally make it and join us!", Dracula said excitedly.Mildred smiled at him. She was still in her translucent form. Her physical body was somewhere else and she was communicating from there
"Do you know who she is?", Lucas said, as he bent some inches away from them, so he was at eye level with them and looked into their eyes just in case they planned to lie to him. If they were truly out to harm Nicole they would try to pull a surprise strike on him, seeing only a few inches separating them or they would try to lie directly to his face. Whichever possibility it was Lucas was prepared for them all."No, we don't. We have never seen her before now!", Ambrosia said, scared to even look Lucas in the face. He had the aura of death surrounding him."And what about you?", Lucas turned, facing the female vampire Mary."Please I do not know her!", Mary begged, almost in tears. She was still holding tightly and pulling on Ambrosia's shirt.
Lucas and Nicole were coming back from the apartment after having a nice time together. They had spent their evening in the central park of the city taking in nature and enjoying each other's warm company. It's been barely over 24 hours since Lucas proposed to Nicole and she had accepted his proposal to marry him. They had fixed their wedding for the following weekend, something lovely but private. Just the 2 of them with Mark and Andrew. Nicole would have loved Angela to come with them but she was nowhere to be found.As they walked into the building hand in hand, both of them happy and smiling, Lucas picked up a strong euphoric smell on the first floor. He was already used to the smell of Nicole, this couldn't be her. He let his sense of smell guide him to his targets and when he opened his eyes he saw two couples ahead of them making their way to the elevator.