"Okay, I'll tell you all you need to know", Charles said, looking at her.
"I always trusted Nicole as you did, I never had any reason not to. She was my friend, your best friend and our colleague. We both knew she was different when she rejected several vampires that wanted to date her, especially my late friend Smith", he said, remembering Smith was 1 of 12 vampires that first got missing one fateful night, some time ago.
"After I learnt of the death of Smith and the others that died with him that night, I remembered disclosing to you and Nicole in that same night we spent together at Sir Paul's mansion, that there was a rumour of a super vampire; a vampire hybrid and that the vampire hybrid could be the possible cause of the mysterious deaths".
"I remembered
"What do you mean exactly?", Angela asked, seeking clarity. She knew what he meant but she was too scared to even utter the words. It would shatter her soul and live a void in her no one will ever be able to fill. There was only one Nicole and forever it would remain so."We have no other choice...", Charles said, pausing, as he looked away from Angela, seeing the pain already in her eyes. He couldn't stand to look her straight in the eyes as he planned to utter his words. There was no easy way to say this but it had to be said."We have to identify her as the mystery female vampire to the vampire hierarchy, that is what we must do now with Nicole", he said quietly, mustering all the courage he had to say it. It wasn't easy for him to say, nothing had been easy for him tonight. But he had had to swim the shark infested
Charles looked at her. He had thought about what she just asked. She was such a sweet soul."It's already too late for any of us to help her. She is already under the hunted list of the vampire hierarchy. If she is truly innocent only to the vampire hierarchy can she prove her innocence. By continuing to associate with her after what we know, we become equally as guilty as her, if she has committed any crimes", he said.The vampire hierarchy didn't take traitors very lightly, Lord Dracula ensured it was so. All traitors and conspirators were to be put to death, just as Silas was, even though he was dearly beloved by Lord Dracula amongst all other generals."I understand,'' Angela said, sobbing."
It was now dawn at Angela's apartment, although the sun was yet to rise. The time was 6 AM by the bedside clock and Angela was still wrapped in Charles's arms from last night. They both didn't move an inch as they leaned one each other for support and comfort.Angela was the first to wake up because she slept more comfortably throughout the night. She looked at the time and she could tell the time was right for both of them to get up from bed. They had a big day before them."Charles...Charles wake up", she said to him from the spooning position Charles held her as she tapped on his arms simultaneously.It took a few seconds for Charles to respond as he opened his eyes and became awake."Angela",
Katharine and Talon were with Vladimir when he dropped the telephone. He looked at them with joy in his eyes."Who is that and why are we leaving urgently?", Katharine asked, as she heard how excited he sounded on the phone."The mystery female vampire has been found!", he exclaimed. It was an amazing news."Quickly, let's get over to the club", he said, without revealing any other details. Katharine and Talon didn't bother asking, there was no need. Vladimir would tell them on the way.They followed him from behind quickly as they left for the club in their cars with their vampire bodyguards.They arrived at the club 30 minutes after. They had driven
Nicole had enjoyed a pleasant night with Lucas and his brothers. They had all had fun together in the apartment, talking, joking and playing video games together. She had spent the night at Lucas place, as he held and kissed her severally throughout the night.When dawn arrived, Nicole woke up later than expected. Lucas allowed her to sleep to her heart's content. He enjoyed watching her sleep, she looked so beautiful.The time was now 9 AM and Lucas was now ready to leave for work with his brothers and so was Nicole. She had gotten dressed and had joined them in the living room to leave."I'm all set to go", Nicole said happily, as she walked out of Lucas bedroom."You look so beautiful!", Lucas said, a
1 Nicole was in a state of confusion, as she was thrown into the car boot. She had no idea what was happening and why she was being kidnapped. She had no idea who the kidnappers were, she was just scared! The ride to wherever they were taking her wasn't the smoothest, as they drove really fast and braked really hard most times, tossing her from side to side inside the boot and making her hit her head against the boot several times. Now it appears they had stopped finally, as the engine sound was cut off. Nicole could hear their doors open and close and several steps walking towards the closed boot. She wished there was a way she could contact Lucas to come save her but unfortunately all her options had been taken away from her. Now she was totally helpless. The
Her relationship with the vampire hybrids had been discovered. She was totally surprised and caught unawares."How did they figure out about Lucas?", she thought to herself, as she looked at Lord Dracula from where he sat. She knew she had to give him a reply soon, unless his anger will flare up again."It was by accident, it was fate", she said to him. This time around she tried to regain her composure."I barely survived the first encounter but he saw something in me and spared my life", she said.Lord Dracula was stunned by what she said. It was shocking and made no sense.He gave a menacing laugh.
Charles and Angela were both not themselves as they stayed together at Charles' apartment. They had decided not to show up for work today because they would have been so distracted by their thoughts of Nicole that they would have made several mistakes in the tattoo art of their customers. All they could do now was just take the day off work and try to manage the situation as best as they could.Angela remembered what Charles told them to do before they left Nicole's apartment. They were to clean and keep the apartment clean, especially of their scent. They knew the vampire hybrids would come looking for Nicole eventually, probably in 10 hours time and they would have a hard time convincing them if their scent could still be actively picked up in Nicole's apartment. So they cleaned the whole apartment and made sure they left no trace of them behind.
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.