Nicole woke up suddenly from her sleep. It was only a dream.
"It was only a nightmare", she whispered to herself, as she sat up in bed but it seemed very real.
She listened from the guest room to know she disturbed the sleep of the others but she heard no sound.
"Good, they are still sound at sleep", she said. She was glad it was just a dream but it was a shocking dream to her.
"I could never do what I did in my dream, could I?", she asked herself, deeply troubled.
"If I was to choose between my love for Lucas and Angela, who would I pick?", she asked herself. That was essentially the choice she had to make in the dream and she chose Lucas over her be
"Was it about last night, I thought last night was beautiful?", he asked trying to figure out why she looked so upset and completely different from the girl he took on a romantic date just some hours ago."No, it's not about last night!", she said in a loud tone trying to regain her composure. She didn't want to think about last night."Last night was beautiful", she whispered under her breath. So quiet she knew Lucas wouldn't hear her clearly."I came here to talk about you Lucas", she said annoyed at him."About me?", he asked, surprised."Yes you, Lucas!""And don't try play dumb w
Nicole got back into her car and felt a little relieved she had summoned the courage to tell Lucas the truth about himself after the shocking revelation he had just told her. He had killed over 8,000 vampires in the space of some few weeks he had known her, while she had killed zero people all her life, since she was given birth to as a vampire.She didn't want to fully think of all the implications her action would cause her later, as she started the car and slowly drove off into the empty street.She was going to drive home. Her adrenaline levels were still high as she was still breathing fast from the experience she just had and was trying to steady her breath as she drove.It took her a while to get it under control with deep repeated breaths.&
Inside the apartment Angela led Nicole to her seat. She let him relax before talking to her."I would have come looking for you at Lucas' place if I knew his address", she said truthfully. She only knew he lived in the central part of the city, the most rich and affluent area in the state but that was all she knew."Was that where you went to so early in the morning?", she asked. She had her suspicions already. She knew from last night, Nicole and Lucas were out on a romantic date together and they truly enjoyed themselves and each other's company."Maybe she just missed in the early morning and wanted to see him", she thought to herself as she waited for Nicole's answer to her question."Yes you
Lucas was back inside his apartment where he saw his brothers standing who had overheard his conversation with Nicole.It was not really a conversation but more of an argument. At first they didn't know what to say to Lucas as he walked in. He had an angry look on his face. He sounded all relaxed in front of Nicole but now she was gone it appears the monster in him was taking over."What are you looking at?!", he said angrily, walking past them."I overheard everything. Your girlfriend was quite loud, it was difficult not to hear your conversation", Mark said."You still referred to Nicole as my girlfriend?"he asked, surprised. His anger seemed to die down a little.
"So what are we to do?", Mark asked concerned. The truth of being exposed was real but this one was much more urgent."I am still thinking about a way out of this", Lucas said. The problem just occurred to him some few seconds ago and so he didn't have an answer ready yet."Lucas, I see you are conflicted for now by your desire not to feed on vampires anymore", Andrew said.He was right, the answer Lucas was seeking to the problem would have been simple if feeding on vampires was an option."You are right", Lucas said. It was a fact he could not deny or sleep under the carpet."I wished I have a simple choice to make in this matter",
Nicole laid down her head to sleep as Angela joined her too. She closed her eyes waiting for the sleep to arrive as she tried not to worry what will become of Lucas and her in the morning."Sorry, I just remembered I forgot to lock the front door", Angela said. She only shut it when they got in but didn't bolt it from the inside or lock it with her spare key."Let me go and lock it quickly", she said, as she attempted to get off the bed."No", Nicole said, as she held onto her by her arm, preventing her from getting off the bed.Angela was surprised she was quick to stop her from locking her front door."Please leave it unlocked", she pleaded.
But sadly he never came."My words must have cut him so deeply", she said, coming to that realization."I didn't really mean it, I was just spurred by a sense of loyalty to my friends and my kind", she said.She knew Lucas was not a monster even though he had done terrible things. He could have killed her in the early hours of today easily if he truly was. But he didn't."If only I had heard him out, if only I had given him a chance to explain, I am sure we would have resolved this", she admitted to herself sadly.She sat there in the living room feeling helpless but she didn't stay alone for too long before Angela woke up and foun
Katharine and Vladimir had set off to accomplish the task given to them by Dracula. They had been assigned to look for a way to call a truce between the vampires and the werewolves. They knew they had been the one to break the relative period of peace between them by attacking the werewolves at their home territory. They knew it was just a matter of time before the werewolves would be seeking for their blood and their revenge. But for now there was peace, the peace of a graveyard, the peace before the storm."How do you plan on achieving this?", Katharine asked Vladimir as they walked along the partially lit road by night. They were headed for an exclusive club where they could relax and get some human blood bags."I wished Cobra or Silas were still alive, this was the sort of thing they enjoyed brainstorming about", Vladimir said. H
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.