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CHAPTER XXXIV
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2022-02-13 21:43:37Rachael, Elma, Cassandra and Bryan sit in the taxi on their way to a destination only Cassandra’s heart can pinpoint like an emotional compass.
The driver nags like a captain following the instructions of a vexatious sea witch.
Bryan smokes a Newport cigarette in the front seat, wondering how he got himself into this situation.
Elma is booming with enthusiasm as she looks forward to the end of their trip.
Rachael’s eyes are filled with anger and confidence as she lights their spirits with her energy.
Cassandra is driven.
She knows she can’t involve her pack in something like this, it would be an abomination but that won’t stop her from going herself.
Good thing she has help now, even though she doubts their strength.
But she knows that if this human is here, then tho
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Dracula’s blue glowing eyes turn black and tears drop under them.They turn blood red and he shoots a vicious glare at the sphinxes.Samuel and Gabriel ready themselves for the fight of their lives.Dracula hisses as he charges at them.They beat each other with kicks and punches.Dracula overpowers them as their numbers bear no advantage.He smacks and kicks them around.Dracula lifts Gabriel and smashes him into the bar.He smacks the two sides of Samuel’s face and punches his throat.He bites Samuel’s neck and punches his face.The sphinx struggles to walk as Dracula beats him around the dance floor.Gabriel tries to restrain him from behind but he turns into a cauldron of bats.He materializes behind Gabriel and uses sharp talons to dig into his side.Gabriel groans as Dracula tears his flesh and blood stains his vest.Dracula lifts him up and slams him against the ground.He kicks his belly and stomps on him severely until Samuel smashes a bottle against his head.Samuel carries h
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Her eyes are yellow and possess a look of rage.Her voice echoes with every word she speaks.The radio-like device burst into flames at Lucifer's glare.“Your sacrifice is accepted,” Lucifer waves his hand and the neck of his servant breaks.The satanic witch falls as he walks down the altar.Dracula glances at his father.His arduous presence threatens the courageous stand of this assemble.Lucas cries as he lies beside his brother's corpse.Elena stares in tears and fear.Mary wobbles as she tries to get control of her body.The scene before her eyes tells her that her spell failed to stop Lucifer from coming.She sees the twins are okay and sighs. Her eyes widen as she look past Samuel to take in the sight of Byron who stands with blood dripping from his neck.Byron charges towards Samuel but the sphinx reads the look in Mary's eyes.He dodges the werewolf and Gabriel puts his hands around Byron's neck.He snaps it hard and Byron drops to the ground.Alex and Adrian retreat slowly
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Rachael stares into his dark eyes.Eyes that show nothing but emptiness.A soul consumed in a sea of malicious intentions.He caused her parents death.Rachael tosses away the gun and pulls out Nightmare.He charges at her and she swings at him.He dodges her attack and kicks her stomach.He punches her face and she falls to the ground.Rachael's head hurt from his fist and she receives a strong migraine.“You brought my damn dagger to the show.Do you really think someone like you can hurt me?”.A silver stake drives into his shoulder.Dracula turns and jerks his assailant by the neck.Lucas legs rise above the ground as Dracula holds him by the neck.He throws Lucas towards Rachael and their bodies clash against each other.Gabriel feels the force around his body loosen and he forces himself off the stone.He rushes to Samuel's side.He shakes his twin to wake up and he does.Samuel places a firm grip around his brother’s neck.He pushes him and stands up from the stone.His eyes are
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Elena drags herself across the dirt and twigs.Belly against the floor like a snake.She slitters through a protruding root from the floor.She pauses as her breath drowns under the weight of the crows' caw. A blue light shines above her head and cast her shadow against the floor.“Get up,” Mary's black hair merges with the dark background.The crows go around them as Mary holds up a blue gem.Its glowing light covers them in its soft colors and protects them from the crows.Mary gives Elena a hand getting to her feet.“Come on, let’s go”.“What is the play here? With this I don’t know if we are going to get any signals to come in,” the witch says.“At this point, I’m starting to think there won’t be any signal,” Elena is not convinced the twins will be able to reach them now.When they planned to sabotage Dracula's spell, they did not expect this.Marcus and his men try to take cover as the crows’ attack everyone in the park.He tries to communicate into the mic but no one responds.
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Rachael’s mind is blown away by the change in the environment.She checks her wristwatch to see the time is 10: 53 A.M.It’s still morning but it is dark as the night.Did Manhattan's Central Park always have something like this?She knows the answer is a no.There is no way the weather changed without Dracula being involved.Especially today.What is that smell?Rachael frowns with disgust as a terrible smell invades her nostrils.Nausea claws at her throat and she feels her belly close up.“What the fuck is that smell?” Warren asks but Byron ignores him.They leave the shelter of the trees and find themselves in a wide space.It stretches to an endless route from left to right and another set of trees at the north of the place.There is someone up ahead.Rachael sees someone in a maroon red cloak.The smell gets worse as they get closer to the cloaked person.Rachael turns and vomits as she sees dead bodies piled on each other.She closes her eyes and spits on the floor as the sight
