"Help!" The outcry came from the girl on the ground, her hands and legs were tied."One more scream and your finger come off." Forsyth threatened.He had his back on a wall with a tied Mildred close to his feet. They were inside a tiny cavern.Mildred frighteningly looked at him, her eyes held terror. Something she didn't bother hiding."What do you want from me…" Her voice trailed at the end of her speech, she was tired and it was dark.Forsyth didn't respond as he kept fiddling with the stick at the side of his mouth. He thumped his fingers impatiently, it was an alarming scenery for Mildred.Everything about him was unnerving to her."Stop glancing, little girl. I wouldn't want you falling in love with me." The reply he got was a state of disbelief.A reverberating sound was heard, confusing and alerting them.Forsyth lingered whirling the stick in his mouth and stared in a direction. Sensing his eyes on her she glanced over at him, then she knew he wasn't looking at her, but behin
"What if we got it wrong?""I don't think so. She looks literally like her.""But he hasn't countered or rendered any venture,""He wouldn't make a reckless decision this time around, he knows what that cost him last time."Mildred kept hearing low murmurings, her skull ached and the last thing she recollected before passing out was something behind her…a beast…Wait…BEAST!Her eyes snapped open as she concluded. It took some time to get her heavy eyes adapted to her surroundings, the walls were gray and the room dimmed, And two men were gazing at her with a weird... strange expression.It took her a second to understand she was shackled."The beauty has finally awakened." Mildred peered at the terrifying-looking man before her, he had this alarming resemblance to Madman, especially the crazy glint in his eyes.And where's Madman? She was with him at the time she passed out."Forsyth isn't here, and he won't be coming for the time being." The man with an odd resemblance to Madman spok
"Getting him disgruntled wasn't crucial, Gretel, she wasn't his girl," Dominus mumbled to Gretel, he was still at the forbidden church.Gretel swiveled toward him with a frown. "He was the main reason Michael died, the reason I had to use everything in me to bring him back to life, even if it meant me being banished," Her chest rose and fell heavily from resentment. "You have no inkling of the things I wanted to do to him, you were just in time to save him.""Forsyth is powerful, taking him down wouldn't have been lenient, and I need you alive.""Of course you do." Gretel scoffed.All of a sudden the tinge in her eyes deviated, it now held more sobriety. "Give me your hand." And Dominus didn't object, knowing his sister and the bizarre things she does.Gretel held Dominus's hand in a tight grip and scrutinized the palm's sketch, she glanced into Dominus's eyes with an eerie expression after some minutes and released his palm."Find the books of Goratar as soon as possible, there is no
*knock**knock*Alexandra thumped softly on the door. She stayed for a few seconds before the door clicked open."Come in." A voice from inside said and she walked into the room. The room was pitch black, except for the soft glow of the early morning sun."Ummm…good morning." She cleared her throat and uttered, she shifted her weight to her left leg."Is there a problem?" Michael asked, he glanced into her eyes but she wasn't staring back, her eyes were on the interesting floor."Yes…I mean, No. It's just… last night you were tipsy and sad, are..are you alright?" Her voice was almost inaudible.Her words caught his attention."You saw me drunk last night?" He asked, pointedly."Yes, you..you held my hand and brought me to a corner, and…" she was cut off."Did I…say anything?...like a woman or something related?" He asked carefully. His tone was that of someone anxious."Yes, you said something about you meeting her…someone.""Did I mention her name?""Ummm…you said something about a s
[Far past]A carriage trotted and stopped along a family cemetery. It was nighttime, and surely wasn't the best time to visit such a place, but Ava needed to investigate something."Thanks very much, Mr. Sam, I don't know how I would've gotten here." She thanked the coachman.Nobody knows she departed the palace, except Marleen. She needed to look into a cynical issue, without capturing the attention of the palace or the council."I'll be right here, Miss Ava, just make sure to be quick, I've heard stories of the terrors here at night." Mr. Sam announced to Ava. She nodded her head and walked quickly into the graveyard.The graveyard belongs to the Lambert family. The Royals.She looks at the names on the tombstones, and the names all have one thing in common…Seth.That wasn't correct.The Lamberts owned the graveyard, not Seth, it belonged to the Royals.That only means one thing…Dominus Lambert isn't a Royal!"But..but how come he is king?" She asked herself, this was mystifying.
"I reckoned the bet was abolished?" Marleen inquired as she strolled behind Ava with a tray in her hand. After hearing what happened between her and the king, and the death of Mr. Sam, she had thought the bet wasn't worth it."I don't go back on my words, Marleen. And I'll find the name of the first king in no time." Ava mumbled, determined."But you only have till midnight, that's the deal." Marleen reminded."I know. And I'm not backing out, don't worry, I'll be more careful this time." Ava said.They strolled toward the living room with the trays in their hands and kept them on top of the center table. They spun around and left the room."I heard Mr. Sam's family will be holding his funeral tomorrow. Would you be attending?" Mildred asked, something was notifying her that Ava wouldn't, and that was because of the King."The king won't allow me." She mumbled. They wander past the east wing corridor to get other work done.___________That evening, Ava couldn't sleep. She searched ev
"Would you wipe my memories?" Ava asked, she was presently tied in the king's chamber, with the King beside her."Why would I do that? And how do you know about that?" The king asked plainly. His head was filled with thoughts on how to get his doppelganger back."That's what the books I read always say. A…and I know your secrets…" Her voice weakened at the end. She wasn't sure if he would kill her or let her go, his secret was too heavy."Trust me, there's more to that. It's more than just a secret." He gazed intensively at her. His gaze held isolated words, words that weren't meant to be spoken."You will be spending the night here, I need to make sure the doppelganger doesn't kill you before morning." He sighed and took off his coat, causing her head to turn as she didn't want to look at his bare body."K–kill me…?" She stuttered. With her eyes gazing anywhere but at him, she spoke again. "Why would he kill me? I've done nothing wrong." She endorsed herself."The doppelganger, you s
"You should have kept your curiosity at bay, Ava, now you are in danger." Ava turned her neck to meet the eyes Of the person who spoke.Simon."H–ow did you get here?" She questioned the panic, the door was locked and she didn't see it open, and nobody was in the room."I think you already know the answer, Ava," Simon said to her, causing her eyes to broaden."You–you are ancient too?" She pointed her fragile forefinger to him, although she was tied, her hand wasn't."No, I'm not." He replied calmly, "I'm different.""What are you?""You don't need to know that, you're in a lot of trouble already." He told her.She didn't know what more to say. A week ago, she knew nothing about the ancients or that they actually exist, only in books and stories though, but here she was, learning that their king was ancient."Are there others? Ancients, I mean," she asked as she bites on her down lip."Yes." He replied.The way he was staring at her made her feel uncomfortable. It was like he was scru
90He looked up from downstairs and wondered if Anne was asleep. He climbed it slowly with hesitation, he didn't want her to feel uncomfortable.The stairs appeared longer than usual. His heart, something didn't believe existed, began to race. He was nervous for no reason.As he reached the edge of the stairs, Anne's room entered his view before his room which after before her room. He strides to her door and knocks on it slightly.On the first knock the door opened. He couldn't believe she was actually waiting for him to come to her room.He slipped into the room, the lit candles were glowing. He glanced at the wall clock and it was a few minutes past nine."I thought you were asleep," Dominus said as he strolled to her, "How's your wound?" He noticed she hauled her arms freely.A beaming smile appeared on her face. "It healed. The pain was severe at first, but after the plant you dipped, the pain began lessening. And now, there's no pain."Dominus wasn't believing this. He moved clos
"I– I don't know what you're talking about,""I can't imagine I'm getting fortuitous by the second." He remarked and snickered.Before Marleen realized it, he grabbed her by the neck and she instantly fell into unconsciousness._________"Mar–leen?" Ava's worried voice exclaimed for Marleen when she saw him on the doppelganger's shoulder."Relax, bestie, she's fine," Dominic said as he lowered Marleen close to a shackled Ava."Why is she here?" She asked. Marleen was still unconscious."How many people know about the Ancients?""Many. Although they don't believe in it since they haven't seen one before. Why?""Just attempting the know the numbers I'm roughly to kill,""Don't! They're innocent, they know nothing.""This girl here didn't seem like that to me. She's different, do you know that?" He asked as he waddled past Ava.He picked a chain and bound Marleen's hands with it. After that, he strides toward a chair and sits on it."I can't believe father let different species run the e
Her mother shuddered a little, her lips were shaking. "I…I did what I was told to, I made sure to wipe everything. I don't know how she remembered.""That only signified you weren't doing your job. Rather than concentrating on the child, you were busy whoring around." His voice wielded irritation, he then stepped slowly towards her mother.Before she knew it, the man grabbed her mother by the neck and mashed her unto a tree. Little Ava saw blood crawling down her mother's neck."W–what are you doing to mother?" Ava questioned the man, who was her supposed grandpa.Alexandra didn't know what was transpiring. She had been in Robert's room, aiding him.Subsequently, she departed his cabin the following day to get water, she spotted Dominic, he was formally clothed. So also Thomas.She ambled toward them and scrutinized them, then she noted they have luggage with them.Were they traveling?"Are you guys going somewhere?" She implored. Her orifices were drifting between the two.Dominic di
Dracule glared at him, "You think I haven't thought of that with your mother? I went insane when she died, it killed me inside. It didn't matter if she was with another man, I just wanted her alive and well.""I won't allow myself to see her with another man, I don't care if she's happy with him, I'd much rather kill her myself. I'm selfish, and I'm not hiding it."As they both stared into the warm night with silence, Dominus wondered what he would do to keep Anne by his side. Nobody owns the power to do that, but his mother was able to preserve souls.Would that work?His mother's book was with him, a very important book. He needed to check if it held any spell to stop a dying person from death.He excused himself from Dracule's house and went to an underground cave. Nobody knows of this, making it the best place to hide the book.He took the book out and glanced at the name on the book cover.'Formation of the Ginnak.'Alexandra felt on edge as she stood in front of the Priest with
"She isn't who you're looking for, she's unknown." He paused for a moment, "She's powerful but that's unknown to her, her nativity and innocence will lead us to our greatest desire." He took a sip from his cup and his eyes switched from brown to dark shades of red." What about Karina?""After we reach our goal she's of no use anymore, there's no use in keeping her with us.""His disappearance was untraceable. It seemed he was helping a larger system," Simon announced. He strode nearer to Dominic and resumed, "All the souls he gathered for Mrs. Hamish were duplicates, unknown to her." He paused his speech, "Hunting him might guide us to our goal, don't you think?"Dominic waited. He thought for an instant, "I think it's time to stop by an old friend." He said, and Simon turned his head. It was dark, so Dominic took a cloak and stepped out of the room.___"The officials aren't performing their duties? What's the use of keeping them?!" An irritated voice yelled. The shivering young man
"Michael? I've heard that name multiple times, probably from sweet Gretel." Robert said with a cocky smile. His wrinkled face made him look scary.Micheal's face darkened while Forsyth chuckled. "I like you already," Forsyth proclaimed hearing the connotation in his sentence."But I don't," Robert told Forsyth."Touché."They turned as they heard running footsteps, Mildred seemed to be running towards them."What's it? Where's Alexandra?" Forsyth asked."She-""Ladies and gentlemen," A man said, interrupting Mildred's words, his voice was loud, "It's time for the main event to begin." Everybody began moving with glasses of wine between their fingers.From the corner of their eyes, they saw Alexandra running while the man, Dominus, was walking slowly behind her as if toying with her.His prey.Grunts were heard as a man tossed restlessly on a mattress. His eyes opened abruptly only to jerk back when he noticed someone on the bed."Graciela?" The man asked with a sleepy tone. He couldn'
Reddish-gold eyes tilted his head and glanced at Dominus. "I wasn't asking for a fucking permission."Dominus sighed. "You and your foul mouth.""But the ladies love it." He grinned."You've only ever seen one lady until now." Dominus taunted. But the reddish-gold eyes only shrugged."That's why she's mine to kill.""You can't kill her,""Oh, I created her. So yes I can.""Why?"Silence filled the space between them."Don't you think it's time for you to go?""No. I'm doing what you told me to. To protect the Ginnak.""You wouldn't want to defy me, Green eyes.""I'm sorry." Dominus bowed his head at him and disappeared.Reddish-gold eyes Dominus fisted his fingers as annoyance lingered in his eyes.He needs to get the Ginnak before his mother gets her. Having to fight his clone and mother sounded exhausting and he was the lazy type.But her minors were everywhere in the Mansion. He was suddenly grateful she was injured. It would be a lot harder if she was fine.Now he needs to use the
"N-Nothing-g..." Her voice trembles from fear. The girl before her was all blue, icy blue like how Leah's face had been, but the difference was that Leah was unconscious while the girl before her wasn't."Alexandra..." Her name came out as a soft echo from her mouth, it wasn't supposed to sound scary but it did."Y-you know me?" Alexandra pointed at herself with her slightly trembling forefinger, partly from the cold."Who wouldn't?" The hostility in her voice made Alexandra gulp."But I don't know you...""Of course, you wouldn't," The girl cuts her off, "People like us are peasants compared to you." The girl said and slowly moved towards her, to which Alexandra responded by moving backward, slowly."You are the reason many of us have to suffer!" Alexandra knew the girl was becoming angrier since the cold in the room began intensifying. Before she realized it, the girl forced her hand towards her, and her heart ceased beating for a second."Stop Right There,"5"---h it does look like
She dabbed her hands dry and ambled to the basement. It was slightly dark but manageable. As she picked up the pans and spun to depart, an agony moan halted her. It was coming from the side of the basement. She strolled nearer to the noise and came upon Alexandra. She lay on the ground folded. Her hand was tight around her head, she appeared to be in distress."Alexandra," She carefully hoisted her, "What's wrong?" She didn't need to know what was wrong because her eyes said it all. But the red glint in her eyes changed back to normal. Her pained expression changed like she was never in pain."I'm fine," Lexi said and rubbed her body. "Excuse me." She was behaving skeptically. But Mildred shrugged it off. She already knew what was wrong. She just hope things remained how there were after tomorrow.___________At the Temple of priests.Dominus closed his eyes as he rested his back on the side of a tree. The leaves were moving in different trends. Despite his calm expression, he was con