Two weeks and six days later, I wake up to dad looking down at me while standing at the side of my bed, holding something. I moan and turn away.
"More sleep," I mumble.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmkMWROMoJ
"No," he replies. "Today's your sixteenth birthday. And we're going to town."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2kyPXqz7X
"We're in Castle Dracula. That's going to take forever."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjObEGl9DiH
"No it won't."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI9N2DypFV
"Fine." I pull the blanket away and sit up. I clutch my head and moan.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQhK8HUDeV
"Here." He holds something towards me and I take it. "Go on. Open it."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaS0OcmqC8
I open it and pull out a black flowing dress with a short fluttering cape attached to it. I stand up and hold it out. Basically, a black Elsa dress from Frozen Two. I gasp. I lay it on the bed and hug dad.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjywoENQPoT
"Thank you, dad."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PqdILlQt7
"Your welcome, Nightingale."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4kcLx4rq0
I smile up at him. He smiles back. I push away and push him out of my bedroom. I push him into the hallway.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bj2hMURpa
"Stay," I say and shut the door. I lock it and change into the dress. I walk over to my mirror and sigh. I close my eyes as I pull the cover off. I drop it on the floor. I peek out my right eye and open my left one, staring in horror at the mirror. I scream and punch the mirror. It starts to fall forward and I back away. It hits the floor with a shatter. I realize I'm breathing heavily. I hear the door slam open and I whirl around. "Dad! I—"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLgXNIgBqW
He looks at the mess on the floor. "What did you do?" He walks over and picks up the mirror. Noticing what it is, he lets it fall. He looks up at me. "Nightingale? What—?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4stQRJdO9
"I didn't—" I back away, shaking my head. "No. I'm not—no." I turn around and run down the hallway, barefoot. I run down the stairs and past mom.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxDXbLjZ4R
"Sweetie? What's wrong?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h72s2MdiZ
I run towards the doors and yank them open. I stop and look behind me. Mom's looking at me with sympathy and dad's standing at the top of the stairs. I turn and run towards the trees. I glance behind me one last time and run into the trees. I run like I'm running for my life. After thirty minutes, I reach a cliff edge. I stop and flail. Someone grabs me before I fall. They spin me around and look at me. I gasp as he pulls me close.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKd6nCGIeNE
"Who you running from?" He smiles.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DOyFxAmtT
Not dad, not dad, not dad! "Who are you?" I squint in the light.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzd8bbX2GX
"Why I'm the man from about sixteen to seventeen years ago. You must be Nikki Van Helsing's daughter. Oh, I got so close to succeeding." He sighs. "My name dear, is Radu cel Frumos, or Radu the handsome. You can just call me Radu."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHXzOcyXIc
"Who the heck?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZD3CU1fF6
"Why I'm your daddy's youngest brother. Your daddy is Vlad the Impaler if you didn't know that."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxtwotj7n9
"Of course I knew that. Let me go."
"No. You're coming with me." He turns and drags me away from my home. Ten minutes later, he opens the hatch on a car and shoves me inside. He shuts the hatch and gets in. He starts the engine and drives off.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbMwJAStJD
I scream and beat the closed hatch. "DADDY! PLEASE! HELP ME! DAAAAAAD!!"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEIGtZFO4B
He slams on the brakes and I hit something. I moan, rubbing my head. I go unconscious.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuc53xSxVI
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I wake up in a bedroom of some kind. I look around. I get up slowly and tiptoe to the door. I put my ear up to the door and hear nothing. Silence. I turn the knob to find it surprisingly unlocked. I open the door slowly and sneak out. I tiptoe down the hallway. I peek around the corner and see him. Ship. I lean against the wall. I turn around and come face-to-face with, somehow, him.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2S9r6RU1C
"Well, look who's awake." He smiles. "What do you think you're doing?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLgtqQCL18
"It was really quiet. So I came out here to see if you were still here. I was about to head back to my room."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT3KNpT3Kc
"Then why were you being so quiet?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddCNxzx68N
"I didn't want to disturb you if you were here. And you are. Can I go back now? Please?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0yyF7nJpd
"Sure. But you won't ever be coming out again."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RczzypAm3
"Why not?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxzqlEI95s
"Because I said so."
"What's today?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReYBzVDiar
"It's still the fourteenth of November. It's 9:57 at night."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf7kxN7HmM
"Oh. Okay."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezc83iCHRU
He turns and I walk slowly down the hall. I get about six feet away when I glance back and break into a run. I race to the door and open it. I run outside and stop. I look around. I find an opening in the fence just as Radu bursts out the door. I race to the opening and duck under it. I stand up and run into the woods. I run for my life. I bump into someone and fall to the ground. I get back up and turn around. I go to run and that someone grabs my arm.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLNdcOFGaO
I shriek. "No! Please! I don't want to!"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ058miC5LW7
"Nightingale? Nightingale, calm down!" He pulls me close. "It's alright. It's just me. Daddy. Remember?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5gzfcNLod
I look up. "Daddy!" I cling on to him. "Please help me. He's after me. He—"
"Who? Who's after you? What are you talking about?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdshhO7ZDft
"He said his name was Radu and that he was your—"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx8Bb8aSbM
"My youngest brother. How on earth is he still—"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexWwIcdDYl
"You! Give me the child!"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpodZNqTZM0
I look behind me and see Radu. I hug dad really hard. "No. Please. Don't let him have me. No, please."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ951SsCj9jh
"Go," he whispers in my ear. "Run. Now. To the library. It's where your mom's at."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp7SwbaG3O
I glance behind me and slowly let go of dad. I walk past him slowly and break into a sprint.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfhZ21xPWH
Dracula's point of view165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n7TFY0pSD
I watch as she runs for her life. I turn to the man standing in front of me.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR6u4TUPPO
He growls. "How did you even survive? You should be dead."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGe9260VhJ
"Nikki saved me."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiGwnZSjL0
"That woman is not Nikki. I did tests on her. She was reborn. She has the same mother as before. She just has a different father. Andrew Van Helsing isn't even her blood. He just fell in love with her mother. God got a hold of her soul and put it in her mother's womb. Then He brought her mother from the dead. That's not no Van Helsing."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AEu9l09Ag
"What are you talking about? Of course she's Nikki."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvnowS84Rf
"No she's not. I got a sample of her blood. She's not Nikki."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnNmtFU45U
"Then who is she?" I grab a branch and break it off the tree. I break the little twigs off and approach him. "If she's not Nikki, then who is she? Radu cel Frumos."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgcupLqMrl
"Elisabeta."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvNT3Q7nDP
I get closer and break the first ten inches of the branch off. I smile. "Oh, you. Worst brother ever. Tried to overthrow me with the help of the Turks and wanted me dead. Blamed me for killing father and Mircea. Oh, and mother. Which I didn't do. Time for what I've always wanted to do."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrSaBjyUx5
"Those things are true and you know it."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzj09BxrlK
I pin him to a tree. "You were just jealous because I got Elisabeta and you didn't. Because she chose me over you. You were upset."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BA4zu0azR
"Her father had made arrangements for her to marry me. Not you."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NQL0NFizT
"Only because he wanted the money. I knew what his plan was. Marry you two, stay with us for a while, kill everyone and rule the kingdom. I'm not stupid."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRgiWUXowo
"Now what? Hm? You going to murder me too?"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm6p59PTP8
"I am going to kill you. And only you. I never killed any of the others."165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7hnKFN7jX
"Liar!"165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlhgczfq8G
I bring back my arm and stab him in the heart. He falls on his knees, hands around the stake. I lean down and grab the handle of the stake. I push him against the tree and push it in farther. He scream-yells in agony and goes limp. He passes away into dust. I sigh. I get up and head to the library.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30byh3GLb5
and then Add to home screen.