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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDavNXc3J6
"No," he replies. "Today's your sixteenth birthday. And we're going to town."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0ixnQ7mRR
"We're in Castle Dracula. That's going to take forever."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42fSKF7GOv
"No it won't."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsVHbXQ5jY
"Fine." I pull the blanket away and sit up. I clutch my head and moan.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvmv3LS1Ov
"Here." He holds something towards me and I take it. "Go on. Open it."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHWZ6FQXaw
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JaCWMO9Bu
"Thank you, dad."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiAGVkTFOM
"Your welcome, Nightingale."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSO42sTL3R
I smile up at him. He smiles back. I push away and push him out of my bedroom. I push him into the hallway.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCgQFifwBE
"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—"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0XG2ZOWsA
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—?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp00acszvD
"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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuQ6f37b6F
"Sweetie? What's wrong?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYX5MrUzD2s
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl13d1HK62
"Who you running from?" He smiles.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprmF29yJB8
Not dad, not dad, not dad! "Who are you?" I squint in the light.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA0Fyz6Fpb
"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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0Zi9I6UB0
"Who the heck?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubpvwt9xcC
"Why I'm your daddy's youngest brother. Your daddy is Vlad the Impaler if you didn't know that."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd98iU4jb65
"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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8SlSXkyxQ
I scream and beat the closed hatch. "DADDY! PLEASE! HELP ME! DAAAAAAD!!"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GHP7Bphd1
He slams on the brakes and I hit something. I moan, rubbing my head. I go unconscious.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURiHDYHFwM
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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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDA2gV1O5Dn
"Well, look who's awake." He smiles. "What do you think you're doing?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMZban1cIj
"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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQfFuhXcBX
"Then why were you being so quiet?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQXP2c03Fa
"I didn't want to disturb you if you were here. And you are. Can I go back now? Please?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM2BvV5PAa
"Sure. But you won't ever be coming out again."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTo7U9NqBFV
"Why not?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTw7qLxKTT
"Because I said so."
"What's today?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY35BnkUoQU
"It's still the fourteenth of November. It's 9:57 at night."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94XEgevsAW
"Oh. Okay."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnem4i5SnZM
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk7DZG87Q8
I shriek. "No! Please! I don't want to!"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgB6Z7M0B5
"Nightingale? Nightingale, calm down!" He pulls me close. "It's alright. It's just me. Daddy. Remember?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfjSoKqov3
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?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5R0Yw5wav
"He said his name was Radu and that he was your—"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeVbH2P6SV
"My youngest brother. How on earth is he still—"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsexxavvoHV
"You! Give me the child!"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFoIQjuHnP
I look behind me and see Radu. I hug dad really hard. "No. Please. Don't let him have me. No, please."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSR2DmvY95
"Go," he whispers in my ear. "Run. Now. To the library. It's where your mom's at."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvu00ub8bA
I glance behind me and slowly let go of dad. I walk past him slowly and break into a sprint.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwHdKMZMJL
Dracula's point of view336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHaSuWMKrr
I watch as she runs for her life. I turn to the man standing in front of me.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FzuZoSiL2
He growls. "How did you even survive? You should be dead."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun0j8tNQky
"Nikki saved me."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxLxsPLnV5
"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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFAbp8qNtL
"What are you talking about? Of course she's Nikki."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8XSUST3eS
"No she's not. I got a sample of her blood. She's not Nikki."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5eLjMjFFJ
"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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPx5qPNSFf
"Elisabeta."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRuXf3t9jA
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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2CYMZJIpy
"Those things are true and you know it."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNlhKllHOt
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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCrvd4S6xT
"Her father had made arrangements for her to marry me. Not you."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQSH30v1Yq
"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."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJQDQOazVg
"Now what? Hm? You going to murder me too?"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RBKgMJqMq
"I am going to kill you. And only you. I never killed any of the others."336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTV16Z238l
"Liar!"336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKgtUQ2QhA
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.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡak1EsnGYEd
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