Nightingale's point of view179Please respect copyright.PENANA8geks47Jw9
I burst through the library doors and run to mom.179Please respect copyright.PENANACCbGhbVdTN
"MOM!" I hug her.179Please respect copyright.PENANARo8ZBBlMAx
"Nightingale! Oh, my baby!" She pulls me close. "Where's your father?"179Please respect copyright.PENANAnPQFYigzNV
"Right here."179Please respect copyright.PENANAJeUNj5sYwm
Mom looks up. "Dracula. I have something to tell you. You also, Nightingale." She lets go and walks over to dad. I turn around and watch as she puts her hand on his cheek. "Oh, Vlad."179Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ0GGvSfxJ
"Elisabeta? Oh my God. How are you even—"179Please respect copyright.PENANAg5hntll55U
"Alive?" She smiles. "You saved my soul. Really, you did. Me being who I am is actually the real reason why you got a child. Not because you had been drinking my blood."179Please respect copyright.PENANAmIhWH4Qu4s
"I lied when I said that I couldn't drink your blood because you reminded me too much of yourself. It's the effect your blood had on me. I felt like I was being healed or something."179Please respect copyright.PENANAfLjYIo9ckH
"It's because of who I am. It's also because when you saved my soul, I got powers of healing. So if someone came in contact with my blood, all of their sins would go away and they'd feel like they're healing. But I tried to keep it contained for you. Lucifer told me you'd be different, but I didn't think you'd be this different."179Please respect copyright.PENANAlNw3zhud3K
"What all did Lucifer tell you?"179Please respect copyright.PENANAYNbuUYe3wU
"Many things. He also gave me three locks with a key."179Please respect copyright.PENANACeI9NljB94
"Why? What are they for?"179Please respect copyright.PENANA3s9MBOcgOK
"One contains your soul, one your shadow, and the other contains your reflection. If I unlock them, you'll get back all three."179Please respect copyright.PENANAdSbHTi1XaQ
He pulls her close. "I don't need any of them. All I need is you. You are my everything. You are more than any of the three of those things could ever be. You are my missing piece. Not anything else."179Please respect copyright.PENANAWFxOC1DmDl
She steps onto his feet and stands on her tippy toes. She kisses him. "I love you, Vlad."
"I love you more."179Please respect copyright.PENANAX4X4Nb9QYD
"I love you most." She wraps her arms around his neck and he wraps his arms around her waist.179Please respect copyright.PENANAXGJpIlt9Gj
"My beloved Elisabeta."179Please respect copyright.PENANADNNSBYvkfH
She smiles.179Please respect copyright.PENANAW1noIxnVmb
"What about me?"179Please respect copyright.PENANAU7Uo1eWl7L
I turn around and see a woman. "Who are you?"179Please respect copyright.PENANAGNKZ1t4UlK
She walks closer and puts her hands on my shoulders. "I'm your older sister."179Please respect copyright.PENANATl9Cw508SF
I turn around and hug her. She hugs me back. Mom and dad come over and next thing you know, we're all hugging each other. One happy family. Best family ever!179Please respect copyright.PENANASmyk8kSz33