July 29, 2025

Bella Taibon: Vampire Outlaw, Witch Killer, Soul Saver

Bella Taibon: Vampire Outlaw, Witch Killer, Soul Saver
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Before the explosive finale of Deadly Second Chances, we take a deep dive into the dark, action-packed saga of Bella Taibon—Strickfield’s most fearsome vampire warrior.

In this epic primer episode, we present four interconnected stories by Rob Fields that reveal Bella’s journey from grieving orphan to immortal protector, cursed blood-drinker… and maybe the multiverse’s last hope.

🩷 Story 1: The Last Taibon
A young Bella loses everything at the hands of a monstrous vampire. But when she awakens with a thirst for blood and a heart full of vengeance, her legacy begins.

🦃 Story 2: Bella’s Holiday
It’s Thanksgiving, and Bella just wants peace. But when witches crash her dinner with spells, blades, and twisted rituals, she reminds them what happens when you come for a Taibon.

🏫 Story 3: Homecoming
When Bella returns to Strickfield High for a visit, she finds herself face-to-fang with a group of sinister vampires. But she’s not alone—and this fight is personal.

🌑 Story 4: Mortal Eclipse
The sky goes dark. The dead rise. And Bella Taibon prepares for her greatest battle. With old enemies returning and a cosmic reckoning on the horizon, her final stand begins.

From heartache to horror, rooftop duels to blood-drenched revelations—this is your essential listen before the finale drops tomorrow.

🎙️ Written by Rob Fields
👻 Featuring Bella Taibon of the Taibon bloodline
🎧 Only on Weekly Spooky

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👨‍💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Bobbletopia.com
🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
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Tomorrow. We return to our summer Miniseriies Deadly Second Chances

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as it reaches its final chapter and all eyes turn

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to Bella Tabon before her climactic showdown with hell Weaver.

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We're taking a full dive into Bella's wild and bloody

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legacy tonight. In four epic stories by Rob Fields, we

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meet Bella the outlaw vampire, Bella the heartbroken heroine, Bella

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the Protector, and Bella the monster slayer, from Thanksgiving terror

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to rooftop duels to a cosmic eclipse of power. This

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is the abridged supernatural saga of the Last Tabon. So

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grab your garlic light, a torch, and beware of what

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lurks in Ravenhenge, because when tomorrow comes, Bella faces her

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deadliest second chance yet. So make sure you're subscribed and

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let's dive in the last Tabine by Rob Fields. It's dark,

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the middle of winter, and it's a fucking blizzard. I've

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been walking along the highway for a while now, keeping

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tight hold of my rebock pump basketball shoes. I suppose

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I take great joy in knowing that I'm walking around

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in the elements, half naked and barefoot and I'm actually

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quite comfy. Also, I'm fucking soaked from all the snow.

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I'll have to take my clothes off and let them

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dry when I find a place to take shelter. Not

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the first blizzard I've walked through, and it won't be

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the last. It's about an hour before I finally see

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the lights of what appears to be a tavern. I

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turn and walk across the snowy parking lot and past

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several covered cars. There'll be people inside waiting out the storm,

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but I'm wondering if a certain motherfucker named Richland Gillian

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will be inside. I open the door and I walk in.

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Of course, this fucking place is going to be filled

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with men. They all look at me, some gawking that

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I'm dressed like a slut, while others are probably wondering

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how long I've been out in the blizzard like this,

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And no, I don't see Richland Gillian in there. Might

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as well have a drink before I head back out.

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Not a single motherfucker in the place says anything to me.

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As I make my way to the bar and sit

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on a stool, the bartender slowly approaches me. Can I

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help you? I point to the bottle. I'll take that firewater,

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all of it. He just looks at me, all of it.

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I dig into my tattered jean shorts and pull out

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some money. Then I slam it on the bar. Did

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I fucking stutter? The bartender takes my money and hands

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me the firewater, no asking me for an ID, which

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is how I fucking like it. After popping the spout

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off and draining the hot cinnamon liquor, I slam the

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bottle down and see the looks on everybody's faces, especially

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the bartenders. Do you want anything else? He asks me.

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I point to the unopened bottle of jim Beam, all

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of it. Slapping the bar gets the bottle put right

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in front of me. I open it up in this time,

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enjoy my drink, so delicious. Then one of those motherfuckers

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finally decides to approach me. I suppose I'm always asking

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for this kind of fucking shit, since I'm a blonde

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who's wearing tattered denim shorts and an athletic top that's

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only good for covering my small titties. Like I said,

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I look like a total slut. Unfortunately, I haven't been

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able to wear normal clothes for a very long time,

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and now I'm pissed. When a guy who looks like

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he could eat me whole puts his hand on my shoulder,

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I neither hesitate nor look his way. Hands off, motherfucker.

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He clamps down on my shoulder. Now quite a mouth

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on you, little girl, little young to be in here,

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ain't you. I almost swung my bottle to shatter it

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on his head, but I stop and remember that it's

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Jim Beam. I take hold of his wrist and make

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him scream an intense pain. Then I turn around and

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give him a kick that sends him flying across the

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bar and smashing into the jukebox. Oh well, country music sucks,

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major dick anyway. I turn around to see a few

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other so called men bold enough to come at me.

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I have no problem picking one up and slamming him

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right through a table one handed. I grab the other

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one and throw him behind the bar. He hits the

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back and falls forward. The rest of the motherfucker's quickly

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back away. I turn to the bartender and grab him

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to me nearest town. He gulps when he sees my

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red eyes and points in the direction Strickfield five miles.

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I let him go thank you. I pick up my

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jim Beam and my shoes and head back out into

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the blizzard. I've finished my jim Beam by the time

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I cross into Strickfield. After dropping the bottle in a

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trash can, I walk around some more. Very few people

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are out in this blizzard. I do see a few

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cars on the streets, though, then I see more bright

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lights and become excited. It's a twenty four hour diner. Yeah,

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Denoyer's Grill's bound to have some good comfort food. I

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walk into the diner and get the same looks as

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the motherfucker's back at the bar. The college boy behind

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the counter gives me that look. I hold up my

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wet men's basketball shoes for him to see. Then I

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drop them on the floor and slip into them. The

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guy smiles, you can sit wherever's open. I park my

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sexy ass at the counter. Minutes later, I get my order. Wow,

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now this is a fucking burger. I pick up the

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huge burger and take a bite. Sure wish I had

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more gim beam to wash it down. The coke will

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be just fine. The counter boy keeps stealing peaks at me.

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Can't really blame him. Some of the other patrons in

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here are staring at me with contempt. Fuck them, I

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asked the counter boy. You don't have any booze in here,

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do you? He shakes his head slowly. Unlimited soft drink

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refills is the best I got, Miss. I slide my

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empty coat glass to him. Fine. After I get my refill,

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I slipped my shoes back off and relax some more.

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The counter guy is still looking at me. You're probably

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wondering what my fucking story is, right, miss, Please refrain

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from using profanity. He asked me. We've got other customers

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in here. I smile a little. Okay, I look at

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his name tag Martin, since you ask nicely. Also, this

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guy's really cute, pretty easy going. I think I kind

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of like him. What's your name? Martin asks? I flash

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him a sexy smile, Bella. Martin finally answers my question. Okay, Bella,

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I guess you could say I'm curious. Yes, I mean,

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it ain't every day I meet well, a hot little

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devil like me. I finish for him. I get it.

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I know I'm not dressed for that blizzard outside. Far

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from it. I'm cold and wet all over. But when

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you're me, things like blizzards in summer heat don't really

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bother you. Um, you're not on any kind of drugs,

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are you? Martin asks? I laugh a little. I can

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drink all the booze I want and down one hundred

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ecstasy tablets. None of that affects me. Not when you're

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not human. Okay, fuckers, here's where you pay attention to

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what I'm about to tell you and Martin, instead of

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wondering when I'm going to take my clothes off and

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fuck Martin's brains out, as I'm sure you horror freaks

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already know. I'm not a normal girl. I mean, come on,

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a girl like me who looks about seventeen or eighteen

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doesn't just throw around big men like their pillows. And

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I certainly wouldn't be walking around nearly naked in a

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fucking blizzard neither. I'm what you would call a master vampire,

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or maybe a derivative of one. My story begins in

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eighteen eighty nine. I came from Shore Village, which would

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years later become the huge megalopolis known as Shore City.

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I came from a family that was anything but normal. See,

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when you're a tab on, you're forever fucked your life

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is tied to shits such as magic and the supernatural.

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You spend your whole fucking life training and fighting the shit.

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I actually started training under Gramps when I was about four.

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Every day was the fucking same shit. Up in the morning, breakfast, training, lunch,

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more training, dinner, nightly hunting, sleep. I was already a

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trained killer by the age of six, and the bitch

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I am now. In other words, innocence lost. Even then,

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I found I was always having to compete with my

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older brother Nicholas. It was always a motherfucking rivalry between

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him and me. Nicholas was a good three years older

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than me. Still, he would prove to be a way

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better fighter, I'm not afraid to admit it. Still, he

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was always so sure of himself that he made it

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a point to prove it, even to me, Probably why

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he always called me runt. Still, I could be a

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pain in his ass too. Gramps and Grahams saw how

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vicious and clever I could be and called me little devil. Anyway,

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Gramps used our sibling rivalry to make us much better fighters,

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probably too well. I couldn't tell you how many times

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Gramps had to break us up when we'd lose our

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shit and go at each other anyway, Nicholas got to

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be so good at what Gramps taught him that he

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was actually good at killing master vampires. Master vampires are

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quite powerful and are many times older than your average

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garden variety vampires. The older vampires get, the more powerful

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they become. I don't mind telling you that master vampires

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are harder than fuck to destroy. Still, Nicholas actually surprised

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Gramps out in the field by taking one day by himself.

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He understood the vampire weaknesses much better than anyone in

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our family. The fact that Nicholas liked to face master

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vampires by himself didn't sit too well with Grams. Even

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I voiced my concerns. Of course, Nicholas didn't want to

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hear me and let me know about it on no

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uncertain terms. It was shit like that that made me

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just want to yank his dick off and choke him

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with it. So Gramps started spending more time with me

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and working with me himself. Even though Nicholas continued to

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show his dominance out in the field, I had a

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gut feeling that he was asking for it. I mean,

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how long would his luck last? Remember that saying about

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how no matter how good you are, there's always going

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to be someone else better than you. That someone was

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Thornton Gillian, who was the worst master vampire the Tabon

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family had ever faced. Jillian was thousands of years old

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and had slaughtered many of our family, including my own parents.

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The Tabons were renowned for taking down the supernatural, but

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Thornton Jillian would prove to be the deadliest motherfucker we'd

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ever faced. In fact, he was the reason why I

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am the last Tabon. That fateful day came, Thornton Jillian

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attacked our property without warning. When Gillian subdued Gramps and me,

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Nicholas fought him and gave him one hell of a fight.

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It seemed that Nicholas was finally going to end him

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once and for all. The problem was that Nicholas got

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a little too overconfident. I knew that Gillian was someone

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you never let up on, even for a second. Jillian

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attacked Nicholas the moment he saw the opening. Just like that,

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he tore my brother's throat right out. Nicholas still managed

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to cling on to life until Gillian ripped his heart

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right out of his chest. Then he turned on Gramps

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and me. He slaughtered Gramps with a simple swipe of

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his claws across his throat. Then he turned on me.

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He hurt me pretty bad, but he refused to kill me.

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In fact, I had to watch how helplessly as he

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killed Graham's too, He left me alive to remind me

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of how easy it was to decimate my entire family,

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even rubbing my face in it that I was the

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last tabon. I could have just laid there and cried

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like I'd been raped. Thornton Gillian had greatly underestimated me.

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Through my injuries and pain, I forced myself to stand.

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I mean, I was beyond pissed. All I could think

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about was how I was going to make that motherfucker

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wish he'd never been born. So I worked through my

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pain until I was fully healed up, trained myself harder

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than even Grams had ever trained me. I studied Graham's

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magic books, made some potions to use in my upcoming fight.

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I trained and retrained, perfecting my skills. I mean, I'd

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been at it for months. Finally my patience was burned.

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It was either Thornton Gillian or me. I went out

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hunting for that motherfucker fought and destroyed one vampire right

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after another, anything to lead me to Thornton Jillian. I

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even met a master vampire bitch who hated Jillian as

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much as I did, but she sare she wouldn't tell

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me where he was unless I let her take me

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to bed. Yeah. I was that fucking desperate to find Gillian.

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Her information paid off, and I finally caught up to him.

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I challenged Gillian to one final showdown. He just laughed

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at me and told me to go back home, saying

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I should find a husband to serve and make babies with.

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But when he learned that I'd all but destroyed his tribe,

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he knew he had to take me seriously. He promised

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me he'd kill me quickly. I was ready for the fucker,

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and this time put up one hell of a fight.

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I wasn't going to make the same mistakes Nicholas did

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in underestimating Thornton Jillian, Otherwise the tab On bloodline would

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be ended. I was the last one who stood between

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Gillian and his reign of terror. At one point, Gillian

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slashed me just below my tits and injured me. I

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was eating out fast. It was now or never. If

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I was dying and going to Hell, I was taking

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this motherfucker with me. I threw the last of my

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potions at him, which only slowed him down. He grabbed

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me and told me he was going to make a

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new tribe using my womb. But I had one last

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trick up my sleeve. I pulled one last vial of

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potion out of my long hair and threw it right

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in his face. I had to cover my own eyes

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as the liquid sunlight burned brightly, searing his flesh. He

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dropped me, giving me one last chance to strike. I

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kicked him backwards and into a tree. A branch, which

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worked as a thick steak, pierced his heart. This alone

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wouldn't stop him. Though not a master vampire, I needed

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to decapitate him too. As I pulled out my knife,

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I had forgotten about underestimating Jillian. He grabbed me and

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pulled me right onto the steak with him. He told

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me that I would be his wife in hell. Knowing

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I would die soon, I made my last attack on Jillian.

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He was going to find out why my grandparents called

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me little Devil. I raised my knife and pressed it

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against his neck with all the strength I had left.

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I screamed like a fucking lunatic as I moved the

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knife like a saw and worked it through his neck,

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through the bone, and finally the head fucking fell off.

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I slipped off the stake and fell onto my back.

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I was so badly hurt. I laughed as I relished

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my intense pain. I had finally done it. I had

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killed Thornton Jillian and avenged my family. Knowing that, I

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closed my eyes and prepared to meet up with Gillian

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in Hell. I was only dimly aware of something dripping

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quickly onto my chest. When I woke up. It was morning.

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I felt fucking fantastic. I sat up and saw that

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I was still wearing the tatters in my old clothes.

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I saw I was completely healed up, not even so

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much as a fucking scar. I growled with excitement and

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stood up to look at the headless corpse of Thornton

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Gillian again. Fuck you, I screamed at it. Holy mother

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fucking shit. I just couldn't help myself. I felt so

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incredibly powerful. The first thing I noticed was my arms

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and legs. I fucking had muscular definition. I mean, I

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really felt incredibly strong. I also realized that I could

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see much better than I ever had before. What the

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fuck had happened to me? I pulled Jillian's body off

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the tree and started a blazing fire that burned his

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remains until there was nothing but ashes. As I watched,

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I felt that my clothes were just too constrictive. I

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tore my jacket away and ripped tatters off my shirt.

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I kicked my shoes away and tore the legs off

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my pants. Anything to feel free. Half naked and moaning

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and satisfaction, I turned and walked away. I went back

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home and straight up to my bedroom to contemplate my

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next move. I was now the last tabon. Everything was mine,

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the house, the greatly vast family fortune, all of our

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tools against the supernatural. And then I screamed when I

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saw the full length mirror beside my dresser. What the fuck? No?

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I shot right up off the bed and straight to

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the mirror. No, this can't be, but it was. I

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had no reflection, no wonder. I felt so powerful? Did

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Thornton Jillian fucking sire me? Suddenly I realized something else.

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It's fucking daylight outside. How the fuck can I be

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a goddamn vampire? How I moved to the window again

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and threw open the curtains. The daylight washed over my body,

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but I wasn't burning in any way. Then I opened

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the window and leapt out to the round below, landing

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like a cat. I looked up at the bright sun.

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It actually felt wonderful, and then I felt the fangs

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growing in my mouth. I even turned my fingers into claws.

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How the fuck can I be out in the daylight. No,

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a fucking vampire can exist during the daytime, not even

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Thornton Jillian, I yelled to nobody. Then I remembered the

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drippings I had felt before I passed out. I remembered

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that I was in a lot of pain for my injuries,

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and I finally understood fuck. I screamed at the sky.

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Why what happened? Thornton Jillian's fucking blood had dripped and

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poured from his open neck and into my chest wounds,

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into my heart. Gillian's vampire blood had fucking mixed with

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my pure tabe on blood, tainting me. But Jillian never

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drank from me. He never once tasted my blood. I

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remember that clearly. Yet a large quantity of his blood

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dripped and poured into my wounds and turned me. I

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couldn't cast a reflection or a shadow anymore. I felt

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so very wild, and I was incredibly strong, and I

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could be in the daylight. And then I realized I

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was no longer breathing. Even though I destroyed Thornton Jillian,

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he still had the last laugh, or did he? I

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realized I could still feel my heart beat, but vampires

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don't have heart beats? What the fuck kind of vampire

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was I? Through the many years that passed between then

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and now, I found that I would never age a

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single day. I would be seventeen forever. Ah. But you

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would think that I'd have to drink human blood in

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order to keep my youth and beauty right. Nope. In fact,

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as soon as I felt my stomach screaming at me,

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I tried using my new fangs to drink from a

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murderer I found in an alleyway. One bite and two

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swallows later, I quickly shoved the fucker away and puked

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my guts. The only thing that took that fucking awful

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taste out of my mouth was several roast chickens from

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a nearby end's open flame. I used to eat like

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a bird, but now I have one hell of a

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monstrous fucking appetite. Over the years, I toured the world

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and found masters who could teach me in more ways

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to fight. One of them even taught me ways to

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rain in my libido, which also grew much like my

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fucking appetite. Yeah, Thornton Gillian really changed my life, didn't he. However,

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I am still a tabon my family. Mission has not

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will never change. I still hunt creatures of the night

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who would prey on innocent people. Taking down monsters, witches,

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and other vampires is so fucking easy now since I'm

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way stronger and far more powerful than they are. Having

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Thornton Gillian's blood mixed with my own made me an

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instant master vampire. I guess I still have to answer

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that big question, is this the ultimate fuck you to

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him or for me? Speaking of hunting supernatural scum, Let's

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get back to the present day. While telling my story

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to Martin behind the counter at Denoyer's, I managed to

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wolf down five half pound cheeseburger platters complete with fries,

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lots of coke refills, and even two whole strawberry rhubarb pies.

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Oh and one large order of onion rings. Both Martin

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and Denoyer himself watched skinny little me put all that

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food away. I think Denoyer was wondering if I was

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going to be able to pay for everything. Not only

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did I pay for everything, I even gave Martin a

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very generous tip. And then I turned to see the

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motherfucker who was sitting by the door leaving. I get

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up to follow him. Hey, you left your shoes on

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the floor, Martin calls out to me. I glance over

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my shoulder. I'll be back for them. I give him

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my sexy smile again, and you I head back out

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into the blizzard. Sure enough, the motherfucker's waiting for me.

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You really didn't think i'd fucking find you. Gillian, please Richland.

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Gillian is the younger brother of Thornton, not quite a

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master vampire himself just yet, but he's getting up there.

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Will you never relent? Tabon, Richland yells. I raise my hands,

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which are now claws. I put my vampire face on,

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suck my dick. Then I howl a battle cry and

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leap right at him. It's too fucking snowy for the

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people inside the Noyer's to see the two of us fight.

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It out, Richland Gillian has been dodging and evading me

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for a good year now. Every fucking time i'd catch

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up to him, he'd always use my need to save

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innocence to get away. He loves to call it my

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greatest weakness. But no, I'm a tabon, and that's what

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tabons do. But I finally got this motherfucker right where

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I want him. Richland is quite strong. He's definitely a

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bigger man than what his brother Thornton was, though nowhere

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near is powerful. Remember Thornton was a master vampire. Richland

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claus me, but I have one hell of a healing factor.

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When Richland realizes he can't possibly win, he tries to escape. Nope,

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don't even think it. I tell him, no innocence for

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you to throw in front of me. This time. He

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roars one last roar as he tries to slash my

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throat with his claws, but I see it coming a

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mile away. I snatch his wrist and punch him right

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in the chest enough for me to break through his

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chest cavity and seize his heart. Then I pull it

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out and pulp the thing right in my hands. The

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body falls over, and that's all she wrote, Just to

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make sure, however, I glare at the body and make

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sure it bursts into flames. I've never been able to

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figure out how to change form if I can even

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do that, I can, however, create fog or mist, command

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animals and insects, and even make fire appear. When Richland

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Gillian is finally ashes and blowing away in the blizzard,

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I morphed my face and hands back into human again.

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I moved to the lake across the road from Denoyer's

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and washed the blood off my arms and hands. When

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I'm finished, I turn and head back to Denoyer's. I

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do have to reclaim my shoes and a certain counter guy.

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When I come back in, I see some nerdy librarian

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bitch talking to Martin. They both turn to look at me.

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Hey you came back, Martin exclaims. Am I interrupting something here?

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I ask? Martin shakes his head. Not at all. I'm

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about done here, and my little sister came by to

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get me. This is Einstein. Her real name is Aileen.

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I look at the librarian. Ah, little sister, of course

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you are Wow. Were you really hanging around outside dressed

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like that? Einstein asks, in amazement, still a free country, right,

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I reply. Then Denoyer calls out from behind the counter. Martin,

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Sheila is here, now, she'll relieve you shortly get home

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safe now. Martin smiles and looks at me. Still wanna

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come home with me? I give him my sexiest smile again.

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Martin sound asleep as I slip out of bed and

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put my tatters back on. I pick up my shoes

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and quietly slip out of the bedroom. Martin definitely satisfied me.

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Now it's time to get the fuck out of Strickfield

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and move on to another town, another adventure, another malevolent

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motherfucker to destroy. Now, you weren't thinking of just leaving

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my brother, were you? Bella? A familiar voice calls out.

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As I reached the front door. The lights turn on,

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revealing the librarian, Martin's little sister, a lean donnerly. Einstein,

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what the fuck were you doing waiting up for me?

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I snap, I needed to get laid. I liked your brother.

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We both got what we wanted. No commitments. I'm gone.

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Einstein gets right to the point. My brother doesn't just

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take anyone to bed. You must have really been special

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to him. I'm not going to let you hurt him

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like that. I roll my eyes. What do you want

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from me? Einstein to wear his fucking ring. Einstein folds

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her arms in front of her. I want for you

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to stop running and settle down here. I want for

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you to be good for Martin. She raises her eyebrow.

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I think we could even be great friends, you and me.

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I laugh. Now, what mother fucking planet are you from.

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I don't live in Strickfield. I don't even fucking belong here.

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I don't belong anywhere. Really, you're a vampire, right? Wow, subtle,

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ain't she Before I can ask how she knows, she

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points to a nearby mirror. Okay, so I roll my

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eyes again. I didn't kill Martin. Okay, I don't even

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drink blood. Nasty fucking shit. Oh I know you didn't,

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Einstein says. But my big brother's really into you. You're

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staying Bella, and on Monday morning, you're coming to school

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with me. Before I can tell her to go fuck herself,

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she quickly unfolds her arms and raises her finger. You

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walk in the daylight, right, So it's settled. You're coming

450
00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.920
to school with me on Monday. She laughs a little.

451
00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:25.000
Now it's my turn to fold my arms in front

452
00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:28.039
of me. What makes you so goddamn sure that I'm

453
00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:31.640
coming to school with you? I drop my arms, please, Iiny,

454
00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:36.839
fucking enlighten me. She gives me a cute little smile. No,

455
00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:39.240
not the kind that says she's got me right where

456
00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:42.359
she wants me. It's the kind of cute little smile

457
00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:46.400
that belongs to a cute little face like hers. Because

458
00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.640
I believe the girls who are on the cheerleading squad

459
00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:54.319
at Strickfield High School are also vampires. Maybe they're not

460
00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:58.640
like you, but they are vampires, possibly all six of them.

461
00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.359
My finger. Let me stop you right there, iiny, As

462
00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:05.599
far as I know, I'm the only one who can

463
00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:07.759
walk in the daylight. How the fuck can these so

464
00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:12.039
called vampire twats walk the halls and attend classes? Hello,

465
00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.680
sunlight comes in through pretty much every fucking classroom window

466
00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:19.920
at a school. Einstein shakes her head. Oh, I don't

467
00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:22.839
believe they're like you, Bella, but they must be doing

468
00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:25.200
something to be able to walk around during the daylight.

469
00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:29.200
And I don't think they're wearing sunblock. I nod in agreement.

470
00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:33.720
There are very few ways vamps can move around during

471
00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:36.559
the daylight, but nothing they can do on their own.

472
00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.400
They need outside sources, if you will, and damn sure

473
00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:47.920
not fucking sunblock. And Einstein fucking smiles. The little bitch

474
00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:51.119
knows she's got my attention. I'll give you some of

475
00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:53.960
my clothes and shoes. I think we're the same size.

476
00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:57.319
I glare at her. Now. If you're fucking lying to

477
00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:59.640
me about this, iiny, I'm going to take you and

478
00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:02.680
offer you was a free meal to other vamps. But

479
00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:06.599
I can tell she's not lying. I just don't want

480
00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:09.880
to stay here in this fucking village. Is all fine.

481
00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:12.839
I'll go to school with you on Monday morning. Fuck

482
00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:17.400
Einstein smiles. That means you're also spending the rest of

483
00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:20.359
the weekend with us. Guess you better head back upstairs. Then,

484
00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:24.480
Bell's good night. I give her a dirty look and

485
00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.799
raise my middle finger before I turn and head back upstairs.

486
00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:31.880
Martin's awake when I enter his room again. Yeah, he

487
00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.960
knows I was about to leave him sad and lonely.

488
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:38.079
I need to fix this fast. I get naked again,

489
00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.200
climb back into bed, and we screw some more. Might

490
00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.119
as well occupy my time since I don't really sleep

491
00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:53.680
and Monday is several hours away yet Bella's holiday by

492
00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:58.599
rob Fields, and here we are. Anie and I just

493
00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:03.559
crossed into the huge megalopolis known as Shore City. You

494
00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.119
know what, I don't even think I remember the last

495
00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.079
time I was here. Let's just say i'd never even

496
00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:17.960
heard of Strickfield. Yeah, it's been that long ago. As

497
00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:21.839
far as the distance between Strickfield and Shore City, it's

498
00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:26.000
at least five hundred miles. I've been driving our rental

499
00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.680
car since we left Strickfield. Aine's sitting next to me

500
00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:34.960
and giving me directions. After several long hours and some stops,

501
00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:39.160
we finally pull into the driveway of Grandma Donnerly's house.

502
00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:42.599
I get out of the car and look at my surroundings.

503
00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:45.519
I can see the beach as I look past Grandma

504
00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:49.240
Donnerley's I can even hear the sounds of people having

505
00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:54.559
a good time. Aine comes up beside me bells you okay.

506
00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:58.519
I sigh and look up at the sky. Why do

507
00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:01.000
I do it? Why? Why do I let you talk

508
00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:05.440
me into doing shit? I turned to face her. First,

509
00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:08.680
I let you talk me into staying in Strickfield. Next,

510
00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:11.119
you and I both end up on the cheerleading squad

511
00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:14.480
at Strickfield high, and now that school's out for the summer,

512
00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:16.400
I let you talk me into coming all the way

513
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:20.519
to Shore City for a week of vacation. Of all things,

514
00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:24.920
what's wrong with taking a vacation, Ainie asks. I grab

515
00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:28.319
Aine and shake her a little, because neither of us

516
00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:32.279
can fucking drive a car. I let her go. You're

517
00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:36.079
goddamn lucky. I learned fast. We're really lucky. We never

518
00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:40.559
got pulled over. And fuck all those speed limits, I sigh.

519
00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:45.519
The point is I don't take vacation's Iini, I just don't.

520
00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:50.440
And here you are, she reminds me in her mousey voice.

521
00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:53.720
Why did I agree to drive us all the way

522
00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:57.559
to Shore City? Three days ago, Inine's grandma calls her

523
00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.319
out of the blue and wants to see her right away.

524
00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.559
She asks her grandma if she can bring me along.

525
00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:08.079
She agrees right away, and things fell into place from there.

526
00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:12.440
Almost turned out neither of us ever learned how to

527
00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:16.200
drive a car. AINI tried calling a taxi service, but

528
00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:20.319
the trip would be quite costly, so AINI talked me

529
00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.680
into driving a rental car. Let's just say I had

530
00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:27.839
a few close calls. Believe it or not, it's really

531
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:30.960
quite easy when you get it down. It's just those

532
00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:34.720
fucking speed limits that pissed me off. So I said

533
00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.440
fuck it and got us here doing a full hundred.

534
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:40.720
Ainie and I got our bags out of the car,

535
00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:45.880
and then the front door opens. Aileen, you finally made it.

536
00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:49.200
Aileen is Eini's real name. I call her Aini because

537
00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.119
her older brother Martin calls her Einstein on the count

538
00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:56.039
of her big brain. I just shortened Einstein by calling

539
00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:59.319
her Aini. She returns the favor by calling me Bells

540
00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:03.680
and her grandma hug It's nice to see you again, Grandma.

541
00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.400
Grandma Donnerly is in her mid sixties and has a

542
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:11.559
thin frame with silver hair, and you must be Bella.

543
00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:15.039
Aileen has told me so much about you. I was

544
00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:17.720
just gonna shake hands with her, but she pulls me

545
00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:20.920
in and hugs me. When we finish, she just looks

546
00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:24.160
at me. You are so cold. Do you need some

547
00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:29.640
coffee or some hot chocolate? I smile a little. I'm fine, ma'am.

548
00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.160
Grandma Donnerly invites both of us inside. She's got the

549
00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:38.200
air conditioning running. She shows Irony to her room as

550
00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:41.599
she's getting settled in. Grandma Donnerly brings me to the basement.

551
00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.960
I set you up down here. I hope you don't mind.

552
00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:49.359
I'm not choosy, I reply. Turns out she prepared a

553
00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:52.720
couch down here. It's nice and cool. There's even a

554
00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:56.599
small shower cabinet for me. It's perfect. I tell her

555
00:33:56.839 --> 00:34:00.799
and put my duffel down. She nods and heads back upstairs.

556
00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.440
After I unpack, I come back upstairs to see the

557
00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.720
donner leaves at the kitchen table. I'm entering the kitchen

558
00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:13.679
when Grandma donnerly gasps. She points right at me. No, Grandma, what,

559
00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.400
Ani asks? The old woman gets up, still pointing at me.

560
00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:24.239
You you don't have a reflection, and I had forgotten

561
00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:28.239
about checking for mirrors and avoiding them. This is part

562
00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:31.360
of the reason why I don't go on vacations. Now

563
00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:37.000
Aine's grandma knows I'm a vampire. You're a believer. I say,

564
00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.440
I've met your kind before she replies contempt in her voice,

565
00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:48.199
I revoke my invitation. Grandma stop, Any tells her Bells

566
00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:52.760
isn't like other vampires. She's been my dearest friend for months.

567
00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.679
She considers. Iini. Then she looks at me and makes

568
00:34:56.719 --> 00:35:01.880
another realization. You walk in the day light. I'm the

569
00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:05.280
only one who can, I reply. When I killed a

570
00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:08.679
master vampire, I was hurt too. His blood mixed with

571
00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.920
mine and made me what I am. I'm not malevolent,

572
00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.639
and I won't hurt you. And you're friends with my grandbaby,

573
00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:20.320
she asks in amazement. I Nei's my only friend. I

574
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:24.519
admit she talked me into coming here with her. If

575
00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:27.079
you don't want me here, I'll leave. I won't stay

576
00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:31.280
where I'm not welcome. Grandma Donnerly looks at her granddaughter.

577
00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:36.000
You said she was staying with you and martin In,

578
00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:40.159
he adds. Grandma Donnerly really shows contempt now as she

579
00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:46.280
looks at me. Aileen told me you're Martin's girlfriend. Well,

580
00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:51.960
I wouldn't entirely say that, I stammer. She raises her finger.

581
00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.800
Break up with him. That boy has been nothing but

582
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:57.039
trouble since he was old enough to walk and talk.

583
00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:00.960
If you don't know now, you'll know soon enough. I

584
00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:05.000
look at her solemnly. Is there something you want to

585
00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:09.360
tell me? She takes my hand in hers. You don't

586
00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:12.239
know Martin as well as you think. He can never

587
00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.400
stay out of trouble. He looks for any excuse to

588
00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:19.119
cause trouble. Kids at school called him mean Martin, and

589
00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:23.000
with good reason. I won't let him come here. He's

590
00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:27.079
not welcome, He'll never be welcome. Break up with him.

591
00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:31.159
A leopard like him never changes his spots. I listen

592
00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:35.519
to her heartbeat and know she's telling the truth. I

593
00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:39.039
realize I'll have to watch Martin closely when I returned

594
00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:43.199
to Strickfield. I'll have to talk to any about this later.

595
00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:48.199
Grandma Donnerly lets go of my hand. You may stay.

596
00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:52.320
I don't know how i'll feed you though I don't

597
00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:56.679
have any blood for you. I actually I don't drink blood,

598
00:36:57.039 --> 00:37:00.719
I tell her, but you can't feed me anyway. I'll

599
00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:03.559
eat you out of house and home. Aine said, there's

600
00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:07.000
plenty of good buffets I can eat at. I explain

601
00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.039
to Grandma Donnerly why I don't drink blood and how

602
00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:12.559
I have to eat lots of food to compensate for

603
00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:16.280
all the energy I use. Just the same, Grandma Donnerly

604
00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:19.280
insists on feeding me, even when I told her about

605
00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:22.079
how I devoured at least twenty roast chickens for my

606
00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.960
first meal as a vampire. I watched the Donnerleies talk

607
00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:29.599
some more Grandma Donnerly tells Anie that she should just

608
00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:33.880
leave Strickfield and come move in with her, leave Martin behind.

609
00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.079
Or if you don't want to live with me, you

610
00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.639
know you have other family here. You could even live

611
00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:42.519
with your three cousins. They have a house in this neighborhood.

612
00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.559
I'm sure they'd enjoy having you to live with them.

613
00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:48.880
The more I'm hearing the old woman talk negatively about Martin,

614
00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:59.280
the more I'm really wondering. Anie and I are walking

615
00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:02.639
out onto the each now. Grandma Donnerly had to run

616
00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:05.000
some errands and said she'd be back in a while.

617
00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.760
We're both wearing bikinis and walking on the sand. Where

618
00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:12.360
do you want to set up bells? And he asks,

619
00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:19.480
I guess Anywhere's fine? I reply. Suddenly, my vampire senses

620
00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.000
make me raise my hand and snatch the volleyball that

621
00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.519
would have hit me in the back of the head.

622
00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:26.840
Then I turn around to see three girls heading our way.

623
00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:33.320
Yeah that's our volleyball, bitch. The busty blonde snaps, you

624
00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:36.679
can give it back now, a busty brunette adds rudely.

625
00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:42.039
I raise an eyelid. Oh you want this back? Huh?

626
00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:45.440
A dark skinned girl gets in my face. You hard

627
00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:51.239
a hearing bitch, I smirk. You want this ball back,

628
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:56.559
well go get it. Then I toss the ball up

629
00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:59.480
and give it a nice little love tap to send

630
00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:04.679
it flying way down the beach. The bitches turn around

631
00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:08.440
and race after it, screaming obscenities at me. As they're leaving.

632
00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:11.239
You just know those girls are going to be back,

633
00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:16.519
Ainie tells me fuck them. We walk again and find

634
00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:19.400
our spot to set up our beach towels, and then

635
00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:26.800
it's not long before we have another surprise. You any shrieks,

636
00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:32.440
no way you're here? To a leen, The voice sounds familiar.

637
00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:36.599
I turned to see. How did you end up here?

638
00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:40.400
I asked Eddie Richter. He's known as pee Wee in

639
00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:47.000
Strickfield athletics. Eddie gawks bella tabon you too? You know

640
00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:49.719
Anie and I are joined at the hip, I joke.

641
00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:52.920
Eddie laughs a little. Then he points in a direction.

642
00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.559
My buddy's parents have a place here. They said he

643
00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:59.440
could use it whenever he wanted, so we came over

644
00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.400
here and hit the beach after school was out for

645
00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:05.320
the summer. Why'd you two come here? Aini explains that

646
00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:08.320
her grandma invited her to come over, and she invited

647
00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:12.199
me to come with her. Just then Eddie's friends approach him.

648
00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:15.800
They're all at least a head taller than him. Guess

649
00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.199
he's nicknamed pee Wee for a reason, for a mortal.

650
00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:22.199
He's impressed me with what a fast little fucker he is.

651
00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:26.000
The other boys recognize us from the Strickfield High cheerleading

652
00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:29.320
squad and invite us to play volleyball with them. So

653
00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:32.880
it's three jocks and one cheerleader to a team. We

654
00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:37.559
play volleyball for a while, then some storm clouds quickly gather.

655
00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:41.639
The winds pick up, and it starts raining. Some people

656
00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:44.440
run to take shelter, while others just stay on the beach,

657
00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:50.159
and then the screaming starts. I turn and run in

658
00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:53.639
the direction people are running away from the water. When

659
00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.800
I get there, I see a body's washed up onto

660
00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:58.480
the sand. I get on one knee and examine it.

661
00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:02.239
I'm already seeing things here that tell me I've got

662
00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:06.199
work to do here in Shore City. Through my vampire hearing,

663
00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:09.079
I can hear Eini's little feet as she's almost on me.

664
00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:14.800
Bell's what, oh, do you know what that is? This

665
00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:18.599
is easily a werewolf attack. I point to the bite marks,

666
00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:22.280
three of them for sure, and last night was the

667
00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:26.280
first night of the full moon. Two more nights I

668
00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:31.639
needed deuces tonight and tomorrow night. Right. That means we

669
00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:33.599
don't have much time to get to the bottom of this.

670
00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:38.559
I point to the fangs. This person was a vampire.

671
00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:43.599
Human fangs aren't normally this long. Some police officers come

672
00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:46.719
along and rudely tell us to fuck off. I watch

673
00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:49.000
them look at the body and laugh to myself as

674
00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:52.840
they'll try and fail miserably to determine the cause of death.

675
00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:56.519
They won't find the vampire teeth since I snatched them up.

676
00:41:57.239 --> 00:42:01.880
Don't need mortals asking questions they shouldn't be asking. What's

677
00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:07.159
on your mind? Bells II asks, I'm thinking those werewolves

678
00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.199
will be back tonight. Maybe a nice walk on the

679
00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:13.239
beaches in order. Then I raise my eyebrow to her

680
00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:17.199
a little. Did you happen to bring the toys? Iini

681
00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:21.400
gives me a wicked smirk. I always bring the toys,

682
00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:24.679
I Nei's been my partner in crime for a while. Now.

683
00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:28.920
We do our day stuff. At night, we go out

684
00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:33.199
looking for trouble. We often find trouble and stop it.

685
00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:38.360
Then we return home. Iini goes to bed. I fuck Martin,

686
00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:45.199
still remembering what Grandma Donnerly told me. I may have

687
00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:50.440
to rethink that last part, Iini, Are there any problems

688
00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:55.400
between you and Martin? I ask, AINI just gives me

689
00:42:55.480 --> 00:43:00.400
a sad look. Grandma talked to you, didn't she you

690
00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:04.119
were there. She told me Martin is trouble. She didn't

691
00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:07.760
say what. She also said. Martin wasn't welcome at her house.

692
00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:12.280
She told me to stop seeing him. Iini gets defensive.

693
00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:15.440
You and Martin just have sex. You're not really in

694
00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:19.360
a relationship with him, I groan. I was hoping to

695
00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:22.320
get something out of Iiny, but I can see she's

696
00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.679
not gonna tell me anything. Her heartbeat tells me she's

697
00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:29.239
very angry. I can't tell if I've upset her or

698
00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:33.800
if it's something she's keeping inside. I won't use glam

699
00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:36.360
on her. If she wants to tell me, then she'll

700
00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:45.039
tell me when she's ready. Night comes, Ainye and I

701
00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:47.519
put our bikinis back on and head to the beach.

702
00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:50.519
It's so easy to get onto the sand from Grandma

703
00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:55.440
Donnerley's backyard. Speaking of whom I can't believe she prepared

704
00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:58.679
all that food just for me. I did tell her

705
00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.639
I could eat. The least I could do was help

706
00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:05.880
with the dishes, since she wouldn't accept payment. There were

707
00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:08.519
some kids out here, though not nearly as many as

708
00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:11.800
during the day. The full moon is nice and bright.

709
00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:15.199
There's a gentle breeze, and the water's a little wavy.

710
00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:18.280
As long as I see people I've come in contact with,

711
00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:22.400
then I scratch them off as suspects. Werewolves can't change

712
00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.199
back and forth at will. When it's a full moon,

713
00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:29.440
they change whether they want to or not. The werewolves

714
00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:33.880
are already out and prowling. I managed to get faint

715
00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:37.960
scents off the body from this afternoon. Won't be much

716
00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:42.079
to go on, but it's better than nothing. You think

717
00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:47.039
we'll find anything? Bells and he asks, I'm quite optimistic,

718
00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:52.599
I reply, Bella Eileen. Over here, a voice calls out.

719
00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:55.840
We look to see Eddie Richter sitting at a fire

720
00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.519
on the sand and walk over to him. Just do

721
00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:03.079
you out here? I ask him. My buddies went back

722
00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:07.360
to the house. Eddie replies, they forgot something. Didn't say what.

723
00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.280
Have a seat. We sit with Eddie and talk with him.

724
00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:15.719
You know it's a shame you too graduated, Eddie tells us,

725
00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:18.920
I kind of liked watching you two on the squad.

726
00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:23.599
We'll be back. Heinie replies, I missed too many days

727
00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:27.360
with being sick this school year, and Bell's just didn't

728
00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:30.480
feel like coming to school. I pick up, so I

729
00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:33.920
got a repeat senior year with Heinie. The truth is

730
00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:36.280
I had to care for her when she was sick

731
00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:40.320
and Martin had to work. Eddie smirks and shakes his

732
00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:45.360
head a little. The bad Schoolgirl a name that pretty

733
00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:50.159
much every student calls me. To be honest, I really

734
00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.880
like it bad as I want to be, honey, I reply.

735
00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:58.920
He fully smiles. Now, no wonder, Principal van Deste is

736
00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:03.320
always riding you. I fully smile back, only for me

737
00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:06.880
to keep throwing him off. You ain't taming this bitch.

738
00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:10.360
The three of us talk some more, and then I

739
00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:14.400
catch whiffs of those faint smells I got earlier. Now

740
00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:19.719
I'm hearing some screaming. I turn and see three werewolves

741
00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:22.960
have hit the beach. I need grabs. Eddie, come on,

742
00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:26.559
we gotta run. The two of them get away. Then

743
00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:29.239
I run towards the werewolves, vamping out as I do

744
00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:36.119
I'm so looking forward to this. I fucking hate hate werewolves.

745
00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:39.280
The werewolves howl at the full moon and then come

746
00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:41.960
at me. These beasts are gonna be strong, but I

747
00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:44.559
can match power with them. I can beat the living

748
00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:47.320
shit out of all of them. These fuckers keep trying

749
00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:50.239
to bite me, but I just keep knocking their asses back.

750
00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:54.960
I'm fucking loving this. Most importantly, I'm keeping their attention

751
00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:58.159
on me while other mortals are getting away in their

752
00:46:58.280 --> 00:47:01.119
animal minds. All they want to do tear me apart.

753
00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:04.960
Unless they're seriously hurt, they know they're dying, or they

754
00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.960
know sunrise is coming. They're gonna keep coming after me

755
00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:12.159
as prey. Well, they did come right for me. That

756
00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:15.280
means I met and pissed off somebody here in Shore City.

757
00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:18.960
I'm already compiling a list of suspects I've come across.

758
00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:22.480
Guess I'm gonna have some work to do tomorrow during

759
00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:26.400
the daylight hours. Oh, I know what you're thinking, Why

760
00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:30.280
the hell didn't I just kill those motherfuckers. Yes, they'd

761
00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:33.880
turned back into their human forms immediately, but I wouldn't

762
00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:36.920
get the whole story. So it looks like I'm gonna

763
00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:39.440
have to do the next best thing. As my new

764
00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:42.360
playmates come at me again, I strike with a little

765
00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:46.400
more force and knock their asses out. Now comes the

766
00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:51.800
not so fun part the waiting game. I guess I

767
00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:53.960
can enjoy the view of the water and feel the

768
00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:57.559
gentle breezes while I'm waiting time to use some of

769
00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:01.280
Viny's toys. I pull out some special zip ties she

770
00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:04.000
made in her mad Scientists lab back at her house

771
00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:08.679
in her basement. These particular zip ties are really high

772
00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:12.480
tensile strength. You can't get these at your local hardware store.

773
00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:15.440
They're strong enough to piss off these werewolves once I

774
00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:20.480
apply them. AINI keeps improving on the formula, so I imagine

775
00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:23.320
it's only gonna be a matter of time before these

776
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:27.920
things can secure even me or other master vampires. As

777
00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:31.920
I'm about to secure the first werewolf, my senses go critical.

778
00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:34.599
I don't have time to react as a silver werewolf

779
00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:37.960
crashes into me and takes me down. Those other three

780
00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:41.440
were easy to take on, but this one is an alpha.

781
00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:44.960
You don't see too many of these around due to

782
00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:47.760
the fact that they don't last as long as vampires,

783
00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.760
but here's one now pissed off as fuck. The two

784
00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:55.800
of us fight it out. When the other werewolves come too,

785
00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:58.199
the distraction is enough for the Alpha to hit me

786
00:48:58.280 --> 00:49:01.599
hard enough to daze me. I barely feel the Alpha

787
00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:04.280
getting on top of me before I hear the gunshots.

788
00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:09.679
Oh yeah, I guess they understand gunshots also, especially with

789
00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:16.719
the whole silver bullets thing. I wake up and find

790
00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:23.000
myself down in Grandma Donnerly's basement. Iini's right there with me, Bells,

791
00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:28.880
you're finally awake. Yeah, she's quite happy right now. Yeah,

792
00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:33.199
I got lucky. I reply, you missed it. I tell

793
00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:37.280
her about the alpha werewolf that showed up. So you're

794
00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:40.639
saying were wolves are like vampires. The older they get,

795
00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:45.719
the more powerful they become. She translates, pretty much. Yeah,

796
00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:48.639
given the strength and speed of the Alpha and the

797
00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:52.400
silver coat, this one's been around for a very long time.

798
00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:56.400
Then Iinie's quick on something else. We only have one

799
00:49:56.440 --> 00:50:00.639
more night, Bells tonight. I know I have my work

800
00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:04.800
cut out for me, and maybe not you have suspects,

801
00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:09.679
She asks, Perhaps we gotta be beach babes again today.

802
00:50:09.760 --> 00:50:12.880
Iine you up for it. I Ney glares at me.

803
00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:16.079
I am not a beach babe. Look at me. I'm

804
00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:20.039
a scrawny little thing. I smirk and look my friend

805
00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:24.360
in the face. I think Eddie Richter would disagree. He's

806
00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:28.920
definitely into you. Iiny gasps, Oh, no, Bells, don't you dare.

807
00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:32.440
We argue about it for a little bit. Then I

808
00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:35.719
compliment Iiny on her cute little face and tell her

809
00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:39.800
that having bigger tits isn't always better. I mean, I

810
00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:43.559
certainly don't have them myself. She finally lets her guard

811
00:50:43.679 --> 00:50:45.559
down and agrees to come on the beach with me

812
00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:50.519
one more time. After breakfast, we step onto the sand

813
00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:54.000
again in our bikinis. See, Iiny, there are plenty of

814
00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:58.079
guys checking you out. I say, no, they're checking you

815
00:50:58.199 --> 00:51:02.039
out Bells. She disagreed. I'm not the one with the flowing,

816
00:51:02.079 --> 00:51:06.960
long blonde hair and sexy body. Watch and learn. Throughout

817
00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:09.960
the day, AINI realizes that I'm not the only one

818
00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:12.719
people are checking out. When I ask her to get

819
00:51:12.800 --> 00:51:15.920
lemonade for us at a stand, She's quickly surprised that

820
00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:20.159
guys are hitting on her. Aine's got a thin frame,

821
00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:23.519
but she's not a skeleton. She's also got that cute

822
00:51:23.599 --> 00:51:27.800
face and great smile. And no, I definitely did not

823
00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:34.079
glam these guys. Aini returns with the lemonade. You were right, bells.

824
00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:37.559
She sits down. But I just can't go out with anybody.

825
00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:41.880
I just can't. I don't have a long term future

826
00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:48.559
with anybody. I smile. Iini, you'll make someone a perfect wife.

827
00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:52.679
She gets upset fast. You don't understand. Maybe these other

828
00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:56.639
people can think long term. I can't. I'm about to

829
00:51:56.679 --> 00:52:00.679
ask her why. When my senses flare up. I easily

830
00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:03.559
lift my hand and snatch the volleyball that was intended

831
00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:07.039
to hit me again. I stand up and face those

832
00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:11.159
three bitches from yesterday. You know, you three seem to

833
00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:14.639
have a difficult time keeping your fucking ball to yourselves.

834
00:52:15.800 --> 00:52:19.519
Now I'm making calculations in my head. I'm also picking

835
00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:24.679
up some familiar sense. Just then we're joined by Eddie

836
00:52:24.760 --> 00:52:27.800
Richter and his friends. It doesn't take long for the

837
00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:30.519
beach bitches and the strickfield jocks to get into it,

838
00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:33.880
with Ainy and me caught in the middle. And then

839
00:52:33.960 --> 00:52:37.760
it happens we end up in a full scale volleyball game.

840
00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:41.239
It's Eddie, his friends and me on one side. The

841
00:52:41.320 --> 00:52:44.239
bitches demand to have Ainy on their side and get

842
00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:47.360
one more girl to come and join them. Believe me

843
00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:50.079
when I say we don't end up playing a friendly

844
00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:53.800
game of volleyball. The three bitches are clearly targeting me

845
00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:57.519
and Eddie. It surprises me how they're talking so nicely

846
00:52:57.559 --> 00:53:01.239
to Ainie, like she's always been one of them. In fact,

847
00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:04.679
they even tell her their names. But AINI and the

848
00:53:04.719 --> 00:53:07.039
other girl are the only ones who play fair on

849
00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:10.800
their side. The bitches get really pissed off when they

850
00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:13.159
try to put the ball over the net and I'm

851
00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:16.679
right there to slam it down to the sand. Yeah,

852
00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:21.440
I'm using my vampire strength, but fuck these bitches. I've

853
00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:25.920
been watching these big breasties closely. In fact, I think

854
00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:30.400
I've just broken this mystery wide open. I know what's

855
00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:33.559
going on. Now we win the game and Eddie and

856
00:53:33.599 --> 00:53:37.079
his friends take off, the bitches quickly move and come

857
00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:41.440
at me. You don't belong here, you fucking leech. Lilah,

858
00:53:41.519 --> 00:53:44.800
the big breasted blonde, snaps in my face, this is

859
00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:49.599
our turf. Go home. I smirk. You three can suck

860
00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:53.239
my dick and I'll fucking piss where I please. I

861
00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:56.679
lean in and look Lilah right in the face. Or

862
00:53:56.719 --> 00:54:00.960
did you three already mark your territories. Ray Lean, the

863
00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:07.159
big breasted brunette, glares at me now tonight, Vampire, the

864
00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:12.360
dark skinned girl Ember practically growls at me, You're dead, bloodsucker.

865
00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:19.119
Challenge accepted, I reply, coming, Iiny. The bitches are reluctant

866
00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:21.639
to let AINI come with me, but she makes that

867
00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:25.000
choice herself and comes to me. The two of us

868
00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:30.519
leave bells. What's going on? Iini asks, when we're far

869
00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:35.239
enough away, Raylen called you a vampire. Oh, they know,

870
00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:40.199
and I know the problem is I know everything. Now.

871
00:54:40.800 --> 00:54:44.280
I look at her with sadness. You're not gonna like

872
00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:50.920
what I'm about to tell you. As soon as we

873
00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:54.119
get in the house, Iiny points right at Grandma Donnerly.

874
00:54:54.840 --> 00:54:57.480
What in the actual fuck have you been keeping from me?

875
00:54:58.360 --> 00:55:01.119
I know Iiny well enough to know she really pissed

876
00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:05.440
off when she starts dropping f bombs. Then Grandma Donnerly

877
00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:09.159
gives me an accusing look, what did you tell her? Vampire?

878
00:55:09.840 --> 00:55:14.440
I glare at her the truth any tightens her little fists.

879
00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:19.400
Grandma Donnerly, I really thought I could trust you. I

880
00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:22.760
really thought you cared. That's why I kept in contact

881
00:55:22.760 --> 00:55:24.599
with you. That's why I kept coming to see you

882
00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:30.199
because I love you, Helene, she replies, I just want

883
00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:34.039
you to leave that troublesome Martin. Seriously, I don't know

884
00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:36.360
why you stay with him. I know he's your brother

885
00:55:36.519 --> 00:55:40.480
and the last in your immediate family. He's also the

886
00:55:40.519 --> 00:55:44.960
reason you're werewolves. Aine screams, you want to turn me

887
00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:48.840
into a werewolf. You want to turn me into a killer.

888
00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:53.519
She calms down a little. Oh, and I did meet Lila,

889
00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:58.320
Raylene and Ember. Bell's told me they're my cousins, and

890
00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:02.679
they're were wolves too. Grandma Donnerly glares at me with hatred.

891
00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:07.239
Now I revoke my invitation, Bella, you are no longer

892
00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:11.679
welcome in my house. I hate to tell you, but

893
00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:16.079
all the vampire weaknesses you know about won't work on me.

894
00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:19.440
Or did you forget that I walk in the daylight

895
00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:22.840
and eat normal food. In other words, I don't need

896
00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:27.679
an invite to enter a person's house. Just then, Lilah, Raylen,

897
00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:31.920
and Ember appear. Lilah points at me, you've caused nothing

898
00:56:31.920 --> 00:56:35.119
but trouble ever since you got here, vampire. It's no

899
00:56:35.239 --> 00:56:39.280
wonder that vampires and werewolves are natural enemies. I quickly

900
00:56:39.320 --> 00:56:43.920
pull Aini behind me. I'm not the one killing people here.

901
00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:49.079
In fact, I save lives. I may be a master vampire,

902
00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:52.320
but I'm still a tabon. It's still the family business

903
00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:55.760
to take down threats against mortals. You killed people here,

904
00:56:56.239 --> 00:56:59.960
and I can't let that slide. There are no goods.

905
00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:04.119
Vampires ember counters. It's because of you that our kind

906
00:57:04.199 --> 00:57:09.559
can't flourish. Then I realize it's dark. The full moon

907
00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:13.880
will be evident soon. Just give me my grandbaby, and

908
00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:18.079
your death will be swift. Grandma Donnerly tells me, No,

909
00:57:18.840 --> 00:57:21.840
I won't do this. Iiny tells her, I won't become

910
00:57:21.880 --> 00:57:28.320
a killer. I'll die first. Raylen gasps, Aleen, you're our blood.

911
00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:33.880
You'd choose this vampire filth over your own family. Ione

912
00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:39.519
tightens her jaw. Bell's is my family, and she doesn't

913
00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:43.079
kill innocent people. I had to admit I never saw

914
00:57:43.079 --> 00:57:48.039
that coming. Wow, I never knew any thoughts so highly

915
00:57:48.079 --> 00:57:53.639
of me. We've been friends for several months, and I

916
00:57:53.639 --> 00:57:57.920
can't get choked up right now. Grandma Donnerly tells her

917
00:57:57.920 --> 00:58:02.119
other granddaughters. I want this this vampire destroyed. I do

918
00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:06.320
not want Aleen harmed. Maybe just a little scratch, do

919
00:58:06.360 --> 00:58:10.679
you hear me? Yes, Grandma Donnerly. The bitches say in

920
00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:13.679
Unison the full moon is evident. When the four of

921
00:58:13.719 --> 00:58:18.159
them start changing into werewolves. I turn quickly, snatch up Iiny,

922
00:58:18.199 --> 00:58:20.519
and get us the fuck out of that house. I

923
00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:22.360
don't take us back to the beach, since I can

924
00:58:22.400 --> 00:58:26.199
hear mortals there. No. I need to keep this between

925
00:58:26.199 --> 00:58:31.440
me and them. Bells. Don't let them turn me. Iiny

926
00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:36.559
cries over my fucking dead body. I promise her. I

927
00:58:36.599 --> 00:58:39.760
can hear the werewolves pursuing us. They have our sense.

928
00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:42.000
I have to stay ahead of them until I can

929
00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:44.960
get us far away from other mortals. I can leap

930
00:58:45.079 --> 00:58:48.760
far distances, and I can even run very fast, faster

931
00:58:48.880 --> 00:58:51.679
than even Pee Richter on his best day. But a

932
00:58:51.719 --> 00:58:55.400
werewolf would still ultimately catch up to me. Sucks to

933
00:58:55.440 --> 00:58:58.719
be me and not able to fly. I manage to

934
00:58:58.760 --> 00:59:00.880
make it to some open wilderness where we can fight.

935
00:59:01.400 --> 00:59:03.880
When I land, I let go of Iiny and get ready.

936
00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:07.719
Both werewolves and vampires have night vision. I don't know

937
00:59:07.760 --> 00:59:11.280
how theirs works, but for me, the darkness is still daylight.

938
00:59:12.440 --> 00:59:16.239
The four werewolves are on me now. Grandma Donnerly herself's

939
00:59:16.239 --> 00:59:19.199
gotta face me head on instead of going cheap. Like

940
00:59:19.280 --> 00:59:21.960
last time, I can still knock her away, but she

941
00:59:22.039 --> 00:59:25.920
recovers a lot faster than her granddaughters. Ainie throws me

942
00:59:25.960 --> 00:59:30.599
her backpack Bells use the toys. I open it and

943
00:59:30.679 --> 00:59:32.840
pull out the launchers that she made for when we

944
00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:36.159
face other vampires. Ainie and I did make a little

945
00:59:36.199 --> 00:59:39.679
swamp in these this afternoon. I quickly secure them to

946
00:59:39.719 --> 00:59:42.400
my forearms as I'm running. When I have them on,

947
00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:46.400
I turn and face the werewolves. Aini comes up beside

948
00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:49.519
me with her own launchers. Like I said, this mousey

949
00:59:49.599 --> 00:59:52.559
girl is my partner in crime. Ainie also has her

950
00:59:52.639 --> 00:59:56.480
night vision glasses on. We both take aim and fire.

951
00:59:56.800 --> 00:59:59.840
Ember and Lilah both fall when we sink silver steaks

952
01:00:00.079 --> 01:00:03.159
right through their hearts. I turn and fire my other

953
01:00:03.199 --> 01:00:06.280
one at ray Lean to kill her. Now that just

954
01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:10.800
leaves Grandma donnerly. I put Aini behind me and prepare

955
01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:15.920
a fighter, but Iini moves in front of me. This

956
01:00:16.000 --> 01:00:19.199
is my fight, bells. I raise my hands in front

957
01:00:19.239 --> 01:00:24.039
of me and back off. Iine aims her last silver steak.

958
01:00:25.559 --> 01:00:29.760
This really hurts Grandma. I know you probably don't understand

959
01:00:29.800 --> 01:00:34.280
me right now, she shakes her head a little. I

960
01:00:34.320 --> 01:00:37.639
can't be like you. I know I'll die one day,

961
01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:40.679
but I'm not going to be a killer. Just to live.

962
01:00:42.920 --> 01:00:48.880
Be at peace, Grandma, I love you. As Grandma Donnerly

963
01:00:48.960 --> 01:00:51.639
turns to jump at me, Iine leaps in front of

964
01:00:51.679 --> 01:00:55.199
me and puts her down. The silver werewoll falls onto

965
01:00:55.239 --> 01:00:58.599
her side. After Iinie and I get up. We see

966
01:00:58.639 --> 01:01:01.880
the werewolves are becoming human, and again, Ainie and I

967
01:01:01.960 --> 01:01:06.920
work to make sure they never return to life ever. Again,

968
01:01:08.760 --> 01:01:11.119
Ainie and I are on our way back to Strickfield.

969
01:01:11.800 --> 01:01:16.039
Iine's still very sad, not that I blame her. There

970
01:01:16.079 --> 01:01:19.920
are things I really want to ask her. I'm sorry,

971
01:01:20.000 --> 01:01:26.920
Irony I say about everything. Iini takes my hand. I

972
01:01:26.960 --> 01:01:30.360
still choose you bells. At least I always know where

973
01:01:30.360 --> 01:01:35.159
I stand with you. You're always honest with me. Grandma Donnerly

974
01:01:35.280 --> 01:01:40.480
kept horrible secrets from me. Then I have an opening.

975
01:01:41.079 --> 01:01:46.039
Honesty works both ways, you know. She sighs. I want

976
01:01:46.039 --> 01:01:49.760
to tell you everything. It still hurts me to think

977
01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:55.760
about it. Please not now, I will tell you, just

978
01:01:57.480 --> 01:02:02.440
not now. I squeeze Eye's hand. You tell me when

979
01:02:02.480 --> 01:02:07.199
you're ready. Then Iine nods. I know. From now on,

980
01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:12.719
I'm gonna be watching Martin more closely. In the meantime,

981
01:02:13.280 --> 01:02:17.480
I'm driving one hundred miles per hour back to Strickfield

982
01:02:21.639 --> 01:02:29.760
homecoming by rob Field's perspective. Bella, Innie and I couldn't

983
01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:33.039
get out of Strickfield High School fast enough. As soon

984
01:02:33.079 --> 01:02:35.679
as that bell to end the school day rang Inie

985
01:02:35.679 --> 01:02:38.039
and I shot up out of our seats and were

986
01:02:38.119 --> 01:02:41.840
right out the side doors. We're really going to do this, bells,

987
01:02:42.400 --> 01:02:46.119
she asks me in her mousey voice, what get the

988
01:02:46.159 --> 01:02:50.119
fuck out of Strickfield for Thanksgiving? Hugh, damn Betcha. I

989
01:02:50.280 --> 01:02:53.480
raise my finger. I haven't even told you the best part.

990
01:02:54.159 --> 01:02:57.159
You keep saying it's going to be a surprise. Well,

991
01:02:57.760 --> 01:03:01.480
prepare to be surprised, Ine. I open my mouth to

992
01:03:01.519 --> 01:03:04.440
tell her, but it seems Iine's hearing me speak with

993
01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:09.199
the voice of Principal Matthew van Deste Bella Tabon you

994
01:03:09.239 --> 01:03:12.559
stop right there, right there. I sigh and look up

995
01:03:12.559 --> 01:03:17.039
to the cloudy sky and mutter, God, damn it. Then

996
01:03:17.119 --> 01:03:20.119
I lower my eyes to see our esteemed school leader

997
01:03:20.519 --> 01:03:23.440
marching right at ainy in me. I give him a

998
01:03:23.599 --> 01:03:28.440
very toothy smile. Why, Matthew, how the hell are you today?

999
01:03:29.360 --> 01:03:32.159
Principal van Des sticks his finger right in my face.

1000
01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:36.119
You are supposed to be walking to Detention Hall right now.

1001
01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:38.599
You are not going to just walk on home like

1002
01:03:38.679 --> 01:03:43.000
you you. I swear all day every student and teacher

1003
01:03:43.199 --> 01:03:46.119
has been gawking at my new outfit and wearing a

1004
01:03:46.159 --> 01:03:48.599
black leather crop top that kind of looks like a

1005
01:03:48.960 --> 01:03:53.639
bra and matching short shorts. I actually took Inine's advice

1006
01:03:53.679 --> 01:03:57.840
and wore a pair of her heeled platform sandals. My long,

1007
01:03:57.960 --> 01:04:01.239
dirty blonde hair almost flows like a cape in the breeze.

1008
01:04:02.039 --> 01:04:05.360
I'm still smiling for him as always. He's undressing me

1009
01:04:05.440 --> 01:04:08.920
with his eyes. Thanks to my vampire hearing, I can

1010
01:04:09.000 --> 01:04:12.239
hear his heart pounding. Why do you have to be

1011
01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:17.000
so madly in love with me, Matthew, I'm thinking, problem

1012
01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:19.679
is I don't really have any room to talk. I

1013
01:04:19.719 --> 01:04:23.519
can't deny there's the very real possibility that I reciprocate

1014
01:04:23.559 --> 01:04:30.280
his feelings. Heavy sigh, Why me, well, Matthew, I think

1015
01:04:30.320 --> 01:04:33.280
we both know I ain't going anywhere near Detention Hall,

1016
01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:37.280
I tell him flatly. Then I raise my finger, but

1017
01:04:38.320 --> 01:04:41.639
I'll be more than happy to No, Bella, you have

1018
01:04:41.719 --> 01:04:44.480
to get back in there and serve it right now.

1019
01:04:45.159 --> 01:04:48.760
Vandist tells me I caught you red handed flipping a

1020
01:04:48.800 --> 01:04:51.800
teacher off, even if his back was turned to you.

1021
01:04:52.800 --> 01:04:55.880
Now I laugh and flip him off. How many times

1022
01:04:55.880 --> 01:04:58.320
have I done this very thing to you? You never

1023
01:04:58.360 --> 01:05:01.400
once gave me a detention for it. Yet I flip

1024
01:05:01.400 --> 01:05:04.199
off that fucking blowhart of a science teacher, and you're

1025
01:05:04.199 --> 01:05:09.440
gonna send me to detention for that, please? Van Deiste

1026
01:05:09.480 --> 01:05:12.639
starts lecturing me. I move my hands up and into

1027
01:05:12.679 --> 01:05:16.480
my hair. Now he's stammering when I'm using my tight

1028
01:05:16.639 --> 01:05:20.639
body to mesmerize him. Okay, I admit I'm being a flirt,

1029
01:05:21.079 --> 01:05:23.320
but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying

1030
01:05:23.360 --> 01:05:26.840
it just as much as him. When I lower my hands,

1031
01:05:26.880 --> 01:05:30.199
he grabs them and takes them in his His blue

1032
01:05:30.199 --> 01:05:34.480
eyes meet my red ones. I actually feel myself softened

1033
01:05:34.559 --> 01:05:38.719
up and my face get hot. Damn it, I'm fucking blushing.

1034
01:05:39.679 --> 01:05:43.000
Then Inine quickly tells Van Deiste that she's not feeling

1035
01:05:43.119 --> 01:05:45.039
very well and that I've got to get her home.

1036
01:05:45.639 --> 01:05:48.480
I give him my look that says she ain't lying.

1037
01:05:49.719 --> 01:05:53.480
Come on, just for today, Matthew, I say, I promise

1038
01:05:53.760 --> 01:05:56.119
I'll serve it on Monday after school before going to

1039
01:05:56.199 --> 01:05:59.920
cheerleading practice. But I've got to get iny home. Please.

1040
01:06:01.000 --> 01:06:04.559
When he still seems to refuse me, I have no choice.

1041
01:06:05.280 --> 01:06:08.199
I lean in and give him a gentle peck on

1042
01:06:08.280 --> 01:06:12.199
the lips. Bad move, Bella, that just made you blush

1043
01:06:12.239 --> 01:06:15.360
even more. But at least Van Deiste is finally letting

1044
01:06:15.400 --> 01:06:19.159
go of my hands, only to wrap his arms around me.

1045
01:06:19.920 --> 01:06:22.400
I can't help myself and wrap my arms around him.

1046
01:06:23.519 --> 01:06:28.360
Then we share a gentle, passionate kiss. When the kiss

1047
01:06:28.400 --> 01:06:31.639
is done, we just look at each other. My face

1048
01:06:31.760 --> 01:06:36.199
is really hot. Now, okay, Bella, since it's Thanksgiving, I'll

1049
01:06:36.239 --> 01:06:40.079
give you a pass this time. He glances at Heine,

1050
01:06:40.639 --> 01:06:43.800
go ahead and get her home. Then he does look

1051
01:06:43.840 --> 01:06:48.320
at her. Hope you get better over Thanksgiving. Break, Thank you, sir,

1052
01:06:48.719 --> 01:06:51.920
AINI says Aine, and I turn away from Van Deiste

1053
01:06:51.960 --> 01:06:55.079
after wishing him a happy Thanksgiving. I can tell she's

1054
01:06:55.119 --> 01:06:58.840
going to give me hell about kissing Vandiste later. How

1055
01:06:58.880 --> 01:07:02.480
are you feeling? Ask her. I'll make it home, but

1056
01:07:03.360 --> 01:07:06.880
I think I've got a fever. She tells me. I've

1057
01:07:06.920 --> 01:07:09.159
got one last treatment I can try that may make

1058
01:07:09.199 --> 01:07:12.039
you well again. For a time, but I don't know

1059
01:07:12.079 --> 01:07:15.480
how long it'll last. I just wish my body didn't

1060
01:07:15.480 --> 01:07:20.400
build tolerances against your remedies. Iini complains you and me both.

1061
01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:24.440
Ainie's a trooper and makes the walk home. We come

1062
01:07:24.480 --> 01:07:28.199
inside and see Martin's not here. That's Eini's older brother,

1063
01:07:28.840 --> 01:07:32.360
always nice when that motherfucker ain't home. The way Iini

1064
01:07:32.440 --> 01:07:35.239
resents Martin, I've come to believe he's the reason why

1065
01:07:35.280 --> 01:07:39.199
she's sick. After I get Iiny upstairs to her bed,

1066
01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:42.360
I come back downstairs and mix up the last remedy.

1067
01:07:42.400 --> 01:07:45.280
I can remember Graham's teaching me from back in the day.

1068
01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:49.039
Of course, I'm talking about the late eighteen hundreds, where

1069
01:07:49.039 --> 01:07:52.599
I'm originally from. Graham's taught me a lot about using

1070
01:07:52.719 --> 01:07:56.960
tabon magic. My older brother, Nicholas wasn't interested in learning

1071
01:07:56.960 --> 01:08:02.079
from Grahams, and I tighten my fists the thought of her. God,

1072
01:08:02.239 --> 01:08:06.480
damn you, Cassie, I hiss, I fucking hate you. I'm

1073
01:08:06.559 --> 01:08:10.719
so fucking glad you're dead. I would tell you about Cassie,

1074
01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:15.360
but now's not really the best time. Anyway, she really

1075
01:08:15.400 --> 01:08:18.960
wasn't interested in learning from Grahams either. Since I was

1076
01:08:19.039 --> 01:08:21.760
the little devil in our family. I figured learning from

1077
01:08:21.760 --> 01:08:25.199
Grams would add to my craftiness even more. I learned

1078
01:08:25.239 --> 01:08:27.880
so much from her, but not nearly enough, since the

1079
01:08:27.960 --> 01:08:32.960
day came when Thornton Gillian, a powerful master vampire, came

1080
01:08:33.199 --> 01:08:37.960
hunting for us. Nicholas got really fucking over confident and

1081
01:08:38.000 --> 01:08:41.239
thought he could take down Jillian by himself. I know

1082
01:08:41.359 --> 01:08:44.439
he was my older brother, but what an idiot. And

1083
01:08:44.520 --> 01:08:47.720
Cassie never lifted a finger to help Nicholas. She even

1084
01:08:47.800 --> 01:08:51.560
watched as Gillian killed Grahams. Grams and I both tried

1085
01:08:51.560 --> 01:08:56.840
to fight him off as Cassie just walked away. Gillian

1086
01:08:57.000 --> 01:09:00.279
killed Grams and then beat me within an inn of

1087
01:09:00.319 --> 01:09:06.079
my life. Thornton Gillian deliberately let me live. He said

1088
01:09:06.119 --> 01:09:08.359
I would be the last tabon and for me to

1089
01:09:08.399 --> 01:09:11.159
go find a husband to rule over me and make

1090
01:09:11.199 --> 01:09:14.600
babies with. He told me next time we crossed paths,

1091
01:09:15.359 --> 01:09:19.640
he would kill me. Graham's magic lessons came in handy

1092
01:09:19.680 --> 01:09:22.680
when I prepared to fight him myself. After months and

1093
01:09:22.880 --> 01:09:25.920
months of training, not to mention having to sleep with

1094
01:09:25.960 --> 01:09:30.199
a female master vampire just to learn his whereabouts, I

1095
01:09:30.319 --> 01:09:33.920
barely defeated Gillian thanks to the lessons both Grahams and

1096
01:09:34.079 --> 01:09:38.600
Grams taught me. But I was hurt very badly when

1097
01:09:38.600 --> 01:09:42.119
I fell. Gillian's blood mixed with my pure Tabon blood

1098
01:09:42.159 --> 01:09:45.520
and transformed me into a very unique version of a

1099
01:09:45.560 --> 01:09:49.159
master vampire. I've lived for more than one hundred years

1100
01:09:49.199 --> 01:09:52.439
being all alone, except when I'd need a man to

1101
01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:56.800
satisfy my libido. Not only did Gillian's blood amp up

1102
01:09:56.800 --> 01:10:01.279
my sex drive, it it made me fair. This is

1103
01:10:01.319 --> 01:10:05.239
why I dress very slutty all the time. Then there's

1104
01:10:05.279 --> 01:10:07.760
all the food I eat in order to fuel my power,

1105
01:10:08.159 --> 01:10:14.680
and I am very powerful. Then I cry, knowing iiny

1106
01:10:14.760 --> 01:10:18.600
ain't nearby to see me. Aileen Donnerly is the only

1107
01:10:18.640 --> 01:10:21.960
real friend I have right now. I call her Aine

1108
01:10:21.960 --> 01:10:25.640
because it's short for Einstein. Her older brother Martin called

1109
01:10:25.640 --> 01:10:30.079
her that on account of her very gifted intelligence. Anyway,

1110
01:10:30.680 --> 01:10:33.039
we didn't start off as friends, but the longer the

1111
01:10:33.079 --> 01:10:35.399
two of us hung out together and did things, the

1112
01:10:35.479 --> 01:10:38.840
closer we became, especially when I learned she was sick.

1113
01:10:39.880 --> 01:10:43.600
In truth, Aine probably should have been dead months ago.

1114
01:10:44.520 --> 01:10:47.279
It was the remedies I learned from Grams that prolonged

1115
01:10:47.279 --> 01:10:53.680
her life. I believe Aine has aids how she got it.

1116
01:10:53.720 --> 01:10:57.119
I don't know. She hasn't told me as of yet,

1117
01:10:57.680 --> 01:11:01.119
but I feel she will when she's ready. Again, I'm

1118
01:11:01.199 --> 01:11:05.920
quite sure Martin was responsible. No, he didn't give it

1119
01:11:05.960 --> 01:11:09.000
to her himself, but he must have done something that

1120
01:11:09.119 --> 01:11:13.159
caused her to become sick. I've never cried for someone

1121
01:11:13.159 --> 01:11:16.960
the way i'm crying for Aine, not since my grandparents died.

1122
01:11:17.600 --> 01:11:21.039
And for the record, we ain't lovers. That's not how

1123
01:11:21.039 --> 01:11:24.079
our friendship works. I just know I've gotten too close

1124
01:11:24.119 --> 01:11:27.039
to this mortal, especially when I said I would never

1125
01:11:27.119 --> 01:11:31.239
become close to any mortals after I became a master vampire.

1126
01:11:32.399 --> 01:11:36.800
But it happened, you know. I get the crying out

1127
01:11:36.800 --> 01:11:39.680
of my system and finish the remedy. This one I

1128
01:11:39.720 --> 01:11:42.359
remembered out of Graham's book is the most powerful one

1129
01:11:42.479 --> 01:11:47.039
yet it's also the last one. I know. It's time

1130
01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:51.119
to give Ainy the remedy and spring the surprise on her.

1131
01:11:51.920 --> 01:11:53.920
I head up to her room and find her waiting

1132
01:11:53.960 --> 01:11:59.079
for me. You, OK, bells, shit, I never wipe my tears.

1133
01:12:00.199 --> 01:12:04.520
It's nothing. Iine here. I created these new capsules for you.

1134
01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:08.279
It's powerful stuff. Start off with one and we'll go

1135
01:12:08.359 --> 01:12:12.000
from there. Iiny obeys and takes a capsule with water.

1136
01:12:12.800 --> 01:12:17.079
After minutes have passed, she starts feeling much better then.

1137
01:12:17.119 --> 01:12:20.560
I look at her. I'm taking you home for Thanksgiving.

1138
01:12:21.199 --> 01:12:26.119
She gives me wide eyes your house. I nod. I

1139
01:12:26.199 --> 01:12:28.880
need to go look through Graham's books for more remedies

1140
01:12:28.920 --> 01:12:32.239
and possible spells that may help you. I don't know

1141
01:12:32.279 --> 01:12:35.359
how long this last one will last, and I don't

1142
01:12:35.359 --> 01:12:38.640
know any more remedies at all. Don't worry. We'll be

1143
01:12:38.720 --> 01:12:41.039
back here in Strickfield in time to return to school

1144
01:12:41.039 --> 01:12:44.560
on Monday. Also, I'll make us a hell of a

1145
01:12:44.600 --> 01:12:47.960
Thanksgiving dinner, just the way Graham's used to. We'll just

1146
01:12:48.039 --> 01:12:51.800
have to do some shopping along the way. Aine smiles,

1147
01:12:51.880 --> 01:12:57.039
just a little. Okay, when are we leaving? As soon

1148
01:12:57.079 --> 01:13:00.680
as possible? If you feel well enough? She gets out

1149
01:13:00.720 --> 01:13:05.079
of bed. I'm feeling much better now, Let's go. Anything

1150
01:13:05.119 --> 01:13:13.039
beats having to stay here with Martin. We didn't have

1151
01:13:13.119 --> 01:13:16.680
any problems getting a rental car. Thankfully, the place we

1152
01:13:16.760 --> 01:13:20.079
get them never asks for a driver's license, since neither

1153
01:13:20.119 --> 01:13:23.119
Iini nor me has one. Neither of us learned how

1154
01:13:23.159 --> 01:13:26.800
to drive. Actually, scratch that, when Iini and I went

1155
01:13:26.840 --> 01:13:29.000
to Shore City over the summer. I had to learn

1156
01:13:29.039 --> 01:13:32.279
and fast. Now I'm driving a good one hundred miles

1157
01:13:32.319 --> 01:13:37.079
an hour. Seriously, fuck these stupid speed limits. It took

1158
01:13:37.119 --> 01:13:39.800
a few seconds to get used to this car. After

1159
01:13:39.840 --> 01:13:42.960
that it was like riding a bike. No scratch that

1160
01:13:43.560 --> 01:13:46.880
I've never even ridden a bike. Yeah, yeah, I'm not

1161
01:13:47.000 --> 01:13:50.279
used to a lot of modern technology. This little devil

1162
01:13:50.359 --> 01:13:53.079
is as old school as can be, as Iini will

1163
01:13:53.159 --> 01:13:57.000
learn soon. Along the way, we made some stops. I

1164
01:13:57.039 --> 01:13:59.960
had to buy lots and lots of turkeys and play

1165
01:14:00.000 --> 01:14:03.039
money of stuff to make the sides. I promised Iine

1166
01:14:03.039 --> 01:14:05.079
a meal like Graham's maid, and I'm gonna give it

1167
01:14:05.119 --> 01:14:09.039
to her. After driving hundreds of miles, I surprise Iine

1168
01:14:09.039 --> 01:14:15.159
by turning off the headlights. Um bells, Iiny mutters, Trust me,

1169
01:14:15.680 --> 01:14:20.960
I tell her my house is off the beaten path. Literally.

1170
01:14:21.840 --> 01:14:24.279
A good five miles later, I turn off the road

1171
01:14:24.560 --> 01:14:28.680
and am driving through the grass. Thanks to my vampire vision,

1172
01:14:29.000 --> 01:14:31.800
I don't have any problem seeing in the darkness. Whatsoever?

1173
01:14:32.840 --> 01:14:36.560
What time is it, I ask Iini takes out her smartphone.

1174
01:14:37.199 --> 01:14:40.439
Almost midnight? Are we really going to be off the road?

1175
01:14:41.159 --> 01:14:44.199
I'm afraid so. You see, my house doesn't have a

1176
01:14:44.279 --> 01:14:48.880
road or a driveway. Never did I lightly smack her shoulder.

1177
01:14:49.600 --> 01:14:53.399
Have faith. It's another fifteen or so minutes of driving

1178
01:14:53.520 --> 01:14:58.279
until we're finally there. Wow, there really is a house

1179
01:14:58.319 --> 01:15:02.479
here Inini asks. It's dark, but I can see how

1180
01:15:02.920 --> 01:15:06.319
big it is. It's not a mansion like what those

1181
01:15:06.359 --> 01:15:09.640
mirrors back in Strickfield have. But this is where Grahams

1182
01:15:09.680 --> 01:15:13.319
and Grahams raised me. Also, I was born here. As

1183
01:15:13.319 --> 01:15:14.960
soon as we get out of the car, I move

1184
01:15:15.000 --> 01:15:18.119
around to Iiny and give her a jar. It lights

1185
01:15:18.199 --> 01:15:23.279
up in her hands. It's liquid sunlight. Against Thornton Jillian

1186
01:15:23.359 --> 01:15:25.920
that night, it proved to be a very powerful weapon.

1187
01:15:26.760 --> 01:15:30.000
But in your hands it'll be the brightest lantern you've

1188
01:15:30.039 --> 01:15:33.439
ever carried. Don't worry, it won't burn you as long

1189
01:15:33.479 --> 01:15:37.199
as it stays in the jar. Where are we bells?

1190
01:15:37.640 --> 01:15:42.039
She asks me. This is the area known as Ravenhenge.

1191
01:15:42.359 --> 01:15:45.279
I tell her you'll never find it on any map.

1192
01:15:45.560 --> 01:15:48.159
In fact, the barriers of invisibility keep it so that

1193
01:15:48.199 --> 01:15:51.920
outsiders can't see it whatsoever. The only reason you can

1194
01:15:52.119 --> 01:15:56.359
is because you're with me. I bring Iiny into the house.

1195
01:15:57.000 --> 01:15:58.880
The only way to turn on any lights is to

1196
01:15:58.960 --> 01:16:04.239
use my cheap parlor tricks to light torches. Wow, Iiny exclaims,

1197
01:16:04.800 --> 01:16:09.119
it's like going back in time. You'd better believe it. Also,

1198
01:16:09.560 --> 01:16:13.199
your smartphone's the only modern convenience you got here. I'm

1199
01:16:13.239 --> 01:16:16.680
surprised you're even getting any signal here anyway. There's no

1200
01:16:16.800 --> 01:16:20.479
phone line and no internet. There ain't even TV here.

1201
01:16:20.760 --> 01:16:22.760
In fact, the last time I was at this house

1202
01:16:22.880 --> 01:16:27.279
was back in eighteen eighty nine. Iiny gulps. I can't

1203
01:16:27.279 --> 01:16:30.279
believe you really grew up here, Bells. I mean, it

1204
01:16:30.399 --> 01:16:32.520
seems like you and your family were cut off from

1205
01:16:32.560 --> 01:16:35.520
the rest of the world. Okay, maybe that's the wrong

1206
01:16:35.560 --> 01:16:38.760
thing to say and everything, but no, you're right, Iiny,

1207
01:16:39.119 --> 01:16:43.399
I confirm that's exactly what iommere Tabon had in mind

1208
01:16:43.439 --> 01:16:47.439
when this house was built. Let's just say he's my gramps,

1209
01:16:47.520 --> 01:16:50.159
but with a lot of grates in front of it.

1210
01:16:50.960 --> 01:16:54.319
I turned to her, So you want me to give

1211
01:16:54.359 --> 01:16:56.840
you the grand tour? Or are you tired from the drive.

1212
01:16:57.359 --> 01:16:59.359
If you need to sleep, I'll take you to the

1213
01:16:59.600 --> 01:17:06.840
most comfortable bed you'll ever sleep on perspective a leen.

1214
01:17:08.199 --> 01:17:12.199
At first, I was contemplating maybe going to bed. However,

1215
01:17:12.800 --> 01:17:16.000
I'm actually feeling pretty good. Still, whatever you whipped up

1216
01:17:16.039 --> 01:17:18.399
back at my house is still making me feel strong.

1217
01:17:19.119 --> 01:17:23.640
I'd love to see your house, Bells. She nods once. Okay,

1218
01:17:23.920 --> 01:17:27.279
you're in for quite the tour. Carry your liquid sunlight

1219
01:17:27.359 --> 01:17:29.239
with you if you want, but I can light more

1220
01:17:29.279 --> 01:17:32.199
torches as we go through the rooms. We'll end our

1221
01:17:32.239 --> 01:17:36.359
tour in the library. Bell's takes me through one magnificent

1222
01:17:36.479 --> 01:17:40.520
room after another. The house has two big floors. All

1223
01:17:40.600 --> 01:17:43.960
of the bedrooms are upstairs. Much to my surprise, not

1224
01:17:44.119 --> 01:17:48.119
everything is old school. For example, the bathrooms we come

1225
01:17:48.199 --> 01:17:51.560
by have running water. There are even showers, and a

1226
01:17:51.600 --> 01:17:54.479
few of them with tubs in the others. I can

1227
01:17:54.520 --> 01:17:56.560
give you a room by one of these bathrooms if

1228
01:17:56.600 --> 01:17:59.600
you want. This way, you're by a shower, bell said,

1229
01:17:59.640 --> 01:18:03.560
seeing my excitement. Yeah, we may be as old school

1230
01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:06.560
as old school can be, but we weren't cave people.

1231
01:18:08.000 --> 01:18:11.000
I never said you were. I quickly say, I NEI

1232
01:18:11.319 --> 01:18:14.880
lighten up, just a little humor on my part. I

1233
01:18:14.880 --> 01:18:17.920
could tell Bells was avoiding talking about it. But I

1234
01:18:18.000 --> 01:18:23.039
have to know you kissed Principal Van dest She sighs.

1235
01:18:23.840 --> 01:18:26.960
I know, I'm sorry, She turns to look at me.

1236
01:18:27.520 --> 01:18:31.159
I still won't choose him over you, but you still

1237
01:18:31.159 --> 01:18:36.199
have feelings for him, I state again, I'm sorry. She

1238
01:18:36.319 --> 01:18:39.560
looks me in the face. Now I'll never understand why

1239
01:18:39.600 --> 01:18:42.159
we love each other. I'm just one fucking girl at

1240
01:18:42.159 --> 01:18:46.760
Strickfield High. I'm the bad schoolgirl, one fucking girl out

1241
01:18:46.800 --> 01:18:48.720
of all those others, and he falls in love with me.

1242
01:18:50.359 --> 01:18:55.319
Then she cries. I put a gentle hand on her shoulder. Bells,

1243
01:18:56.760 --> 01:18:58.680
I really didn't want you to see me like this,

1244
01:18:59.359 --> 01:19:02.720
she whispered. As much as I torture that worm of

1245
01:19:02.760 --> 01:19:04.760
a man, and as much as I try to forget

1246
01:19:04.800 --> 01:19:09.640
him by fucking other guys at school, I still care

1247
01:19:09.760 --> 01:19:15.079
for him a lot. You know, I told Grahams I'd

1248
01:19:15.079 --> 01:19:18.399
never be bound to another man. Know what she said,

1249
01:19:19.600 --> 01:19:22.319
Once you've met the one, your fate shall be joined

1250
01:19:22.319 --> 01:19:27.039
with his until death do you part. Grahams was wise

1251
01:19:27.079 --> 01:19:31.439
and many things. She takes her hand off my shoulder,

1252
01:19:31.600 --> 01:19:34.800
then turns her back to me and shouts, but why

1253
01:19:34.880 --> 01:19:38.039
does my one have to be a fucking worm of

1254
01:19:38.079 --> 01:19:44.960
a man? Bells, I ask, are you okay? She turns

1255
01:19:45.039 --> 01:19:48.079
back to me. I just wanted to get us the

1256
01:19:48.079 --> 01:19:51.920
hell away from that school and not have to serve detention. Plus,

1257
01:19:52.600 --> 01:19:55.399
I could tell you weren't feeling good. That's why I

1258
01:19:55.439 --> 01:20:02.439
kissed him Ione, But fuck, she said, your friendship means

1259
01:20:02.479 --> 01:20:06.520
far more to me than being Matthew van Deist's soulmate.

1260
01:20:07.560 --> 01:20:12.880
I tighten my fists. Just answer me truthfully, Belle's do

1261
01:20:12.920 --> 01:20:15.960
you really love him in the same way he loves you?

1262
01:20:17.640 --> 01:20:23.399
Tears run down her face again. Yes, she chokes out,

1263
01:20:23.760 --> 01:20:30.840
I'm sorry. A long pause. Bell speaks up again once again.

1264
01:20:31.439 --> 01:20:35.199
I won't choose him over you, But what if your

1265
01:20:35.279 --> 01:20:39.239
feelings get to be too strong? I demand sharply. I've

1266
01:20:39.279 --> 01:20:42.560
seen how Van Deste looks at you. How long before

1267
01:20:42.560 --> 01:20:46.439
you're both ready to come together again, especially when you've

1268
01:20:46.479 --> 01:20:51.119
kissed him the way you did again? Van Deiste being

1269
01:20:51.159 --> 01:20:56.079
with you is forbidden. Bell's tightens her fists. Now you

1270
01:20:56.119 --> 01:20:59.680
think I don't know that, Aileen Donnerly be pissed at me?

1271
01:20:59.720 --> 01:21:03.800
All you want? I know. Having Thornton Gillian's blood mixed

1272
01:21:03.800 --> 01:21:07.159
with my own gave me a very high libido and

1273
01:21:07.279 --> 01:21:10.000
made me feral in a lot of ways. But I

1274
01:21:10.039 --> 01:21:15.000
can still think rationally and feel emotions. I didn't want

1275
01:21:15.039 --> 01:21:18.439
to feel anything after Jillian killed the rest of my

1276
01:21:18.560 --> 01:21:24.439
family and for years I did very well. Then I

1277
01:21:24.479 --> 01:21:29.560
met Martin and you. I never imagined we'd become as

1278
01:21:29.560 --> 01:21:34.000
close as we are now. We're not lovers, but we've

1279
01:21:34.039 --> 01:21:38.920
got a connection between us. Yes, Ini, I fell in

1280
01:21:39.000 --> 01:21:42.560
love with our fucking principle. I can't just shut my

1281
01:21:42.640 --> 01:21:45.680
emotions off. You got pissed at me about it when

1282
01:21:45.680 --> 01:21:49.159
we face down that sucubus. Be pissed at me all

1283
01:21:49.199 --> 01:21:55.000
you want, but I can't help how I feel. I

1284
01:21:55.079 --> 01:21:59.199
love him again. We have a long silence between us.

1285
01:22:00.199 --> 01:22:04.680
Then I'm crying myself. And what happens if you finally

1286
01:22:04.720 --> 01:22:08.439
succeed in curing me? Do you leave Strickfield like you've

1287
01:22:08.439 --> 01:22:13.800
always wanted? Or is this your plan? You stay here

1288
01:22:13.880 --> 01:22:18.359
and never return? Bell's points very sharply at me, now,

1289
01:22:19.359 --> 01:22:24.000
how dare you? She tightens her fists again. I'm trying

1290
01:22:24.000 --> 01:22:27.520
to cure you because it's the right thing to do.

1291
01:22:27.520 --> 01:22:30.520
Do you honestly think I'd be that fucking cruel to you?

1292
01:22:31.520 --> 01:22:34.079
Is that why you're so fucking pissed off about Van

1293
01:22:34.159 --> 01:22:37.960
dest You think I'll just go and share my life

1294
01:22:37.960 --> 01:22:40.720
with him and forget all about you. Are you that

1295
01:22:40.840 --> 01:22:46.119
afraid of losing me? Aileen? Yes? I fucking hate Strickfield.

1296
01:22:46.319 --> 01:22:49.359
Hate it. I could have left any time I wanted,

1297
01:22:50.600 --> 01:22:53.600
but I remained there because of you and our friendship.

1298
01:22:55.199 --> 01:22:59.119
What more do you want from me? Then Bell's backs

1299
01:22:59.199 --> 01:23:02.079
up against a wall, all sinks to a sitting position

1300
01:23:02.960 --> 01:23:06.680
and cries again. I turn and walk away from Bells.

1301
01:23:07.439 --> 01:23:10.239
Why does this happen? She and I have been with

1302
01:23:10.319 --> 01:23:14.039
each other for many months since that first wintry night

1303
01:23:14.119 --> 01:23:17.359
she came to Strickfield. In the beginning, I wanted her

1304
01:23:17.359 --> 01:23:19.920
to stay here, to be with my older brother Martin

1305
01:23:19.960 --> 01:23:24.159
and keep him honest. But who am I kidding? There's

1306
01:23:24.199 --> 01:23:27.960
no keeping mean Martin honest. I tried to be the

1307
01:23:28.039 --> 01:23:33.680
supportive and loving sister, but again, he'll always be mean Martin.

1308
01:23:34.880 --> 01:23:38.479
I walk outside and eventually leave the property. I still

1309
01:23:38.520 --> 01:23:42.560
have the liquid sunlight in my hands. Then I cry again.

1310
01:23:44.199 --> 01:23:48.520
Bell's is right. I am afraid of losing her, just

1311
01:23:48.600 --> 01:23:52.720
like I know I'm losing my life. Bell's is trying

1312
01:23:52.800 --> 01:23:56.159
so hard to cure me of my affliction. That's why

1313
01:23:56.159 --> 01:23:59.960
she brought me here, right. I know nothing lasts forever,

1314
01:24:00.720 --> 01:24:05.840
not even life. Have never really had any friends. I

1315
01:24:06.039 --> 01:24:09.239
envy my twin cousin Madeline in her circle of friends.

1316
01:24:10.319 --> 01:24:15.479
But she does come and see me, yet I'm so insecure.

1317
01:24:16.399 --> 01:24:18.680
I guess that's how you feel when you've been picked

1318
01:24:18.720 --> 01:24:21.600
on all your life, when you got beat up a

1319
01:24:21.640 --> 01:24:24.840
lot for being smart, when people look at you and

1320
01:24:24.880 --> 01:24:27.680
think you're just as bad as your own big brother,

1321
01:24:28.560 --> 01:24:31.000
when you end up becoming sick because your big brother

1322
01:24:31.119 --> 01:24:33.840
goes to a party and can't keep it in his

1323
01:24:33.960 --> 01:24:37.920
pants when some drunk girl throws herself at him. I'm

1324
01:24:38.000 --> 01:24:40.760
so raving mad now that I look up at the sky.

1325
01:24:41.760 --> 01:24:45.760
I fucking hate you, Martin. I fall to my knees,

1326
01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:49.520
then onto my side. Then I sob again because I

1327
01:24:49.600 --> 01:24:52.039
may have just thrown away the one good thing in

1328
01:24:52.119 --> 01:24:58.399
my life. Belle's was the only true friend I ever had.

1329
01:25:00.119 --> 01:25:04.680
She's right, though we're not lovers, we just developed a

1330
01:25:04.680 --> 01:25:08.760
deep bond of friendship between us. I even wanted to

1331
01:25:08.760 --> 01:25:11.680
help Bells when she'd go out at night, so I

1332
01:25:11.760 --> 01:25:17.000
started making our toys to fight supernatural enemies. She was

1333
01:25:17.039 --> 01:25:21.119
even teaching me how to fight. Why do I mess

1334
01:25:21.159 --> 01:25:25.199
things up between me and Bells? Just then I hear

1335
01:25:25.279 --> 01:25:29.880
movement on the grass and quickly sit up. Bells. Is

1336
01:25:29.880 --> 01:25:34.159
that you? I pick up my liquid sunlight. Who's there?

1337
01:25:35.720 --> 01:25:40.760
When I see them, I quickly turn and run. Problem

1338
01:25:40.840 --> 01:25:44.159
is being a petite and skinny girl. I'm not very

1339
01:25:44.199 --> 01:25:47.159
athletic and I can't run fast. Next thing I know,

1340
01:25:47.239 --> 01:25:49.880
a hand goes around my mouth and a big, hairy

1341
01:25:50.039 --> 01:25:56.000
arm goes around me. Oh my god, the stench. I

1342
01:25:56.039 --> 01:25:58.439
can't scream for help as I'm being held against what

1343
01:25:58.880 --> 01:26:05.039
I'm thinking is a giant and he really stinks. Next

1344
01:26:05.039 --> 01:26:07.560
thing I know, another giant of a man hits me

1345
01:26:07.640 --> 01:26:12.119
on the head. I groan and am dazed. I'm about

1346
01:26:12.159 --> 01:26:15.000
to be placed into his sack and am kicking my

1347
01:26:15.079 --> 01:26:18.479
little legs to try and fight back. I get hit

1348
01:26:18.560 --> 01:26:22.399
again and fade to black as I'm being dropped into

1349
01:26:22.399 --> 01:26:34.079
the sack. I'm so sorry, Bells perspective, Bella, I finish

1350
01:26:34.239 --> 01:26:38.079
crying and stand up. I fucking hate it that I

1351
01:26:38.119 --> 01:26:41.199
love Van Deste. I can't help the way I feel,

1352
01:26:41.279 --> 01:26:45.199
and it's driving a wedge between me and Iiny Graham's

1353
01:26:45.199 --> 01:26:48.399
always had lots of advice to give me. In fact,

1354
01:26:48.479 --> 01:26:52.279
I know what she'd say to me right now. You

1355
01:26:52.359 --> 01:26:57.239
never abandon your true friends, Bella. Likewise, they'll never abandon you.

1356
01:26:59.079 --> 01:27:04.880
But you did abandon me. Didn't you, iine, Still, Graham's

1357
01:27:04.920 --> 01:27:09.359
words keep echoing in my mind again and again. No,

1358
01:27:10.399 --> 01:27:13.479
I gotta find her and talk things out. I gotta

1359
01:27:13.520 --> 01:27:16.159
make her understand that she'll never lose me as a friend,

1360
01:27:17.239 --> 01:27:22.560
even after I succeed in curing her illness. I walk

1361
01:27:22.600 --> 01:27:26.439
out the back door and shout, Heine, where are you.

1362
01:27:28.199 --> 01:27:31.600
I walk out to the barn. I'm surprised it still

1363
01:27:31.600 --> 01:27:36.239
looks nicely preserved and is still standing after all these years.

1364
01:27:36.680 --> 01:27:40.079
The house too. I walk into the barn, but I

1365
01:27:40.119 --> 01:27:45.239
know Irony hasn't been in here. Then I remember I

1366
01:27:45.319 --> 01:27:48.720
have her sent. When you've been around your best friend

1367
01:27:48.760 --> 01:27:52.560
long enough, you'll never forget what she smells like, or

1368
01:27:52.560 --> 01:27:56.319
her fucking brother, for that matter. I leave the barn

1369
01:27:56.359 --> 01:27:58.399
and go out to the big fire pit, which is

1370
01:27:58.399 --> 01:28:02.600
where I'm planning to cook all those Thanksgiving turkeys. I

1371
01:28:02.720 --> 01:28:06.079
take a nice whiff and have her scent. I look

1372
01:28:06.159 --> 01:28:10.560
past the vast backyard and start following her. Before long,

1373
01:28:11.359 --> 01:28:15.199
I see some bright light and move to it. I

1374
01:28:15.239 --> 01:28:18.000
see the jar of liquid sunlight that I gave. Iiny,

1375
01:28:19.560 --> 01:28:22.000
what the fuck is it doing laying all the way

1376
01:28:22.039 --> 01:28:25.439
out here in the grass. I'm about to call out

1377
01:28:25.479 --> 01:28:30.399
to her again. When I pick up new sense, I

1378
01:28:30.399 --> 01:28:36.439
can still smell iiny, but I can also smell ugh. Yeah,

1379
01:28:36.720 --> 01:28:42.159
I smell two very stinky scents. I'd rather not describe

1380
01:28:42.159 --> 01:28:47.039
the smells. Use your imagination. Being roiny scent is mixed in,

1381
01:28:47.199 --> 01:28:54.399
I can only assume something or someone found and snatched her. Okay,

1382
01:28:55.399 --> 01:28:58.680
time to bitch up and find my best friend. And

1383
01:28:58.720 --> 01:29:02.159
I'll tell you all right, mother fucking now, that whoever's

1384
01:29:02.159 --> 01:29:10.960
got iron, he's gonna wish they'd never been born. Perspective Aileen.

1385
01:29:12.640 --> 01:29:15.119
I moan a little and finally manage to shake off

1386
01:29:15.199 --> 01:29:18.039
the cobwebs as I wake up and see I'm all

1387
01:29:18.159 --> 01:29:22.880
tied up and gagged on a cot Where am I?

1388
01:29:22.880 --> 01:29:24.800
I can see the only source of light is the

1389
01:29:24.840 --> 01:29:28.439
big fire pit in the middle of the best I

1390
01:29:28.479 --> 01:29:31.960
can describe it as the equivalent of a kitchen. My

1391
01:29:32.079 --> 01:29:34.479
eyes get wide fast when I see there are both

1392
01:29:34.800 --> 01:29:40.640
human and animal bones everywhere. Now I see two very

1393
01:29:40.840 --> 01:29:45.279
huge things looking at a weathered cookbook. They're looking at

1394
01:29:45.279 --> 01:29:49.039
a picture of a turkey. Then one of them points

1395
01:29:49.039 --> 01:29:55.399
at me. These things are planning to have me for

1396
01:29:55.520 --> 01:30:00.760
Thanksgiving dinner. Seriously, why does life have to be so hard.

1397
01:30:01.119 --> 01:30:04.279
All I want to do is live mine. Then I

1398
01:30:04.399 --> 01:30:08.119
learned monsters are real, and hoped and prayed they just

1399
01:30:08.199 --> 01:30:11.000
leave me alone. All I can think of through all

1400
01:30:11.079 --> 01:30:13.279
this is how my brother Martin is an even worse

1401
01:30:13.319 --> 01:30:17.560
monster than these two. I can see more of them now.

1402
01:30:18.840 --> 01:30:22.039
These things are huge. I'm talking as huge as the

1403
01:30:22.039 --> 01:30:26.279
comic book versions of The Incredible Hulk work. Yeah. I'm

1404
01:30:26.319 --> 01:30:28.800
scared of dying, but I think I'm even more scared

1405
01:30:28.800 --> 01:30:32.319
of these things. But again, my older brother scares me

1406
01:30:32.359 --> 01:30:38.239
more than them. What am I gonna do here? Calm down, alien,

1407
01:30:38.880 --> 01:30:41.880
Just think about this for a minute. Me and Martin

1408
01:30:41.920 --> 01:30:45.239
calls you Einstein to be cruel, But you've been using

1409
01:30:45.239 --> 01:30:48.199
that big brain of yours and making Einstein work for you.

1410
01:30:49.079 --> 01:30:52.119
Use that big brain. Now I can see that I'm

1411
01:30:52.159 --> 01:30:55.640
lying down. I turn myself over and fall on the floor.

1412
01:30:56.600 --> 01:30:59.359
Then I keep turning over until I reach the wall

1413
01:30:59.359 --> 01:31:02.359
and can stand up. I have to be careful not

1414
01:31:02.399 --> 01:31:06.800
to let those things hear me. Shit, I accidentally knock

1415
01:31:06.880 --> 01:31:10.479
over something that makes a loud clang. Those things turn

1416
01:31:10.560 --> 01:31:13.680
to me and are on me again. One of them

1417
01:31:13.680 --> 01:31:15.920
lifts me up by my ropes and holds the knife

1418
01:31:15.960 --> 01:31:20.439
to my face practically the size of a sword. Then

1419
01:31:20.520 --> 01:31:23.560
he utters a bunch of groans if he expects me

1420
01:31:23.600 --> 01:31:27.279
to understand him. My brain isn't that big. On top

1421
01:31:27.319 --> 01:31:31.479
of that, I cannot overstate the stink. I have to

1422
01:31:31.520 --> 01:31:38.039
fight back the urge to puke. God, I am so dead.

1423
01:31:43.079 --> 01:31:46.359
I see my opening. When he lowers me, I quickly

1424
01:31:46.399 --> 01:31:49.119
swing my legs together, like being on a swing set,

1425
01:31:49.319 --> 01:31:51.760
and kick at his groin with both feet as hard

1426
01:31:51.760 --> 01:31:55.159
as I can. The thing groans in pain and falls

1427
01:31:55.199 --> 01:31:57.600
to his knees. I end up on my feet and

1428
01:31:57.680 --> 01:32:00.520
know the other one is right behind me. Then I

1429
01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:03.600
remember a trick that cousin Madeline does. I drop to

1430
01:32:03.640 --> 01:32:06.520
my knees and scurry in between the thing's legs. When

1431
01:32:06.560 --> 01:32:09.199
he turns around, I go through his legs again. I

1432
01:32:09.239 --> 01:32:12.119
spring back to my feet and jump fast. I hear

1433
01:32:12.159 --> 01:32:15.119
the thing roaring and coming after me. If I can't

1434
01:32:15.159 --> 01:32:18.920
find a way to get free, I'm done for. My life.

1435
01:32:18.960 --> 01:32:21.960
Can't end like this? Please not like this. Then I

1436
01:32:22.000 --> 01:32:24.159
come right to a big open circle that's supposed to

1437
01:32:24.239 --> 01:32:27.159
serve as a window. There's a chair right next to it.

1438
01:32:27.479 --> 01:32:30.000
I quickly jump up onto the chair and then dive

1439
01:32:30.079 --> 01:32:33.640
through the window. I hit the dead, overgrown grass below

1440
01:32:33.720 --> 01:32:37.399
before I get back up and keep running. Boy do

1441
01:32:37.479 --> 01:32:40.920
I ever make that thing mad? He roars really loud.

1442
01:32:41.239 --> 01:32:44.000
I have to keep moving. He can't get through the window,

1443
01:32:44.079 --> 01:32:46.840
but he can still walk through the doors. And then

1444
01:32:47.079 --> 01:32:49.720
both of those things are outside. When one of them

1445
01:32:49.760 --> 01:32:53.359
bursts right through, I keep jumping fast until I come

1446
01:32:53.399 --> 01:32:56.199
to the barn. I duck inside and jump some more

1447
01:32:56.279 --> 01:32:59.319
until I find some tall hay to hide in. My

1448
01:32:59.439 --> 01:33:02.359
eyes open and wide. When I see I came very

1449
01:33:02.399 --> 01:33:05.960
close to landing on a sickle, I turn it and

1450
01:33:06.000 --> 01:33:09.760
start rubbing the ropes against the blade. Problem is, the

1451
01:33:09.760 --> 01:33:13.119
blade is very dull. It's going to take some time

1452
01:33:13.159 --> 01:33:16.000
to get through these ropes, and time is not a

1453
01:33:16.079 --> 01:33:19.960
luxury I have Right now. I hear those things coming

1454
01:33:20.000 --> 01:33:22.680
in and have to stop. When they're near where I'm hiding.

1455
01:33:23.680 --> 01:33:27.600
They both yell and frustration. Sounds like they're a bit

1456
01:33:27.680 --> 01:33:31.760
on the slow side. I make myself stay calm and

1457
01:33:31.840 --> 01:33:36.279
work on the ropes, binding my wrists. My eyes open wide.

1458
01:33:36.800 --> 01:33:40.720
When I feel those ropes slipping away. Guess they either

1459
01:33:40.760 --> 01:33:44.439
didn't tie the rope good enough there or they underestimated

1460
01:33:44.520 --> 01:33:48.640
how little I am. Very quietly, I work to untie

1461
01:33:48.680 --> 01:33:52.119
the rest of the ropes, wouldn't you know it? No,

1462
01:33:52.319 --> 01:33:54.840
sooner do I get the last rope off. One of

1463
01:33:54.880 --> 01:33:57.640
them looks in and sees me. He points at me

1464
01:33:57.720 --> 01:34:02.439
and cries out loud shit. I shriek, actually, more like

1465
01:34:02.520 --> 01:34:06.520
a loud mousey wail. I scream. When the thing that

1466
01:34:06.680 --> 01:34:09.840
saw me tries jumping on me, I quickly turn over

1467
01:34:09.920 --> 01:34:12.600
so he lands flat on his belly. When the other

1468
01:34:12.640 --> 01:34:15.279
one tries picking me up again, I swing my legs

1469
01:34:15.279 --> 01:34:18.119
and catch him in his groin. Again. He drops me

1470
01:34:18.159 --> 01:34:21.199
as he's dropping down to his knees. I get up

1471
01:34:21.520 --> 01:34:24.640
and run like hell. As soon as I'm about to

1472
01:34:24.640 --> 01:34:27.279
clear the barn, one of the things bursts right through

1473
01:34:27.279 --> 01:34:30.399
it and almost grabs me. I scream and run with

1474
01:34:30.479 --> 01:34:33.399
everything I've got back to the house. I dive through

1475
01:34:33.479 --> 01:34:37.279
another window and look around. I keep running through the

1476
01:34:37.319 --> 01:34:41.239
other rooms to try looking for another window. Just as

1477
01:34:41.279 --> 01:34:44.680
I'm about to climb out through one, a big, hairy

1478
01:34:44.760 --> 01:34:51.000
and stinky hand grabs me. No. No, Then the thing

1479
01:34:51.039 --> 01:34:53.800
that caught me brings me right up to him and

1480
01:34:53.960 --> 01:34:59.680
screams right in my face. Ugh. He's spitting all over

1481
01:34:59.720 --> 01:35:03.319
me and his bad breath nearly makes me pass out.

1482
01:35:04.079 --> 01:35:06.760
I growl and start kicking and punching with my little

1483
01:35:06.800 --> 01:35:10.359
fists and feet. Want to hear some irony. Back when

1484
01:35:10.359 --> 01:35:13.359
I was in Strickfield Junior High, people called me mouse,

1485
01:35:13.520 --> 01:35:16.800
just like they call my cousin Madeline today. The difference

1486
01:35:16.840 --> 01:35:19.279
between me and her was that I hated it and

1487
01:35:19.319 --> 01:35:22.840
the other students knew it. Maddie's really laid back and

1488
01:35:22.920 --> 01:35:26.319
doesn't care one way or another. I am so mad

1489
01:35:26.399 --> 01:35:29.840
right now. Then I pull off another mouse kind of

1490
01:35:29.960 --> 01:35:32.159
move and bring my feet up to kick the thing

1491
01:35:32.319 --> 01:35:35.680
right in the eyes. He screams and drops me. I

1492
01:35:35.720 --> 01:35:37.920
get up and run, only to feel something hit me

1493
01:35:38.039 --> 01:35:41.920
hard on the back of the head. Everything's spinning when

1494
01:35:41.960 --> 01:35:45.520
I fall on my side fast. Then I feel the

1495
01:35:45.600 --> 01:35:50.279
other thing lifting me up and patting me, knowing he's

1496
01:35:50.359 --> 01:35:55.960
finally got me. I'm shaking my head to clear the cobwebs,

1497
01:35:56.319 --> 01:36:01.000
but he hit me real good. By the time I

1498
01:36:01.079 --> 01:36:04.760
finally shake the cobwebs, I feel a big stick at

1499
01:36:04.760 --> 01:36:09.479
my back and heat on my front. Those things have

1500
01:36:09.600 --> 01:36:12.960
me tied to a big stick and they're turning me

1501
01:36:13.039 --> 01:36:19.000
over the fire like a rotisserie. They're really cooking me alive.

1502
01:36:19.880 --> 01:36:25.640
I'm so screwed. Hi, guys, what's for dinner? Then I

1503
01:36:25.680 --> 01:36:31.199
feel the absolute biggest excitement I've ever felt in my life, Bells.

1504
01:36:32.479 --> 01:36:35.760
When the things turn and see Bells, they look at

1505
01:36:35.760 --> 01:36:39.880
her and start growling happily, like they struck it rich

1506
01:36:40.000 --> 01:36:46.800
with another morsel they can eat, perspective Bella. As soon

1507
01:36:46.840 --> 01:36:50.119
as those big motherfuckers see me, I stretch myself to

1508
01:36:50.199 --> 01:36:55.279
let them hear my bones cracking. Yeah, I'm definitely ready

1509
01:36:55.319 --> 01:36:59.680
for a fight. Really, you're cooking that scrawny little thing

1510
01:36:59.720 --> 01:37:04.159
for you Thanksgiving dinner? Then I chuckle. There's hardly any

1511
01:37:04.199 --> 01:37:08.319
meat on those bones, or mine for that matter. The

1512
01:37:08.399 --> 01:37:12.600
things roar and come at me as they stupidly jump,

1513
01:37:12.720 --> 01:37:15.680
I use my vampiric powers and warp right to Iini.

1514
01:37:16.199 --> 01:37:18.520
I quickly break the ropes and snatch her to me.

1515
01:37:19.680 --> 01:37:24.319
You came for me, Belles, she squeaks happily. Duh, I

1516
01:37:24.399 --> 01:37:28.359
tell her, I promised you a big Thanksgiving dinner, not

1517
01:37:28.479 --> 01:37:32.720
that you'd be dinner. Look out, Iiny warns me. I

1518
01:37:32.840 --> 01:37:35.319
grab her and warp us both to the door. I

1519
01:37:35.439 --> 01:37:38.920
hand her the liquid sunlight haul ask back to the house.

1520
01:37:39.239 --> 01:37:42.520
I'll be right behind you. As soon as iine turns

1521
01:37:42.560 --> 01:37:45.920
and runs, I quickly run outside myself. Those things are

1522
01:37:45.920 --> 01:37:49.319
hot after me. Now I leap to put some distance

1523
01:37:49.319 --> 01:37:52.119
in between me and those things. Before turning to face them,

1524
01:37:53.399 --> 01:37:57.279
I give them my evil smirt. You fuckers want this

1525
01:37:57.399 --> 01:38:01.479
little devil come and get me. Then, it's been a

1526
01:38:01.520 --> 01:38:05.159
little bit since I've had a good fight. They roar

1527
01:38:05.279 --> 01:38:07.880
and come at me. When the closest one reaches me,

1528
01:38:08.159 --> 01:38:10.520
I leap up and pop him hard in the face.

1529
01:38:11.239 --> 01:38:14.439
He drops over like a freshly cut tree. When the

1530
01:38:14.439 --> 01:38:17.159
other one's on me, I easily lift him up over

1531
01:38:17.199 --> 01:38:20.720
my head and throw him back into his house. Yeah,

1532
01:38:20.760 --> 01:38:24.279
these fuckers are easily four hundred pounds plus and a

1533
01:38:24.279 --> 01:38:27.920
good eight feet tall. When they try coming at me again,

1534
01:38:28.159 --> 01:38:30.720
I use my cheap parlor tricks and cause a wall

1535
01:38:30.760 --> 01:38:34.600
of fire to erupt in between me and them. Don't

1536
01:38:34.640 --> 01:38:39.079
test me, motherfuckers, I warn them, But they can't understand me,

1537
01:38:39.199 --> 01:38:43.000
can they. They keep coming for me. I'm just toying

1538
01:38:43.000 --> 01:38:46.520
with those things right now. For the record, these two

1539
01:38:46.560 --> 01:38:50.680
are definitely dying for all the innocent people they've killed. Yeah,

1540
01:38:51.039 --> 01:38:54.520
I saw the human bones in their house. And then

1541
01:38:54.560 --> 01:38:57.439
there's the fact that they were gonna eat Iiny, the

1542
01:38:57.479 --> 01:39:02.800
fuckers come through my firewall, your funeral, I tell them. Suddenly,

1543
01:39:02.840 --> 01:39:06.760
Iini comes right up beside me. Boy, is she really pissed?

1544
01:39:07.439 --> 01:39:12.359
Fuck yo, she screams before she heaves the liquid sunlight

1545
01:39:12.439 --> 01:39:15.279
at them. The jar shatters on the one's head and

1546
01:39:15.359 --> 01:39:18.960
instantly sets him on fire. He screams like he's never

1547
01:39:19.039 --> 01:39:22.319
screamed in his life. On instinct, he grabs the other

1548
01:39:22.399 --> 01:39:25.880
thing and accidentally sets him on fire. These big lugs

1549
01:39:25.960 --> 01:39:29.920
are so fucked. Liquid sunlight's very lethal. When out of

1550
01:39:29.960 --> 01:39:33.199
the jar, Iinie and I watch them burn until there's

1551
01:39:33.239 --> 01:39:41.279
nothing left, but they're big ass bones. Then Ainie and

1552
01:39:41.359 --> 01:39:44.399
me turn to face each other. The fire from the

1553
01:39:44.439 --> 01:39:47.399
burning bodies is still making enough light to where it's bright.

1554
01:39:48.880 --> 01:39:54.560
I'm sorry, Bells. Ainie says, I'm sorry too, I tell her.

1555
01:39:55.520 --> 01:40:00.399
Then I take her hands. I won't s use van

1556
01:40:00.479 --> 01:40:04.720
Deiste over you. I told you before. Our friendship is

1557
01:40:04.760 --> 01:40:09.279
more important to me and always will be. Then Iini

1558
01:40:09.359 --> 01:40:13.640
squeezes my hands. I just don't want to lose you, Bells.

1559
01:40:14.439 --> 01:40:18.800
You're the only real friend I've got, and you me,

1560
01:40:20.119 --> 01:40:23.119
She sighs, I wouldn't be a good friend to you.

1561
01:40:23.159 --> 01:40:26.640
If I tried keeping you all to myself, I admit

1562
01:40:26.760 --> 01:40:30.520
I'm I'm very insecure, but you came for me, so

1563
01:40:30.600 --> 01:40:33.439
I know and understand. Now I'll never lose you as

1564
01:40:33.439 --> 01:40:37.119
a friend. You can go ahead and see where things

1565
01:40:37.159 --> 01:40:41.840
go with you in principal Van Deste. Just be careful.

1566
01:40:42.159 --> 01:40:44.159
If he gets fired over this, there might be a

1567
01:40:44.199 --> 01:40:49.640
big scandal. Even you don't need that. That's another reason

1568
01:40:49.640 --> 01:40:54.039
why I'm not ultimately pursuing Vandiste. I tell her, I

1569
01:40:54.079 --> 01:40:56.520
don't want to ruin his life as far as the

1570
01:40:56.520 --> 01:41:01.039
average person is concerned. I'm a teenager, but you need

1571
01:41:01.079 --> 01:41:08.199
to know bells. Heine says, either that or leave Strickfield High.

1572
01:41:08.560 --> 01:41:13.439
I smirk, Well, since you won't let me leave Strickfield High,

1573
01:41:14.279 --> 01:41:19.760
you're coming back to Strickfield with me. Ainne asks in anticipation. Duh,

1574
01:41:19.920 --> 01:41:22.640
I gotta bring you back home. Now. Let's get back

1575
01:41:22.680 --> 01:41:26.600
to the house and get some rest. Tomorrow's Thanksgiving and

1576
01:41:26.640 --> 01:41:29.199
I don't want you falling asleep during our big feast.

1577
01:41:30.000 --> 01:41:35.000
She smiles, sounds good bells. Before we leave, we check

1578
01:41:35.039 --> 01:41:39.039
the house for any possible survivors. When we don't find any,

1579
01:41:39.079 --> 01:41:42.720
we head back outside. I use my cheap parlor tricks

1580
01:41:42.760 --> 01:41:46.359
to set the house ablaze. Nobody needs to stumble upon

1581
01:41:46.479 --> 01:41:50.600
this home of nightmares ever again. Once it burns to

1582
01:41:50.640 --> 01:41:55.159
the ground, it's gone. When we're both satisfied, Aine and

1583
01:41:55.239 --> 01:42:03.039
I head back to my house dig In, I tell

1584
01:42:03.119 --> 01:42:05.520
AINI when I set the platter with her meal down

1585
01:42:05.560 --> 01:42:09.960
in front of her on Thanksgiving afternoon, I was outside

1586
01:42:09.960 --> 01:42:12.600
at sunrise and cooking all the turkeys in the big

1587
01:42:12.680 --> 01:42:15.560
fire pit. I made the rest of the sides in

1588
01:42:15.600 --> 01:42:20.680
Graham's kitchen just the way she taught me. I mean,

1589
01:42:20.840 --> 01:42:26.039
I made everything from mashed potatoes and gravy, to green beans,

1590
01:42:26.079 --> 01:42:29.680
to corn biscuits, and even fresh apple pie for dessert.

1591
01:42:30.840 --> 01:42:33.479
Iinie ate more at my table than she probably has

1592
01:42:34.359 --> 01:42:38.039
ever before in her life. I also managed to go

1593
01:42:38.119 --> 01:42:41.640
through the Tabon family library and find Graham's big Book

1594
01:42:41.640 --> 01:42:45.760
of Remedies. There are lots and lots of treatments I

1595
01:42:45.760 --> 01:42:49.439
can whip up for Iini. I'll be taking the book

1596
01:42:49.520 --> 01:42:53.159
back to Strickfield. So far, the new treatment I whipped

1597
01:42:53.199 --> 01:42:57.279
up for her yesterday continues to work. I just hope

1598
01:42:57.279 --> 01:42:59.479
this one will last long enough to where I can

1599
01:43:00.680 --> 01:43:07.199
maybe find something much better or fingers crossed, maybe even

1600
01:43:07.239 --> 01:43:11.199
a cure. We spend all of Thanksgiving at my house.

1601
01:43:12.279 --> 01:43:15.840
On Friday, we leave Ravenhenge and drive back to Strickfield.

1602
01:43:16.640 --> 01:43:21.520
We have plenty of leftovers from our feast. I silently

1603
01:43:21.520 --> 01:43:25.680
thank Grahams for teaching me the things she did. As

1604
01:43:25.720 --> 01:43:28.760
any and me talk about things Grahams was right about

1605
01:43:29.159 --> 01:43:33.520
never abandoning your true friends. Anie came back for me

1606
01:43:33.640 --> 01:43:37.680
when she didn't have to. Yeah, she probably wanted revenge

1607
01:43:37.680 --> 01:43:40.720
on those things, but she came back for me, just

1608
01:43:40.800 --> 01:43:46.079
like I came for her. Again, I remember what Graham's

1609
01:43:46.119 --> 01:43:52.439
told me about friends. You never abandon your true friends Bella. Likewise,

1610
01:43:53.279 --> 01:43:57.640
they will never abandon you. Yeah, I know, I'm a

1611
01:43:57.640 --> 01:44:00.960
wicked little devil. Grahams was the one who named me that.

1612
01:44:01.399 --> 01:44:04.760
By the way. Still I feel like I'm becoming more

1613
01:44:04.840 --> 01:44:08.039
like Grahams than I want to let on. She couldn't

1614
01:44:08.079 --> 01:44:11.920
teach me everything she knew, but she taught me good.

1615
01:44:12.079 --> 01:44:16.119
Just the same. As for my feelings, I've still got

1616
01:44:16.119 --> 01:44:19.439
to consider things with Van dest but I won't risk

1617
01:44:19.600 --> 01:44:23.119
exploring them, not if it means losing Aini as a friend,

1618
01:44:24.359 --> 01:44:27.199
even if he's not worth her friendship. When we cross

1619
01:44:27.199 --> 01:44:32.479
into Strickfield. I'm already feeling how much I hate this village.

1620
01:44:32.680 --> 01:44:40.159
At the same time, it's home. Speaking of home, we

1621
01:44:40.199 --> 01:44:44.439
pull in at the Donnerly House. Yeah, home at last.

1622
01:44:45.680 --> 01:44:49.920
That's when I realize that wherever Ainie and I are together,

1623
01:44:51.960 --> 01:44:57.520
that's home. Like I said, Aine and Me ain't lovers,

1624
01:44:58.640 --> 01:45:01.119
and now I'm starting to unders stand what our connection

1625
01:45:01.279 --> 01:45:05.560
really is. Aini had said what we were in front

1626
01:45:05.560 --> 01:45:09.439
of her grandmother last summer in Shore City. I look

1627
01:45:09.479 --> 01:45:13.479
at my very best friend and know that we are

1628
01:45:13.520 --> 01:45:19.399
a family, the two of us. Yeah. I can bear

1629
01:45:19.479 --> 01:45:23.239
living in Strickfield for as long as needed, because this

1630
01:45:23.439 --> 01:45:28.159
village is where my family is, and like Graham's would

1631
01:45:28.159 --> 01:45:34.000
tell you, nothing is more important than your true family.

1632
01:45:48.800 --> 01:45:57.039
Mortal Eclipse by Rob Fields. I was sound asleep when

1633
01:45:57.079 --> 01:46:01.840
I felt someone shaking me awake e. I yawned and

1634
01:46:01.880 --> 01:46:05.119
blinked a few times. Then I fully opened my eyes

1635
01:46:05.199 --> 01:46:09.359
to see my older brother Martin. What do you want,

1636
01:46:09.720 --> 01:46:13.239
I grumbled. I can't find Bella anywhere. I want to

1637
01:46:13.279 --> 01:46:15.840
talk to her. She never came home last night. I

1638
01:46:15.880 --> 01:46:18.359
worked some overtime at mir And Automotive and didn't get

1639
01:46:18.359 --> 01:46:23.039
home until late. Martin explained, Bella wasn't here. I looked

1640
01:46:23.079 --> 01:46:25.119
all over the house for her. I even went out back.

1641
01:46:25.479 --> 01:46:28.199
I figured she was out fighting a vampire or something.

1642
01:46:28.680 --> 01:46:31.039
I woke up a little while ago, and she's not here.

1643
01:46:31.600 --> 01:46:34.119
She doesn't have a smartphone, so I can't text her.

1644
01:46:34.720 --> 01:46:37.880
I groaned, Well, what do you want me to do?

1645
01:46:38.600 --> 01:46:42.840
Martin fired back, You can help find her, you little snippet.

1646
01:46:43.279 --> 01:46:45.600
This was the sort of thing you never saw between

1647
01:46:45.600 --> 01:46:49.520
Martin and me until now. Martin and I truly didn't

1648
01:46:49.520 --> 01:46:53.159
get along with each other, and for good reason. Still,

1649
01:46:53.239 --> 01:46:57.159
after hearing Martin I was worried about Bell's. I didn't

1650
01:46:57.159 --> 01:47:00.399
back down from Martin. Okay, I'll change clothes and go

1651
01:47:00.479 --> 01:47:03.800
out and look for her. Does that make mean Martin happy?

1652
01:47:04.279 --> 01:47:08.800
I yelled. Martin wanted to grab me, but he knew better. Instead,

1653
01:47:08.840 --> 01:47:11.880
he took a deep breath. You know Bella better than I.

1654
01:47:11.920 --> 01:47:15.439
Do you know where she frequents? I gave Martin an

1655
01:47:15.439 --> 01:47:18.680
odd look. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe

1656
01:47:18.680 --> 01:47:21.600
there's a reason why Belle's doesn't want to talk to you.

1657
01:47:22.199 --> 01:47:25.279
For the record, she knows you're sleeping around with other girls.

1658
01:47:25.720 --> 01:47:28.960
I pointed at him. You two aren't even in a relationship.

1659
01:47:29.520 --> 01:47:32.000
I folded my arms in front of me. Even though

1660
01:47:32.039 --> 01:47:34.399
you're working so many hours and keeping up with your

1661
01:47:34.399 --> 01:47:38.319
college work, you're still out causing trouble. Martin pointed right

1662
01:47:38.359 --> 01:47:42.199
at me. Don't you test me. I unfolded my arms

1663
01:47:42.239 --> 01:47:46.000
and tightened my fists. Fuck you, it's because of you

1664
01:47:46.119 --> 01:47:50.000
that I'm sick. Martin got diffused fast and backed off.

1665
01:47:50.560 --> 01:47:52.439
He could never look me in the face after what

1666
01:47:52.560 --> 01:47:58.319
happened that night. Martin sighed, Einstein, I just want to

1667
01:47:58.359 --> 01:48:01.079
talk to Bella as long as she's staying here with you.

1668
01:48:01.159 --> 01:48:03.800
I think it's the least she can do. We both

1669
01:48:03.840 --> 01:48:07.520
know Bella's never liked being here in Strickfield. I'm beginning

1670
01:48:07.560 --> 01:48:11.079
to wonder if she Finally. I untightened my fists and

1671
01:48:11.119 --> 01:48:13.359
got out of bed. I went to my closet and

1672
01:48:13.399 --> 01:48:16.399
gave it a quick once over. Martin quickly came up

1673
01:48:16.439 --> 01:48:19.520
right behind me. What are you doing, you little snippet.

1674
01:48:20.279 --> 01:48:23.600
Martin always called me a little snippet whenever I frustrated him,

1675
01:48:23.920 --> 01:48:27.279
which made me laugh a little inside. Martin was only

1676
01:48:27.279 --> 01:48:30.479
caring for me out of obligation. Far from that, there

1677
01:48:30.560 --> 01:48:34.279
was no love lost between us. I quickly turned to

1678
01:48:34.319 --> 01:48:38.479
Martin and glared at him. No, Bell's didn't leave Strickfield,

1679
01:48:38.800 --> 01:48:41.560
at least not for good. Her things are still here.

1680
01:48:42.199 --> 01:48:45.039
I pointed to the floor in the closet. See those

1681
01:48:45.600 --> 01:48:49.119
those are her eighties rebock pump men's basketball shoes. Bell

1682
01:48:49.199 --> 01:48:52.720
would never just leave those behind. I had to think

1683
01:48:52.760 --> 01:48:55.840
about it a little bit. But you're right, mean, Martin,

1684
01:48:56.479 --> 01:48:59.159
He pointed right at me. You don't get to call

1685
01:48:59.199 --> 01:49:03.600
me that fuck you. I snap again. He seemed ready

1686
01:49:03.600 --> 01:49:07.239
to grab me again, but he backed off. Yeah, he

1687
01:49:07.399 --> 01:49:11.800
knows better then, I talked to him. It is strange

1688
01:49:11.840 --> 01:49:15.119
that Bells isn't home on a Saturday morning. She usually

1689
01:49:15.159 --> 01:49:17.159
comes and shakes me awake so we can go have

1690
01:49:17.199 --> 01:49:22.119
breakfast at Denyer's grill. I look Martin in the face. Fine,

1691
01:49:22.640 --> 01:49:24.800
I'll change clothes and go look for her. I have

1692
01:49:24.840 --> 01:49:27.600
some ideas on where to find her, I pointed at him.

1693
01:49:27.960 --> 01:49:31.079
Who knows. Maybe, if you're lucky, neither of us will

1694
01:49:31.079 --> 01:49:35.760
come back home. I work all those hours for you, Einstein,

1695
01:49:36.199 --> 01:49:40.159
he snapped. It's how I afford your medications. He pointed

1696
01:49:40.199 --> 01:49:43.920
right at me. You better start showing me some fucking respect.

1697
01:49:44.840 --> 01:49:49.119
You don't deserve any goddamn respect. I snapped back, now

1698
01:49:49.159 --> 01:49:52.840
get out of my room. Martin growled and finally left.

1699
01:49:53.399 --> 01:49:56.960
I changed into regular clothes and grabbed my smartphone. I

1700
01:49:57.039 --> 01:49:59.640
called for an uber since I couldn't drive, and waited.

1701
01:50:00.439 --> 01:50:03.119
This road trip was probably going to be expensive, but

1702
01:50:03.760 --> 01:50:06.720
I was willing to pay it anything to get away

1703
01:50:06.760 --> 01:50:09.680
from mean Martin. At that point, I had the uber

1704
01:50:09.760 --> 01:50:12.079
driver take me to some of the usual haunts Bells

1705
01:50:12.119 --> 01:50:15.279
and I frequented Bells. Wasn't at any of them. I

1706
01:50:15.319 --> 01:50:18.560
even looked at Denyer's grill. The place was packed full

1707
01:50:18.560 --> 01:50:21.840
of Strickfield High students who were having breakfast. I didn't

1708
01:50:21.880 --> 01:50:25.479
see any sign of Bells, though I didn't think I would.

1709
01:50:26.680 --> 01:50:30.600
You'd think she'd probably be here, especially with that monstrous

1710
01:50:30.640 --> 01:50:35.560
appetite of hers. See. Bells is a master vampire, but

1711
01:50:35.680 --> 01:50:39.159
a really unique version of one. She's the only one

1712
01:50:39.159 --> 01:50:41.840
of her kind who can walk in the daylight. She

1713
01:50:42.000 --> 01:50:46.560
has many master vampire strengths and none of their weaknesses.

1714
01:50:47.199 --> 01:50:51.600
She's also the one vampire I know who doesn't drink blood. No,

1715
01:50:52.119 --> 01:50:54.439
she has to eat an incredible amount of food in

1716
01:50:54.520 --> 01:50:58.439
order to satisfy her immense hunger. Martin was right about

1717
01:50:58.479 --> 01:51:02.119
Bells and Strickfield. She hated the village, but Denoyer's Grill

1718
01:51:02.279 --> 01:51:06.479
was the one place she truly loved here. People loved

1719
01:51:06.520 --> 01:51:10.439
the food at Denoyer's, but Bell's really loved it. I

1720
01:51:10.560 --> 01:51:13.520
had no doubt that Denoyer himself made money off her,

1721
01:51:13.600 --> 01:51:17.880
since she started eating there almost regularly. But no, Bells

1722
01:51:17.920 --> 01:51:20.960
wouldn't have come here on Saturday morning without me, I

1723
01:51:21.039 --> 01:51:23.720
mean us, Having breakfast here on Saturday morning was a

1724
01:51:23.760 --> 01:51:27.680
weekly ritual for us. The driver pulled away from the diner,

1725
01:51:28.279 --> 01:51:30.319
I had him take me to other places where Bells

1726
01:51:30.359 --> 01:51:32.680
and I would hang out. I even went down the

1727
01:51:32.720 --> 01:51:35.159
big hill near the Castalia River to the cave where

1728
01:51:35.159 --> 01:51:38.960
we'd go sometimes to be alone. If anything, Bells loved

1729
01:51:38.960 --> 01:51:41.720
the view there. You could see the big river and

1730
01:51:41.760 --> 01:51:45.319
even some of Strickfield University. I think that was why

1731
01:51:45.359 --> 01:51:47.640
we went to a lot of places off the beaten path,

1732
01:51:48.199 --> 01:51:52.600
just her and me. She loved her views. And then

1733
01:51:52.640 --> 01:51:56.520
I suddenly realized that I knew where Bells was. There

1734
01:51:56.560 --> 01:51:59.239
was one more place that suddenly came to mind, the

1735
01:51:59.319 --> 01:52:03.079
one place that had the view. You want to make

1736
01:52:03.119 --> 01:52:06.720
some serious money, I asked the driver, what you got

1737
01:52:06.800 --> 01:52:14.399
in mind? He asked quickly, It was dark. When I

1738
01:52:14.439 --> 01:52:18.119
reached the very top floor of the tallest building in

1739
01:52:18.159 --> 01:52:22.359
the huge megalopolis of Shore City. It was night, it

1740
01:52:22.399 --> 01:52:25.960
was chilly, and it was quite windy up here. I

1741
01:52:26.039 --> 01:52:28.359
came out onto the roof through the doorway and found

1742
01:52:28.359 --> 01:52:31.680
Bells there. We first came to this place just before

1743
01:52:31.720 --> 01:52:34.640
we left back in June, after my falling out with

1744
01:52:34.720 --> 01:52:39.640
Grandma Donnerly took you long enough, I ney, Bell said,

1745
01:52:39.680 --> 01:52:44.680
without even looking my way. Bell's is everything okay? I

1746
01:52:44.760 --> 01:52:49.439
asked in concern. Martin wanted me to find you fuck him?

1747
01:52:49.880 --> 01:52:55.640
She replied, I got my own problems. What problems? You're

1748
01:52:55.920 --> 01:53:00.840
scaring me? She turned and faced me. Some was quite

1749
01:53:00.880 --> 01:53:05.199
different about Bells now. Usually she was practically naked. I mean,

1750
01:53:05.600 --> 01:53:07.840
she had to keep enough of her skin exposed so

1751
01:53:07.920 --> 01:53:11.840
she didn't become too claustrophobic, which was part of her vampirism.

1752
01:53:12.319 --> 01:53:15.279
But now she was wearing some of my clothes, a

1753
01:53:15.279 --> 01:53:18.680
pair of jeans, a Strickfield High T shirt, normal shoes,

1754
01:53:18.720 --> 01:53:21.960
and even her varsity jacket that the Strickfield High cheerleaders wore.

1755
01:53:22.479 --> 01:53:25.680
I was wearing mine. She didn't look the least bit

1756
01:53:25.760 --> 01:53:29.119
ready to shred her clothes. She even had sunglasses on.

1757
01:53:30.119 --> 01:53:33.560
I just looked at Bells. Are you okay? I mean,

1758
01:53:34.439 --> 01:53:38.399
are you really okay? As Bells came close to me,

1759
01:53:38.680 --> 01:53:41.960
I could tell she'd been crying. Then she pointed to

1760
01:53:42.000 --> 01:53:45.840
the moon. I didn't mention this. I wasn't sure if

1761
01:53:45.840 --> 01:53:48.199
you'd heard about it or not. But we got a

1762
01:53:48.199 --> 01:53:52.199
solar eclipse going on. This eclipse is the single biggest

1763
01:53:52.239 --> 01:53:55.840
event to someone like me. Iini, oh, I know about

1764
01:53:55.880 --> 01:53:59.119
the solar eclipse. I pointed to my glasses to show

1765
01:53:59.159 --> 01:54:03.279
my lenses. He had trained transition dark. But what you

1766
01:54:03.399 --> 01:54:06.880
don't know is that the solar eclipse is the one

1767
01:54:07.000 --> 01:54:09.279
time where I become as close to human as I

1768
01:54:09.279 --> 01:54:15.079
can possibly be. During the solar eclipse, I'm completely powerless.

1769
01:54:15.600 --> 01:54:18.680
I can be hurt and killed like an ordinary human being.

1770
01:54:19.600 --> 01:54:22.119
Since I still have Thornton Gillian's blood in my body,

1771
01:54:22.640 --> 01:54:25.000
I found I'm still immortal for sure when it comes

1772
01:54:25.039 --> 01:54:27.960
to my aging process, and I still have to eat

1773
01:54:28.000 --> 01:54:30.079
a ton of food. I hit in all you can

1774
01:54:30.119 --> 01:54:33.840
eat buffet. Before I came here, you could have stayed

1775
01:54:33.840 --> 01:54:37.199
at the house. Bells, I pointed out, why come all

1776
01:54:37.199 --> 01:54:40.640
the way to Shore City for the eclipse? Because this

1777
01:54:40.720 --> 01:54:43.920
is the one time I'm most vulnerable. You and I

1778
01:54:44.000 --> 01:54:46.880
both know Martin's been showing as true colors as of late.

1779
01:54:47.479 --> 01:54:49.199
I wouldn't put it past him to try and take

1780
01:54:49.239 --> 01:54:52.640
advantage of me as a human. I still have my training,

1781
01:54:52.680 --> 01:54:54.840
but Martin would piss me off to the point where

1782
01:54:54.880 --> 01:54:58.760
I'd want to kill him. No, I ne's it's better

1783
01:54:58.800 --> 01:55:02.079
this way. We both leaned against a wall and just

1784
01:55:02.159 --> 01:55:04.960
looked out at the seemingly endless array of lights and

1785
01:55:05.119 --> 01:55:09.079
huge bridges that spanned the Big River. I love it

1786
01:55:09.159 --> 01:55:13.520
up here, iini, Bells told me. It's so beautiful up here.

1787
01:55:14.119 --> 01:55:16.079
I can't think of a more perfect place to wait

1788
01:55:16.119 --> 01:55:20.279
out the eclipse. You're right, Bells, it is beautiful up here.

1789
01:55:20.960 --> 01:55:24.920
I glanced over at her. You know I really envy you.

1790
01:55:25.000 --> 01:55:27.960
Sometimes you can see the world over on account of

1791
01:55:28.000 --> 01:55:32.560
you never getting old, Bells took and held my hand.

1792
01:55:32.960 --> 01:55:37.079
To be honest, being a fucking vampire wasn't something I

1793
01:55:37.119 --> 01:55:41.520
ever wanted. Unfortunately, I can't give this shit back. All

1794
01:55:41.560 --> 01:55:44.159
I can do is savor the one fucking eclipse that

1795
01:55:44.199 --> 01:55:48.000
can make me almost human again, if even for just

1796
01:55:48.079 --> 01:55:52.880
a little while. What you'd rather be dead? I asked

1797
01:55:52.880 --> 01:55:57.600
with surprise, Bells squeezed my hand a little. I should

1798
01:55:57.640 --> 01:56:00.279
be long dead in my grave with my fucking kids.

1799
01:56:00.359 --> 01:56:06.000
Continuing the tabon line, she started crying softly again before

1800
01:56:06.039 --> 01:56:10.520
she got mad. But no, I gotta both be a

1801
01:56:10.600 --> 01:56:15.119
fucking immortal and the only tabon in existence. Then she

1802
01:56:15.239 --> 01:56:19.119
suddenly screamed out into the night, Fuck you, Thornton Jillian.

1803
01:56:19.600 --> 01:56:22.039
If it's the last mother fucking thing I do, I'll

1804
01:56:22.119 --> 01:56:26.039
kill every last goddamn one of your kind. When she

1805
01:56:26.159 --> 01:56:30.239
calmed down, I glanced her way. I'm so sorry, Bells,

1806
01:56:30.920 --> 01:56:36.840
I whispered. Bells shook her head slowly. Don't be fucking sorry.

1807
01:56:37.000 --> 01:56:40.680
You didn't make me a monster. She glanced at me.

1808
01:56:40.800 --> 01:56:45.359
Now he's such a mousy little shit like your cousin, Madeline.

1809
01:56:46.279 --> 01:56:51.720
But I've really come to fucking love you anyway. Trust

1810
01:56:51.760 --> 01:56:54.359
me on this. You don't want to be envying me

1811
01:56:55.239 --> 01:56:57.239
being like me. Ain't all it's cracked up to be.

1812
01:56:58.039 --> 01:57:00.880
I eat more food than a fucking billy, and I

1813
01:57:00.920 --> 01:57:05.000
want sex all the time. I even started fucking people

1814
01:57:05.039 --> 01:57:08.600
at school. I loved to fight when I was a mortal.

1815
01:57:09.319 --> 01:57:13.119
Now that I'm tainted with Thornton Gillian's blood, I love

1816
01:57:13.159 --> 01:57:16.640
it that much more. With all that comes with being me,

1817
01:57:17.479 --> 01:57:22.159
you'd be very high maintenance. I really didn't know what

1818
01:57:22.239 --> 01:57:26.239
to say to Bells. She smiled a little. Don't worry, Iiny,

1819
01:57:26.680 --> 01:57:30.479
You're definitely safe. Since I don't drink blood, that means

1820
01:57:30.479 --> 01:57:34.039
I can't sire anybody. Bells and I just looked at

1821
01:57:34.039 --> 01:57:36.920
each other. Then I got a text from Martin and

1822
01:57:36.960 --> 01:57:39.960
showed it to her. Should I tell Martin I found

1823
01:57:40.000 --> 01:57:44.319
you and you're okay? She raised an eyebrow. We both

1824
01:57:44.439 --> 01:57:47.359
know you don't want to drop the act. I know

1825
01:57:47.439 --> 01:57:49.600
you two don't get along. I know you hate him.

1826
01:57:49.960 --> 01:57:54.760
I nodded so much. He's the reason I'm sick. I

1827
01:57:54.840 --> 01:57:58.039
replied to Martin and lied about finding Bells. When he

1828
01:57:58.079 --> 01:58:00.720
demanded to know where I was, I shut the phone off.

1829
01:58:01.600 --> 01:58:03.840
Bells put an arm around me and gave me a

1830
01:58:03.880 --> 01:58:07.199
gentle hug. I put an arm around her and hugged

1831
01:58:07.199 --> 01:58:10.479
her back. We were silent for a long moment before

1832
01:58:10.479 --> 01:58:14.039
I asked, okay, Bells, what do you want to do

1833
01:58:14.079 --> 01:58:18.000
while we wait out this eclipse? Before Bells could answer,

1834
01:58:18.119 --> 01:58:21.640
someone else answered for her. I've got a great idea.

1835
01:58:22.119 --> 01:58:24.239
How about the two of us beat the two of

1836
01:58:24.239 --> 01:58:27.039
you to a bloody pulp before we kill both of

1837
01:58:27.079 --> 01:58:30.760
your fucking asses. Bells and I were both surprised to

1838
01:58:30.840 --> 01:58:37.039
see no mother fucking way. Bells cried, I fucking paralyzed

1839
01:58:37.039 --> 01:58:40.720
you too last winter. We didn't know which girl was witch,

1840
01:58:41.000 --> 01:58:43.960
since they were identical twin sisters, but they were on

1841
01:58:44.039 --> 01:58:47.560
either side of us. They were wearing completely different cheerleading

1842
01:58:47.560 --> 01:58:49.520
outfits from the ones that Bells and I wore at

1843
01:58:49.520 --> 01:58:53.479
Strickfield High. They were black with red trim and consisted

1844
01:58:53.520 --> 01:58:56.279
of a mini skirt with an athletic top. In fact,

1845
01:58:57.000 --> 01:59:00.439
their tops both had a word embroidered on them. The

1846
01:59:00.479 --> 01:59:03.840
twin coming toward Bells had Bitch, while the other coming

1847
01:59:03.880 --> 01:59:07.920
toward me had Vixen. They both had long, wavy blonde

1848
01:59:07.960 --> 01:59:13.119
hair and glowing red eyes. They were Alissa and Ali Miron.

1849
01:59:13.840 --> 01:59:17.760
Bells fought those two and their cheerleading squad back in January.

1850
01:59:18.399 --> 01:59:20.840
They were a coven of witches who were trying to

1851
01:59:20.880 --> 01:59:27.199
turn themselves into vampires using something called old bloodstone that's

1852
01:59:27.279 --> 01:59:30.359
old with an E on the end. As far as

1853
01:59:30.359 --> 01:59:34.439
we both knew, they hadn't completed their transformations into vampires.

1854
01:59:35.199 --> 01:59:38.399
To show us that they had, they vamped out and

1855
01:59:38.600 --> 01:59:43.319
raised their claws. The vixen twin laughed at Bell's comment.

1856
01:59:44.159 --> 01:59:47.640
Guess we got the last laugh. Huh. The bitch ones

1857
01:59:47.800 --> 01:59:52.079
smiled an evil smile. Here's what you didn't know. We,

1858
01:59:52.600 --> 01:59:55.159
that is, Alyssa and me took the power from the

1859
01:59:55.199 --> 02:00:01.119
other cheerleaders ourselves, right, Alyssa agreed, We figured you'd catch

1860
02:00:01.199 --> 02:00:04.960
on to us somehow. Yeah, we learned who you were,

1861
02:00:05.520 --> 02:00:09.680
Bella Tabon. We put some extra old bloodstone inside our

1862
02:00:09.720 --> 02:00:13.960
shoe soles. We were able to complete our transformations into

1863
02:00:13.960 --> 02:00:17.680
full vampires. After all, we were coming to look for

1864
02:00:17.720 --> 02:00:21.680
you too. Ali growled, we owe you for what happened

1865
02:00:21.680 --> 02:00:26.399
back in January. And what did we just hear? Alyssa

1866
02:00:26.439 --> 02:00:31.920
squealed with delight that you, Bella Tabon, are powerless during

1867
02:00:32.000 --> 02:00:36.479
this eclipse. Ali's anger turned to a squealing delight now,

1868
02:00:37.119 --> 02:00:39.560
which means we can have all the fun we want

1869
02:00:39.600 --> 02:00:48.239
with you before we drink you up. Run iiny, Bell's yelled.

1870
02:00:48.600 --> 02:00:50.359
The two of us both turned to the door and

1871
02:00:50.520 --> 02:00:53.479
escaped through it. I quickly pulled it shut behind us

1872
02:00:53.520 --> 02:00:55.680
and locked it. As we were at the bottom of

1873
02:00:55.760 --> 02:00:59.039
the steps, we heard the door being ripped away. We

1874
02:00:59.079 --> 02:01:02.319
can't outrun them, Bell's told me. Suddenly, one of the

1875
02:01:02.359 --> 02:01:04.600
twins was right in front of Bells to make sure

1876
02:01:04.680 --> 02:01:08.199
she ran into her fist. Bells fell flat on her back.

1877
02:01:08.760 --> 02:01:10.680
Then the other twin had punched me right in the

1878
02:01:10.720 --> 02:01:13.960
face to send me falling on top of her. She

1879
02:01:14.039 --> 02:01:17.920
really is powerless, Ali shrieked with delight. She was the

1880
02:01:17.960 --> 02:01:21.319
one wearing bitch on her athletic top. Taban has a

1881
02:01:21.359 --> 02:01:25.199
nosebleed that won't stop. Alyssa came up right next to her,

1882
02:01:25.680 --> 02:01:29.560
and if she can bleed like that, that means we

1883
02:01:29.720 --> 02:01:34.039
can kill her. Bells sat up. Yeah, play with your

1884
02:01:34.079 --> 02:01:36.600
new fucking powers while you got them. I may not

1885
02:01:36.680 --> 02:01:39.600
be at full strength right now. I was amazed to

1886
02:01:39.600 --> 02:01:44.680
see Bells still show off her sinister, sexy smile. Suddenly,

1887
02:01:45.079 --> 02:01:48.319
Bells struck. She quickly spun and got to her feet.

1888
02:01:48.720 --> 02:01:51.640
Then she threw some kind of powder at both of them.

1889
02:01:52.359 --> 02:01:55.079
The mirror and twins screamed and shrieked as they covered

1890
02:01:55.079 --> 02:01:58.439
their faces. Bells quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me

1891
02:01:58.479 --> 02:02:02.359
to my feet. We got a I shrieked as Bells

1892
02:02:02.359 --> 02:02:05.520
and I ran through some hallways. Bells led me down

1893
02:02:05.560 --> 02:02:08.439
one stairway into an elevator to go down a couple

1894
02:02:08.439 --> 02:02:12.520
of floors down another stairway. Are they going to catch us? Bells?

1895
02:02:12.840 --> 02:02:16.279
I cried, Okay, yes, I was scared as holy hell

1896
02:02:16.399 --> 02:02:21.279
right now, not that easily, but they probably will, Bells said, truthfully,

1897
02:02:22.000 --> 02:02:25.680
I threw some powerful garlic essence in their faces Graham's

1898
02:02:25.680 --> 02:02:30.680
family recipe. Their reaction confirms their full vampires. It doesn't

1899
02:02:30.680 --> 02:02:34.680
look like they've mastered their new powers. Fully, you expected

1900
02:02:34.680 --> 02:02:38.760
those two, I asked, no, But when you have enemies

1901
02:02:38.760 --> 02:02:42.640
out there, other vampires, you damn fucking sure better be prepared.

1902
02:02:43.399 --> 02:02:45.479
Bells and I managed to make it down a total

1903
02:02:45.479 --> 02:02:48.520
of twenty three floors before we were both finally taken

1904
02:02:48.600 --> 02:02:52.560
down by two wolves. As we turned around to fight

1905
02:02:52.600 --> 02:02:56.000
the wolves, they both transformed back into the mirror twins.

1906
02:02:56.680 --> 02:02:59.640
Then they both lifted us up and threw us across

1907
02:02:59.680 --> 02:03:03.720
the room. We both crashed into cubicles, knocking over the walls.

1908
02:03:04.319 --> 02:03:06.279
I know I ended up flat on my back on

1909
02:03:06.359 --> 02:03:10.279
a desk. I didn't see where Bells landed. I didn't

1910
02:03:10.279 --> 02:03:12.399
have time to clear the stairs that I was seeing,

1911
02:03:12.680 --> 02:03:15.520
because a twin snatched me up and threw me against

1912
02:03:15.560 --> 02:03:18.560
some more cubicles. I cried out as I knocked over

1913
02:03:18.640 --> 02:03:21.159
some more walls. When I landed, it was on the

1914
02:03:21.159 --> 02:03:24.560
floor by a doorway. Bells landed right on top of me.

1915
02:03:24.680 --> 02:03:30.199
Shortly after. This is so much fun, Alli, Alyssa cheered.

1916
02:03:30.560 --> 02:03:34.239
She was wearing the Vixen top. I know, and we're

1917
02:03:34.439 --> 02:03:38.560
just getting started, Ali replied. Then she picked up Bells.

1918
02:03:39.119 --> 02:03:43.880
Come on, tabon, fight us. Not so tough without your powers,

1919
02:03:43.920 --> 02:03:49.159
are you? Bells gave Ali her sexy smile. You mean

1920
02:03:49.239 --> 02:03:52.840
you fucking airheads haven't figured it out yet. Being powerless

1921
02:03:52.880 --> 02:03:56.720
doesn't mean I'm helpless. Bell suddenly reached into her hair,

1922
02:03:56.840 --> 02:03:59.600
pulled out two vials of a clear liquid, and threw

1923
02:03:59.640 --> 02:04:02.840
them at each vampire. The mir and twins screamed when

1924
02:04:02.880 --> 02:04:05.920
the vials broke on their foreheads. They had burns and

1925
02:04:05.960 --> 02:04:10.279
boils where the liquid had splashed them. It's fucking holy water,

1926
02:04:10.760 --> 02:04:15.119
Alyssa yelled. Bells quickly yanked me to my feet. Run, iiny.

1927
02:04:15.720 --> 02:04:18.960
We both got out of those offices. Bells again held

1928
02:04:18.960 --> 02:04:21.279
my hand as she guided me through stairways for so

1929
02:04:21.399 --> 02:04:24.760
many floors and then into elevators. We managed to get

1930
02:04:24.800 --> 02:04:27.600
down eleven more floors before the mir and Twins found

1931
02:04:27.640 --> 02:04:31.159
us again. Alyssa grabbed Bells and slammed her head into

1932
02:04:31.159 --> 02:04:34.079
a nearby water cooler with enough force to shatter the

1933
02:04:34.119 --> 02:04:37.520
glass and get water everywhere. Then she picked Bells up

1934
02:04:37.720 --> 02:04:40.159
and heaved her through the glass window that was outside

1935
02:04:40.159 --> 02:04:43.119
of an office. Ali grabbed me and moved my arm

1936
02:04:43.199 --> 02:04:46.399
behind my back, making me cry out in pain. You're

1937
02:04:46.439 --> 02:04:49.119
going to watch as your friend gets her ass kicked

1938
02:04:49.119 --> 02:04:53.239
before we kill her. A leaned donnerly, but Bells wasn't

1939
02:04:53.239 --> 02:04:56.600
going to let Alissa just kick her around. She fought

1940
02:04:56.680 --> 02:04:59.079
back and used some of her martial arts training that

1941
02:04:59.119 --> 02:05:02.960
she had accumulated during her travels around the world. Bells

1942
02:05:03.000 --> 02:05:05.840
managed to draw blood from Alyssa, but it wouldn't be

1943
02:05:05.880 --> 02:05:09.119
long before Alyssa would heal up. If anything, Bells was

1944
02:05:09.199 --> 02:05:12.640
keeping her dazed and off balance. Ali threw me to

1945
02:05:12.680 --> 02:05:15.319
the floor and went to help her sister. Bells was

1946
02:05:15.359 --> 02:05:18.720
taking on both of them. Now. She showed both twins

1947
02:05:18.760 --> 02:05:21.760
that she truly knew how to fight. Bells wouldn't be

1948
02:05:21.760 --> 02:05:25.159
able to beat both twins by just fighting alone, at

1949
02:05:25.279 --> 02:05:28.000
least not without her powers. I knew it would only

1950
02:05:28.039 --> 02:05:30.640
be a matter of time before Bells would be overpowered

1951
02:05:30.640 --> 02:05:34.520
by both of them. I shrieked and leapt onto Ali's back.

1952
02:05:35.000 --> 02:05:37.720
Ali quickly grabbed me and flipped me onto my back.

1953
02:05:38.119 --> 02:05:43.199
Then she pointed to Bells, stop right there, stop right there,

1954
02:05:43.319 --> 02:05:46.399
or so help me. I'll kill Aileen right goddamn now.

1955
02:05:47.319 --> 02:05:50.640
Bells had no choice but to stop fighting. Alisa got

1956
02:05:50.640 --> 02:05:52.760
a cheap shot in on Bells that caused her bloody

1957
02:05:52.800 --> 02:05:55.840
nose to start up again and sent her falling flat

1958
02:05:55.880 --> 02:05:59.399
on her back. Then Alyssa uttered an incantation of some

1959
02:05:59.560 --> 02:06:03.239
kind on Bells. After the spell was completed, Alyssa gave

1960
02:06:03.279 --> 02:06:06.560
a weird look. Whatever spell she had tried on Bells,

1961
02:06:07.159 --> 02:06:11.000
it didn't work. I'm sure I recited the spell rite,

1962
02:06:11.119 --> 02:06:15.600
Alyssa complained, you did. Ali assured her sister, I don't

1963
02:06:15.640 --> 02:06:19.039
know why it's not working on her either. Bells laughed.

1964
02:06:19.760 --> 02:06:23.239
I may be powerless during this fucking eclipse, but I

1965
02:06:23.279 --> 02:06:26.319
still have the vampire blood in my body. Hate to

1966
02:06:26.359 --> 02:06:29.600
tell you too, fucking bees, but magic is the one

1967
02:06:29.680 --> 02:06:32.560
thing that doesn't work on me. It hasn't since I

1968
02:06:32.640 --> 02:06:35.880
was transformed, And really, you were going to try and

1969
02:06:35.920 --> 02:06:38.199
turn me into an old crone before you killed me.

1970
02:06:38.800 --> 02:06:42.960
She flipped them both off, not happening. Ali screamed with

1971
02:06:43.079 --> 02:06:45.600
rage and rushed at Bell's She managed to get out

1972
02:06:45.600 --> 02:06:48.159
of the way, but Ali was still too quick. She

1973
02:06:48.279 --> 02:06:50.520
managed to grab Bell's arm and twist it so that

1974
02:06:50.600 --> 02:06:54.479
it snapped at the elbow. Bells screamed an agonizing pain

1975
02:06:54.920 --> 02:06:58.039
before Ali kicked her in the stomach. We need to

1976
02:06:58.079 --> 02:07:01.760
do it now, sis, Ali yelled, we have to destroy

1977
02:07:01.840 --> 02:07:06.239
bella tabon now. Alissa lifted me up and drove me

1978
02:07:06.279 --> 02:07:09.439
through a nearby office window. I landed on my back

1979
02:07:09.479 --> 02:07:12.760
and was covered with glass. I was in pain all over.

1980
02:07:13.479 --> 02:07:15.600
I knew Alissa had to be joining her sister in

1981
02:07:15.640 --> 02:07:19.079
double teeming Bells. I managed to pull myself to my

1982
02:07:19.159 --> 02:07:22.199
feet to see the two of them just laying into Bells.

1983
02:07:22.760 --> 02:07:26.039
These two weren't holding anything back. They were making Bells

1984
02:07:26.039 --> 02:07:29.399
scream and pain as they battered and broke her. When

1985
02:07:29.439 --> 02:07:32.319
I say they broke her, I mean they broke bone

1986
02:07:32.479 --> 02:07:36.680
after bone. They kicked and punched her ribs, They broke

1987
02:07:36.720 --> 02:07:40.199
her arms and legs, They shattered her knee joints. They

1988
02:07:40.239 --> 02:07:43.600
even made her face a crimson mask. One of them

1989
02:07:43.640 --> 02:07:46.199
even punched Bell in the face so hard that her

1990
02:07:46.279 --> 02:07:49.720
left eye came hanging right out of its socket. Bells

1991
02:07:49.800 --> 02:07:52.159
was flat on her back. Now the mirr and twins

1992
02:07:52.159 --> 02:07:55.399
were standing right over her. Bet, you don't have anything

1993
02:07:55.479 --> 02:08:00.000
smart to say to us now, Ali taunted, do you?

1994
02:08:00.079 --> 02:08:02.439
Even though Bells had been beaten and battered to the

1995
02:08:02.439 --> 02:08:06.159
point that definitely would have killed an ordinary human, Bells

1996
02:08:06.199 --> 02:08:08.920
still managed to cling to life. In fact, she was

1997
02:08:08.960 --> 02:08:14.439
actually laughing at the twins. Yeah, you two can can both.

1998
02:08:15.399 --> 02:08:20.520
Then she yelled, suck my mother, fucking dick. Ali turned

1999
02:08:20.560 --> 02:08:24.560
to her sister, pull her up. Since she's still human,

2000
02:08:24.600 --> 02:08:27.520
I say we drink her dry, then we drink up

2001
02:08:27.520 --> 02:08:32.800
her little friend. Sounds good to me. Alyssa pard Bells

2002
02:08:32.880 --> 02:08:38.079
laughed again. I wouldn't wouldn't do that if I were you,

2003
02:08:39.279 --> 02:08:42.159
but they ignored her. I tried to find something to

2004
02:08:42.279 --> 02:08:44.359
use as a weapon. But what the hell are you

2005
02:08:44.439 --> 02:08:47.680
going to find in a bunch of offices? I spoke

2006
02:08:47.720 --> 02:08:50.880
too soon. I ran into an emergency fire axe and

2007
02:08:50.920 --> 02:08:53.560
broke the glass to grab the weapon. I rushed at

2008
02:08:53.600 --> 02:08:56.359
Alyssa to drive the axe in her back, but she

2009
02:08:56.520 --> 02:08:59.960
turned and snatched me by my throat. Then she grabbed

2010
02:09:00.119 --> 02:09:03.840
the axe and tossed it away. Now, you skinny little shit,

2011
02:09:04.319 --> 02:09:06.760
You're going to watch as we drink up your friend,

2012
02:09:07.359 --> 02:09:12.159
Alyssa declared. After that, we're going to drink you up.

2013
02:09:12.920 --> 02:09:18.439
No no, I wailed. Ali yanked Bells to her feet

2014
02:09:18.720 --> 02:09:21.439
and held her from behind as she sank her fangs

2015
02:09:21.720 --> 02:09:25.760
into Bell's neck. She gasped as Ali drank her blood.

2016
02:09:26.960 --> 02:09:33.359
After a little bit, Ali stopped, Sis, it's delicious. I

2017
02:09:33.399 --> 02:09:37.920
mean it's fucking scrumptious. I saved you enough so you

2018
02:09:38.000 --> 02:09:43.279
can feed. The twins switched places. Then Alyssa drank from Bells,

2019
02:09:43.600 --> 02:09:48.159
who wasn't moving anymore. Now. I couldn't help myself and

2020
02:09:48.239 --> 02:09:54.279
began to cry. Bells, I shrieked. I knew I was

2021
02:09:54.319 --> 02:09:57.319
going to be next, but my heart felt really heavy

2022
02:09:57.359 --> 02:10:02.000
at knowing that my best friend was like dead. When

2023
02:10:02.039 --> 02:10:06.199
Alyssa finished draining whatever was left of Bells, she threw

2024
02:10:06.239 --> 02:10:09.159
her body off to the side like it was a

2025
02:10:09.239 --> 02:10:14.399
rag doll. Wow, you were right, Sis, that was the

2026
02:10:14.600 --> 02:10:20.640
best blood we've ever tasted. Then she looked at me. Awww.

2027
02:10:21.600 --> 02:10:25.720
She mocked me by pretending to cry, poor little alien,

2028
02:10:26.119 --> 02:10:30.399
your big bad vampire bestie is all dead now, and

2029
02:10:30.520 --> 02:10:35.840
now for our dessert. Now, for those of you who've

2030
02:10:35.880 --> 02:10:39.479
been following along. You know, I usually don't get vulgar

2031
02:10:39.560 --> 02:10:45.159
unless i'm really mad. Fuck you, fuck you, you fucking

2032
02:10:45.239 --> 02:10:49.760
bleach blonde pieces of shit. The twins both laughed scornfully

2033
02:10:49.760 --> 02:10:53.279
at me. I mean, they laughed so hard I couldn't

2034
02:10:53.319 --> 02:10:56.359
believe they really thought that what I screamed was funny.

2035
02:10:57.119 --> 02:11:00.159
When they collected themselves, Ali ran her tongue up the

2036
02:11:00.199 --> 02:11:04.680
side of my face. Oh you're so cute. I know

2037
02:11:04.760 --> 02:11:07.720
if I were a guy, I definitely fuck you good,

2038
02:11:08.319 --> 02:11:10.800
even if you are a fucking geek with your squeaky

2039
02:11:10.840 --> 02:11:15.520
little mouse voice and all. But like I said, you

2040
02:11:15.640 --> 02:11:20.800
get to be dessert now. Alissa grinned, knowing these vampire

2041
02:11:20.920 --> 02:11:23.600
sisters were going to drain me the way they drained bells.

2042
02:11:24.159 --> 02:11:27.079
I stood up boldly and looked Alyssa square in the eyes.

2043
02:11:27.920 --> 02:11:32.359
Fuck you, I hope you choke on me. Bone appetite,

2044
02:11:32.760 --> 02:11:38.399
Alyssa said to Ali, you drink first with pleasure. Ali

2045
02:11:38.520 --> 02:11:46.399
replied gratefully. Suddenly it began to get windy indoors, the

2046
02:11:46.479 --> 02:11:51.239
twins looked puzzled. You heard any, A familiar voice said

2047
02:11:51.279 --> 02:11:54.279
That made me shriek for joy. When the mirror twins

2048
02:11:54.279 --> 02:11:57.920
turned and saw Bells standing there hole again. Their looks

2049
02:11:57.920 --> 02:12:03.279
of horror were priceless. Then Bell's told them, fuck you.

2050
02:12:04.520 --> 02:12:07.880
Bell's quickly removed her varsity jacket and grabbed both of

2051
02:12:07.880 --> 02:12:11.000
the twins, causing Ali to let me go. She threw

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them both at a nearby wall. Then she turned to them.

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Two things. One, guess what's over? She raised her finger.

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That's right, you fucking mirror bees. The solar eclipses finally

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fucking over, which means I'm fully restored, which means I

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feel just fucking fantastic. And two, you're both gonna be

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quite fucking dead. Very shortly, the twins both stood up.

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Oh what what are you gonna do? Slaughter us? Alyssa sneered.

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Bells folded her arms in front of her. As much

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as I'd like to for how you hurt, iiny, I

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really don't have to. As a matter of fact, a

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soft sigh, I already killed you both. The twins just

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looked at each other in confusion. Wait for it, Bells murmured, Oh, yes,

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I'd say, you both are starting to look like handmade

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shit right about now. My jaw dropped when it looked

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like the twins were starting to melt they were both

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acting like it was very hot. Then they started to

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scream in intense pain while they were still able to

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hear yet, Bells explained, I told you not to drink

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from me, didn't I? The second eclipse ended and I

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was fully restored. That means the blood you drank from

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me also came alive in your systems. My blood doesn't

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allow me to utilize magic spells. At the same time,

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it also disenchants things with magic. Since you two were

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stupid enough to drink my blood, it's become the deadliest

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of poisons to you. Now, we both watched as Ali

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and Alyssa Mirn melted away until they were nothing more

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than two disgusting piles of goop. Even their bones and

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internal organs melted. In fact, all that remained were their

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cheerleader uniforms. Suddenly, Bells started to feel very uncomfortable herself.

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She kicked off her shoes and tore her clothes apart.

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By the time she was finished, the clothes looked like

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a tattered bikini. Once again, Bells was unable to wear

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a lot of clothing as part of her unique vampire nature.

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Bells turned to me, are you okayiny I? Hugged Bells

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to me tightly and began to cry. I really thought

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they killed you. They did, she confirmed, looks like Thornton

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Gillian's blood said otherwise, again, looks like I'm still cursed

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to walk the earth as my own unique kind of

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master vampire. So it looks like you and me are

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still attached at the hip. When I finished crying, Bells

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suggested we get the hell out of there before the

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police arrived and head back to Strickfield. I snatched Bell's hand.

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I'm ready to tell you everything now about what happened

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to me and why I'm always sick. Bell's gave me

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her undivided attention. I'm listening. When we got in the door,

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Martin was overjoyed to see that I had brought Bell's

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back home. He shot right to her and tried to

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hug her, but Bell's quickly knocked him on his ass.

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Ainie told me everything, Martin Bell said. She told me

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how you fucked a drunk chick at a high school party,

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Courtney Rickman. Was it anyway? She promised you there'd be

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held to pay. When the alcohol wore off, Courtney and

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her friends came here to find you. They broke in

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and found Irony. Instead, Courtney's older brother raped IINNI to

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get back at you for taking advantage of her. The

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problem was he had AIDS, which meant Iiny got aids.

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Bells quickly lifted Martin to his feet. I had never

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seen Bells so pissed off in my life. You just

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couldn't keep your fucking dick in your pants, she continued,

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And Irony has to pay for that with her fucking life,

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She vamped out. Give me one good, fucking goddamn reason

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why I shouldn't kill your ass right here and now

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Bell's glanced at me. Is this what Grandma Donnerly tried

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to tell me in June? Yes, I whispered sadly. Then

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I told Bells, don't kill him. He's not worth it.

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How can you say that, she demanded. It's not going

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to make me better. I'm still going to die. Killing

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Martin won't change anything. Bells finally dropped him and became

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human again. From now on, martin Inini's under my protection.

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You fuck with her, I fuck with you. You got that.

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Bells turned away from him. Let's get you into bed.

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I know you're not feeling well. I didn't argue. As

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Bells took me to my bedroom. I felt so much

2125
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better finally telling my best friend everything. I also felt

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safer knowing she was there, But deep down I knew

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me and Martin would eventually strike again with a vengeance.

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Bella Tabon has faced vampires, witches, cosmic threats, and herself,

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but tomorrow she'll face Hell Weaver and the truth about

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who really paid the price to save her soul. Don't

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miss the final episode of our summer miniseries Deadly Second

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Chances tomorrow only on Weekly Spooky. Until then, don't drink

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any blood.