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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
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to school with me on Monday. She laughs a little.
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Now it's my turn to fold my arms in front
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of me. What makes you so goddamn sure that I'm
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coming to school with you? I drop my arms, please, Iiny,
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fucking enlighten me. She gives me a cute little smile. No,
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not the kind that says she's got me right where
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she wants me. It's the kind of cute little smile
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that belongs to a cute little face like hers. Because
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I believe the girls who are on the cheerleading squad
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at Strickfield High School are also vampires. Maybe they're not
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like you, but they are vampires, possibly all six of them.
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My finger. Let me stop you right there, iiny, As
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far as I know, I'm the only one who can
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walk in the daylight. How the fuck can these so
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called vampire twats walk the halls and attend classes? Hello,
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sunlight comes in through pretty much every fucking classroom window
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at a school. Einstein shakes her head. Oh, I don't
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believe they're like you, Bella, but they must be doing
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something to be able to walk around during the daylight.
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And I don't think they're wearing sunblock. I nod in agreement.
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There are very few ways vamps can move around during
471
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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
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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
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00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:06.599
I can tell she's not lying. I just don't want
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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
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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,
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00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:24.480
Bell's good night. I give her a dirty look and
485
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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
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rob Fields, and here we are. Anie and I just
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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
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far as the distance between Strickfield and Shore City, it's
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at least five hundred miles. I've been driving our rental
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00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.680
car since we left Strickfield. Aine's sitting next to me
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00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:34.960
and giving me directions. After several long hours and some stops,
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00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:39.160
we finally pull into the driveway of Grandma Donnerly's house.
502
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I get out of the car and look at my surroundings.
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I can see the beach as I look past Grandma
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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.
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I sigh and look up at the sky. Why do
507
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I do it? Why? Why do I let you talk
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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 way51300:31:16.440 --> 00:31:20.519
to Shore City for a week of vacation. Of all things,51400:31:20.880 --> 00:31:24.920
what's wrong with taking a vacation, Ainie asks. I grab51500:31:25.000 --> 00:31:28.319
Aine and shake her a little, because neither of us51600:31:28.359 --> 00:31:32.279
can fucking drive a car. I let her go. You're51700:31:32.319 --> 00:31:36.079
goddamn lucky. I learned fast. We're really lucky. We never51800:31:36.160 --> 00:31:40.559
got pulled over. And fuck all those speed limits, I sigh.51900:31:40.960 --> 00:31:45.519
The point is I don't take vacation's Iini, I just don't.52000:31:46.799 --> 00:31:50.440
And here you are, she reminds me in her mousey voice.52100:31:51.599 --> 00:31:53.720
Why did I agree to drive us all the way52200:31:53.799 --> 00:31:57.559
to Shore City? Three days ago, Inine's grandma calls her52300:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.319
out of the blue and wants to see her right away.52400:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.559
She asks her grandma if she can bring me along.52500:32:03.480 --> 00:32:08.079
She agrees right away, and things fell into place from there.52600:32:09.000 --> 00:32:12.440
Almost turned out neither of us ever learned how to52700:32:12.519 --> 00:32:16.200
drive a car. AINI tried calling a taxi service, but52800:32:16.279 --> 00:32:20.319
the trip would be quite costly, so AINI talked me52900:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.680
into driving a rental car. Let's just say I had53000:32:23.720 --> 00:32:27.839
a few close calls. Believe it or not, it's really53100:32:27.960 --> 00:32:30.960
quite easy when you get it down. It's just those53200:32:31.039 --> 00:32:34.720
fucking speed limits that pissed me off. So I said53300:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.440
fuck it and got us here doing a full hundred.53400:32:38.559 --> 00:32:40.720
Ainie and I got our bags out of the car,53500:32:41.160 --> 00:32:45.880
and then the front door opens. Aileen, you finally made it.53600:32:45.920 --> 00:32:49.200
Aileen is Eini's real name. I call her Aini because53700:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.119
her older brother Martin calls her Einstein on the count53800:32:52.119 --> 00:32:56.039
of her big brain. I just shortened Einstein by calling53900:32:56.039 --> 00:32:59.319
her Aini. She returns the favor by calling me Bells54000:33:00.240 --> 00:33:03.680
and her grandma hug It's nice to see you again, Grandma.54100:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.400
Grandma Donnerly is in her mid sixties and has a54200:33:07.400 --> 00:33:11.559
thin frame with silver hair, and you must be Bella.54300:33:11.720 --> 00:33:15.039
Aileen has told me so much about you. I was54400:33:15.119 --> 00:33:17.720
just gonna shake hands with her, but she pulls me54500:33:17.759 --> 00:33:20.920
in and hugs me. When we finish, she just looks54600:33:20.960 --> 00:33:24.160
at me. You are so cold. Do you need some54700:33:24.319 --> 00:33:29.640
coffee or some hot chocolate? I smile a little. I'm fine, ma'am.54800:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.160
Grandma Donnerly invites both of us inside. She's got the54900:33:34.200 --> 00:33:38.200
air conditioning running. She shows Irony to her room as55000:33:38.240 --> 00:33:41.599
she's getting settled in. Grandma Donnerly brings me to the basement.55100:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.960
I set you up down here. I hope you don't mind.55200:33:45.519 --> 00:33:49.359
I'm not choosy, I reply. Turns out she prepared a55300:33:49.400 --> 00:33:52.720
couch down here. It's nice and cool. There's even a55400:33:52.720 --> 00:33:56.599
small shower cabinet for me. It's perfect. I tell her55500:33:56.839 --> 00:34:00.799
and put my duffel down. She nods and heads back upstairs.55600:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.440
After I unpack, I come back upstairs to see the55700:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.720
donner leaves at the kitchen table. I'm entering the kitchen55800:34:07.759 --> 00:34:13.679
when Grandma donnerly gasps. She points right at me. No, Grandma, what,55900:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.400
Ani asks? The old woman gets up, still pointing at me.56000:34:18.440 --> 00:34:24.239
You you don't have a reflection, and I had forgotten56100:34:24.280 --> 00:34:28.239
about checking for mirrors and avoiding them. This is part56200:34:28.280 --> 00:34:31.360
of the reason why I don't go on vacations. Now56300:34:31.440 --> 00:34:37.000
Aine's grandma knows I'm a vampire. You're a believer. I say,56400:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.440
I've met your kind before she replies contempt in her voice,56500:34:43.000 --> 00:34:48.199
I revoke my invitation. Grandma stop, Any tells her Bells56600:34:48.239 --> 00:34:52.760
isn't like other vampires. She's been my dearest friend for months.56700:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.679
She considers. Iini. Then she looks at me and makes56800:34:56.719 --> 00:35:01.880
another realization. You walk in the day light. I'm the56900:35:01.880 --> 00:35:05.280
only one who can, I reply. When I killed a57000:35:05.360 --> 00:35:08.679
master vampire, I was hurt too. His blood mixed with57100:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.920
mine and made me what I am. I'm not malevolent,57200:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.639
and I won't hurt you. And you're friends with my grandbaby,57300:35:16.320 --> 00:35:20.320
she asks in amazement. I Nei's my only friend. I57400:35:20.400 --> 00:35:24.519
admit she talked me into coming here with her. If57500:35:24.559 --> 00:35:27.079
you don't want me here, I'll leave. I won't stay57600:35:27.079 --> 00:35:31.280
where I'm not welcome. Grandma Donnerly looks at her granddaughter.57700:35:32.599 --> 00:35:36.000
You said she was staying with you and martin In,57800:35:36.199 --> 00:35:40.159
he adds. Grandma Donnerly really shows contempt now as she57900:35:40.239 --> 00:35:46.280
looks at me. Aileen told me you're Martin's girlfriend. Well,58000:35:47.639 --> 00:35:51.960
I wouldn't entirely say that, I stammer. She raises her finger.58100:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.800
Break up with him. That boy has been nothing but58200:35:54.880 --> 00:35:57.039
trouble since he was old enough to walk and talk.58300:35:57.320 --> 00:36:00.960
If you don't know now, you'll know soon enough. I58400:36:01.039 --> 00:36:05.000
look at her solemnly. Is there something you want to58500:36:05.039 --> 00:36:09.360
tell me? She takes my hand in hers. You don't58600:36:09.400 --> 00:36:12.239
know Martin as well as you think. He can never58700:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.400
stay out of trouble. He looks for any excuse to58800:36:15.440 --> 00:36:19.119
cause trouble. Kids at school called him mean Martin, and58900:36:19.199 --> 00:36:23.000
with good reason. I won't let him come here. He's59000:36:23.039 --> 00:36:27.079
not welcome, He'll never be welcome. Break up with him.59100:36:27.320 --> 00:36:31.159
A leopard like him never changes his spots. I listen59200:36:31.239 --> 00:36:35.519
to her heartbeat and know she's telling the truth. I59300:36:35.599 --> 00:36:39.039
realize I'll have to watch Martin closely when I returned59400:36:39.079 --> 00:36:43.199
to Strickfield. I'll have to talk to any about this later.59500:36:44.400 --> 00:36:48.199
Grandma Donnerly lets go of my hand. You may stay.59600:36:49.360 --> 00:36:52.320
I don't know how i'll feed you though I don't59700:36:52.320 --> 00:36:56.679
have any blood for you. I actually I don't drink blood,59800:36:57.039 --> 00:37:00.719
I tell her, but you can't feed me anyway. I'll59900:37:00.760 --> 00:37:03.559
eat you out of house and home. Aine said, there's60000:37:03.599 --> 00:37:07.000
plenty of good buffets I can eat at. I explain60100:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.039
to Grandma Donnerly why I don't drink blood and how60200:37:10.039 --> 00:37:12.559
I have to eat lots of food to compensate for60300:37:12.599 --> 00:37:16.280
all the energy I use. Just the same, Grandma Donnerly60400:37:16.280 --> 00:37:19.280
insists on feeding me, even when I told her about60500:37:19.320 --> 00:37:22.079
how I devoured at least twenty roast chickens for my60600:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.960
first meal as a vampire. I watched the Donnerleies talk60700:37:26.079 --> 00:37:29.599
some more Grandma Donnerly tells Anie that she should just60800:37:29.719 --> 00:37:33.880
leave Strickfield and come move in with her, leave Martin behind.60900:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.079
Or if you don't want to live with me, you61000:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.639
know you have other family here. You could even live61100:37:39.679 --> 00:37:42.519
with your three cousins. They have a house in this neighborhood.61200:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.559
I'm sure they'd enjoy having you to live with them.61300:37:45.159 --> 00:37:48.880
The more I'm hearing the old woman talk negatively about Martin,61400:37:49.800 --> 00:37:59.280
the more I'm really wondering. Anie and I are walking61500:37:59.320 --> 00:38:02.639
out onto the each now. Grandma Donnerly had to run61600:38:02.679 --> 00:38:05.000
some errands and said she'd be back in a while.61700:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.760
We're both wearing bikinis and walking on the sand. Where61800:38:09.800 --> 00:38:12.360
do you want to set up bells? And he asks,61900:38:13.480 --> 00:38:19.480
I guess Anywhere's fine? I reply. Suddenly, my vampire senses62000:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.000
make me raise my hand and snatch the volleyball that62100:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.519
would have hit me in the back of the head.62200:38:24.239 --> 00:38:26.840
Then I turn around to see three girls heading our way.62300:38:28.039 --> 00:38:33.320
Yeah that's our volleyball, bitch. The busty blonde snaps, you62400:38:33.360 --> 00:38:36.679
can give it back now, a busty brunette adds rudely.62500:38:37.239 --> 00:38:42.039
I raise an eyelid. Oh you want this back? Huh?62600:38:42.199 --> 00:38:45.440
A dark skinned girl gets in my face. You hard62700:38:45.480 --> 00:38:51.239
a hearing bitch, I smirk. You want this ball back,62800:38:52.079 --> 00:38:56.559
well go get it. Then I toss the ball up62900:38:56.679 --> 00:38:59.480
and give it a nice little love tap to send63000:38:59.480 --> 00:39:04.679
it flying way down the beach. The bitches turn around63100:39:04.719 --> 00:39:08.440
and race after it, screaming obscenities at me. As they're leaving.63200:39:08.960 --> 00:39:11.239
You just know those girls are going to be back,63300:39:11.599 --> 00:39:16.519
Ainie tells me fuck them. We walk again and find63400:39:16.519 --> 00:39:19.400
our spot to set up our beach towels, and then63500:39:19.920 --> 00:39:26.800
it's not long before we have another surprise. You any shrieks,63600:39:27.360 --> 00:39:32.440
no way you're here? To a leen, The voice sounds familiar.63700:39:33.440 --> 00:39:36.599
I turned to see. How did you end up here?63800:39:37.239 --> 00:39:40.400
I asked Eddie Richter. He's known as pee Wee in63900:39:40.480 --> 00:39:47.000
Strickfield athletics. Eddie gawks bella tabon you too? You know64000:39:47.119 --> 00:39:49.719
Anie and I are joined at the hip, I joke.64100:39:50.360 --> 00:39:52.920
Eddie laughs a little. Then he points in a direction.64200:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.559
My buddy's parents have a place here. They said he64300:39:56.599 --> 00:39:59.440
could use it whenever he wanted, so we came over64400:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.400
here and hit the beach after school was out for64500:40:01.440 --> 00:40:05.320
the summer. Why'd you two come here? Aini explains that64600:40:05.320 --> 00:40:08.320
her grandma invited her to come over, and she invited64700:40:08.360 --> 00:40:12.199
me to come with her. Just then Eddie's friends approach him.64800:40:12.639 --> 00:40:15.800
They're all at least a head taller than him. Guess64900:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.199
he's nicknamed pee Wee for a reason, for a mortal.65000:40:19.400 --> 00:40:22.199
He's impressed me with what a fast little fucker he is.65100:40:22.840 --> 00:40:26.000
The other boys recognize us from the Strickfield High cheerleading65200:40:26.039 --> 00:40:29.320
squad and invite us to play volleyball with them. So65300:40:29.360 --> 00:40:32.880
it's three jocks and one cheerleader to a team. We65400:40:32.920 --> 00:40:37.559
play volleyball for a while, then some storm clouds quickly gather.65500:40:38.239 --> 00:40:41.639
The winds pick up, and it starts raining. Some people65600:40:41.760 --> 00:40:44.440
run to take shelter, while others just stay on the beach,65700:40:45.320 --> 00:40:50.159
and then the screaming starts. I turn and run in65800:40:50.199 --> 00:40:53.639
the direction people are running away from the water. When65900:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.800
I get there, I see a body's washed up onto66000:40:55.840 --> 00:40:58.480
the sand. I get on one knee and examine it.66100:40:59.039 --> 00:41:02.239
I'm already seeing things here that tell me I've got66200:41:02.239 --> 00:41:06.199
work to do here in Shore City. Through my vampire hearing,66300:41:06.280 --> 00:41:09.079
I can hear Eini's little feet as she's almost on me.66400:41:09.840 --> 00:41:14.800
Bell's what, oh, do you know what that is? This66500:41:14.960 --> 00:41:18.599
is easily a werewolf attack. I point to the bite marks,66600:41:19.239 --> 00:41:22.280
three of them for sure, and last night was the66700:41:22.280 --> 00:41:26.280
first night of the full moon. Two more nights I66800:41:26.360 --> 00:41:31.639
needed deuces tonight and tomorrow night. Right. That means we66900:41:31.679 --> 00:41:33.599
don't have much time to get to the bottom of this.67000:41:34.440 --> 00:41:38.559
I point to the fangs. This person was a vampire.67100:41:39.119 --> 00:41:43.599
Human fangs aren't normally this long. Some police officers come67200:41:43.639 --> 00:41:46.719
along and rudely tell us to fuck off. I watch67300:41:46.800 --> 00:41:49.000
them look at the body and laugh to myself as67400:41:49.000 --> 00:41:52.840
they'll try and fail miserably to determine the cause of death.67500:41:53.559 --> 00:41:56.519
They won't find the vampire teeth since I snatched them up.67600:41:57.239 --> 00:42:01.880
Don't need mortals asking questions they shouldn't be asking. What's67700:42:01.960 --> 00:42:07.159
on your mind? Bells II asks, I'm thinking those werewolves67800:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.199
will be back tonight. Maybe a nice walk on the67900:42:10.239 --> 00:42:13.239
beaches in order. Then I raise my eyebrow to her68000:42:13.400 --> 00:42:17.199
a little. Did you happen to bring the toys? Iini68100:42:17.320 --> 00:42:21.400
gives me a wicked smirk. I always bring the toys,68200:42:21.880 --> 00:42:24.679
I Nei's been my partner in crime for a while. Now.68300:42:25.480 --> 00:42:28.920
We do our day stuff. At night, we go out68400:42:28.960 --> 00:42:33.199
looking for trouble. We often find trouble and stop it.68500:42:34.039 --> 00:42:38.360
Then we return home. Iini goes to bed. I fuck Martin,68600:42:41.360 --> 00:42:45.199
still remembering what Grandma Donnerly told me. I may have68700:42:45.320 --> 00:42:50.440
to rethink that last part, Iini, Are there any problems68800:42:50.480 --> 00:42:55.400
between you and Martin? I ask, AINI just gives me68900:42:55.480 --> 00:43:00.400
a sad look. Grandma talked to you, didn't she you69000:43:00.480 --> 00:43:04.119
were there. She told me Martin is trouble. She didn't69100:43:04.159 --> 00:43:07.760
say what. She also said. Martin wasn't welcome at her house.69200:43:08.519 --> 00:43:12.280
She told me to stop seeing him. Iini gets defensive.69300:43:12.960 --> 00:43:15.440
You and Martin just have sex. You're not really in69400:43:15.480 --> 00:43:19.360
a relationship with him, I groan. I was hoping to69500:43:19.400 --> 00:43:22.320
get something out of Iiny, but I can see she's69600:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.679
not gonna tell me anything. Her heartbeat tells me she's69700:43:25.920 --> 00:43:29.239
very angry. I can't tell if I've upset her or69800:43:29.280 --> 00:43:33.800
if it's something she's keeping inside. I won't use glam69900:43:33.840 --> 00:43:36.360
on her. If she wants to tell me, then she'll70000:43:36.400 --> 00:43:45.039
tell me when she's ready. Night comes, Ainye and I70100:43:45.079 --> 00:43:47.519
put our bikinis back on and head to the beach.70200:43:48.280 --> 00:43:50.519
It's so easy to get onto the sand from Grandma70300:43:50.639 --> 00:43:55.440
Donnerley's backyard. Speaking of whom I can't believe she prepared70400:43:55.480 --> 00:43:58.679
all that food just for me. I did tell her70500:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.639
I could eat. The least I could do was help70600:44:01.679 --> 00:44:05.880
with the dishes, since she wouldn't accept payment. There were70700:44:05.920 --> 00:44:08.519
some kids out here, though not nearly as many as70800:44:08.599 --> 00:44:11.800
during the day. The full moon is nice and bright.70900:44:12.440 --> 00:44:15.199
There's a gentle breeze, and the water's a little wavy.71000:44:15.679 --> 00:44:18.280
As long as I see people I've come in contact with,71100:44:18.360 --> 00:44:22.400
then I scratch them off as suspects. Werewolves can't change71200:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.199
back and forth at will. When it's a full moon,71300:44:25.639 --> 00:44:29.440
they change whether they want to or not. The werewolves71400:44:29.480 --> 00:44:33.880
are already out and prowling. I managed to get faint71500:44:33.960 --> 00:44:37.960
scents off the body from this afternoon. Won't be much71600:44:38.000 --> 00:44:42.079
to go on, but it's better than nothing. You think71700:44:42.119 --> 00:44:47.039
we'll find anything? Bells and he asks, I'm quite optimistic,71800:44:47.440 --> 00:44:52.599
I reply, Bella Eileen. Over here, a voice calls out.71900:44:53.159 --> 00:44:55.840
We look to see Eddie Richter sitting at a fire72000:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.519
on the sand and walk over to him. Just do72100:44:59.519 --> 00:45:03.079
you out here? I ask him. My buddies went back72200:45:03.119 --> 00:45:07.360
to the house. Eddie replies, they forgot something. Didn't say what.72300:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.280
Have a seat. We sit with Eddie and talk with him.72400:45:12.039 --> 00:45:15.719
You know it's a shame you too graduated, Eddie tells us,72500:45:16.239 --> 00:45:18.920
I kind of liked watching you two on the squad.72600:45:19.440 --> 00:45:23.599
We'll be back. Heinie replies, I missed too many days72700:45:23.599 --> 00:45:27.360
with being sick this school year, and Bell's just didn't72800:45:27.360 --> 00:45:30.480
feel like coming to school. I pick up, so I72900:45:30.519 --> 00:45:33.920
got a repeat senior year with Heinie. The truth is73000:45:34.039 --> 00:45:36.280
I had to care for her when she was sick73100:45:36.320 --> 00:45:40.320
and Martin had to work. Eddie smirks and shakes his73200:45:40.320 --> 00:45:45.360
head a little. The bad Schoolgirl a name that pretty73300:45:45.440 --> 00:45:50.159
much every student calls me. To be honest, I really73400:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.880
like it bad as I want to be, honey, I reply.73500:45:55.039 --> 00:45:58.920
He fully smiles. Now, no wonder, Principal van Deste is73600:45:58.960 --> 00:46:03.320
always riding you. I fully smile back, only for me73700:46:03.440 --> 00:46:06.880
to keep throwing him off. You ain't taming this bitch.73800:46:07.679 --> 00:46:10.360
The three of us talk some more, and then I73900:46:10.480 --> 00:46:14.400
catch whiffs of those faint smells I got earlier. Now74000:46:14.440 --> 00:46:19.719
I'm hearing some screaming. I turn and see three werewolves74100:46:19.760 --> 00:46:22.960
have hit the beach. I need grabs. Eddie, come on,74200:46:23.440 --> 00:46:26.559
we gotta run. The two of them get away. Then74300:46:26.599 --> 00:46:29.239
I run towards the werewolves, vamping out as I do74400:46:29.920 --> 00:46:36.119
I'm so looking forward to this. I fucking hate hate werewolves.74500:46:36.840 --> 00:46:39.280
The werewolves howl at the full moon and then come74600:46:39.320 --> 00:46:41.960
at me. These beasts are gonna be strong, but I74700:46:42.000 --> 00:46:44.559
can match power with them. I can beat the living74800:46:44.639 --> 00:46:47.320
shit out of all of them. These fuckers keep trying74900:46:47.360 --> 00:46:50.239
to bite me, but I just keep knocking their asses back.75000:46:50.800 --> 00:46:54.960
I'm fucking loving this. Most importantly, I'm keeping their attention75100:46:55.039 --> 00:46:58.159
on me while other mortals are getting away in their75200:46:58.280 --> 00:47:01.119
animal minds. All they want to do tear me apart.75300:47:01.480 --> 00:47:04.960
Unless they're seriously hurt, they know they're dying, or they75400:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.960
know sunrise is coming. They're gonna keep coming after me75500:47:08.280 --> 00:47:12.159
as prey. Well, they did come right for me. That75600:47:12.320 --> 00:47:15.280
means I met and pissed off somebody here in Shore City.75700:47:15.920 --> 00:47:18.960
I'm already compiling a list of suspects I've come across.75800:47:19.960 --> 00:47:22.480
Guess I'm gonna have some work to do tomorrow during75900:47:22.519 --> 00:47:26.400
the daylight hours. Oh, I know what you're thinking, Why76000:47:26.440 --> 00:47:30.280
the hell didn't I just kill those motherfuckers. Yes, they'd76100:47:30.280 --> 00:47:33.880
turned back into their human forms immediately, but I wouldn't76200:47:33.920 --> 00:47:36.920
get the whole story. So it looks like I'm gonna76300:47:36.920 --> 00:47:39.440
have to do the next best thing. As my new76400:47:39.480 --> 00:47:42.360
playmates come at me again, I strike with a little76500:47:42.360 --> 00:47:46.400
more force and knock their asses out. Now comes the76600:47:47.480 --> 00:47:51.800
not so fun part the waiting game. I guess I76700:47:51.800 --> 00:47:53.960
can enjoy the view of the water and feel the76800:47:54.039 --> 00:47:57.559
gentle breezes while I'm waiting time to use some of76900:47:57.639 --> 00:48:01.280
Viny's toys. I pull out some special zip ties she77000:48:01.360 --> 00:48:04.000
made in her mad Scientists lab back at her house77100:48:04.679 --> 00:48:08.679
in her basement. These particular zip ties are really high77200:48:08.719 --> 00:48:12.480
tensile strength. You can't get these at your local hardware store.77300:48:12.880 --> 00:48:15.440
They're strong enough to piss off these werewolves once I77400:48:15.480 --> 00:48:20.480
apply them. AINI keeps improving on the formula, so I imagine77500:48:20.360 --> 00:48:23.320
it's only gonna be a matter of time before these77600:48:23.360 --> 00:48:27.920
things can secure even me or other master vampires. As77700:48:27.960 --> 00:48:31.920
I'm about to secure the first werewolf, my senses go critical.77800:48:32.239 --> 00:48:34.599
I don't have time to react as a silver werewolf77900:48:34.639 --> 00:48:37.960
crashes into me and takes me down. Those other three78000:48:38.000 --> 00:48:41.440
were easy to take on, but this one is an alpha.78100:48:42.119 --> 00:48:44.960
You don't see too many of these around due to78200:48:45.000 --> 00:48:47.760
the fact that they don't last as long as vampires,78300:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.760
but here's one now pissed off as fuck. The two78400:48:52.800 --> 00:48:55.800
of us fight it out. When the other werewolves come too,78500:48:55.960 --> 00:48:58.199
the distraction is enough for the Alpha to hit me78600:48:58.280 --> 00:49:01.599
hard enough to daze me. I barely feel the Alpha78700:49:01.639 --> 00:49:04.280
getting on top of me before I hear the gunshots.78800:49:05.039 --> 00:49:09.679
Oh yeah, I guess they understand gunshots also, especially with78900:49:09.760 --> 00:49:16.719
the whole silver bullets thing. I wake up and find79000:49:16.760 --> 00:49:23.000
myself down in Grandma Donnerly's basement. Iini's right there with me, Bells,79100:49:23.639 --> 00:49:28.880
you're finally awake. Yeah, she's quite happy right now. Yeah,79200:49:28.920 --> 00:49:33.199
I got lucky. I reply, you missed it. I tell79300:49:33.239 --> 00:49:37.280
her about the alpha werewolf that showed up. So you're79400:49:37.320 --> 00:49:40.639
saying were wolves are like vampires. The older they get,79500:49:40.719 --> 00:49:45.719
the more powerful they become. She translates, pretty much. Yeah,79600:49:46.039 --> 00:49:48.639
given the strength and speed of the Alpha and the79700:49:48.679 --> 00:49:52.400
silver coat, this one's been around for a very long time.79800:49:53.119 --> 00:49:56.400
Then Iinie's quick on something else. We only have one79900:49:56.440 --> 00:50:00.639
more night, Bells tonight. I know I have my work80000:50:00.639 --> 00:50:04.800
cut out for me, and maybe not you have suspects,80100:50:05.079 --> 00:50:09.679
She asks, Perhaps we gotta be beach babes again today.80200:50:09.760 --> 00:50:12.880
Iine you up for it. I Ney glares at me.80300:50:13.440 --> 00:50:16.079
I am not a beach babe. Look at me. I'm80400:50:16.079 --> 00:50:20.039
a scrawny little thing. I smirk and look my friend80500:50:20.079 --> 00:50:24.360
in the face. I think Eddie Richter would disagree. He's80600:50:24.400 --> 00:50:28.920
definitely into you. Iiny gasps, Oh, no, Bells, don't you dare.80700:50:29.599 --> 00:50:32.440
We argue about it for a little bit. Then I80800:50:32.559 --> 00:50:35.719
compliment Iiny on her cute little face and tell her80900:50:35.760 --> 00:50:39.800
that having bigger tits isn't always better. I mean, I81000:50:39.880 --> 00:50:43.559
certainly don't have them myself. She finally lets her guard81100:50:43.679 --> 00:50:45.559
down and agrees to come on the beach with me81200:50:46.119 --> 00:50:50.519
one more time. After breakfast, we step onto the sand81300:50:50.519 --> 00:50:54.000
again in our bikinis. See, Iiny, there are plenty of81400:50:54.000 --> 00:50:58.079
guys checking you out. I say, no, they're checking you81500:50:58.199 --> 00:51:02.039
out Bells. She disagreed. I'm not the one with the flowing,81600:51:02.079 --> 00:51:06.960
long blonde hair and sexy body. Watch and learn. Throughout81700:51:07.000 --> 00:51:09.960
the day, AINI realizes that I'm not the only one81800:51:10.039 --> 00:51:12.719
people are checking out. When I ask her to get81900:51:12.800 --> 00:51:15.920
lemonade for us at a stand, She's quickly surprised that82000:51:16.480 --> 00:51:20.159
guys are hitting on her. Aine's got a thin frame,82100:51:20.239 --> 00:51:23.519
but she's not a skeleton. She's also got that cute82200:51:23.599 --> 00:51:27.800
face and great smile. And no, I definitely did not82300:51:28.320 --> 00:51:34.079
glam these guys. Aini returns with the lemonade. You were right, bells.82400:51:34.119 --> 00:51:37.559
She sits down. But I just can't go out with anybody.82500:51:38.440 --> 00:51:41.880
I just can't. I don't have a long term future82600:51:41.920 --> 00:51:48.559
with anybody. I smile. Iini, you'll make someone a perfect wife.82700:51:48.599 --> 00:51:52.679
She gets upset fast. You don't understand. Maybe these other82800:51:52.719 --> 00:51:56.639
people can think long term. I can't. I'm about to82900:51:56.679 --> 00:52:00.679
ask her why. When my senses flare up. I easily83000:52:00.719 --> 00:52:03.559
lift my hand and snatch the volleyball that was intended83100:52:03.559 --> 00:52:07.039
to hit me again. I stand up and face those83200:52:07.079 --> 00:52:11.159
three bitches from yesterday. You know, you three seem to83300:52:11.159 --> 00:52:14.639
have a difficult time keeping your fucking ball to yourselves.83400:52:15.800 --> 00:52:19.519
Now I'm making calculations in my head. I'm also picking83500:52:19.599 --> 00:52:24.679
up some familiar sense. Just then we're joined by Eddie83600:52:24.760 --> 00:52:27.800
Richter and his friends. It doesn't take long for the83700:52:27.840 --> 00:52:30.519
beach bitches and the strickfield jocks to get into it,83800:52:30.760 --> 00:52:33.880
with Ainy and me caught in the middle. And then83900:52:33.960 --> 00:52:37.760
it happens we end up in a full scale volleyball game.84000:52:38.119 --> 00:52:41.239
It's Eddie, his friends and me on one side. The84100:52:41.320 --> 00:52:44.239
bitches demand to have Ainy on their side and get84200:52:44.239 --> 00:52:47.360
one more girl to come and join them. Believe me84300:52:47.480 --> 00:52:50.079
when I say we don't end up playing a friendly84400:52:50.159 --> 00:52:53.800
game of volleyball. The three bitches are clearly targeting me84500:52:53.880 --> 00:52:57.519
and Eddie. It surprises me how they're talking so nicely84600:52:57.559 --> 00:53:01.239
to Ainie, like she's always been one of them. In fact,84700:53:01.639 --> 00:53:04.679
they even tell her their names. But AINI and the84800:53:04.719 --> 00:53:07.039
other girl are the only ones who play fair on84900:53:07.079 --> 00:53:10.800
their side. The bitches get really pissed off when they85000:53:10.840 --> 00:53:13.159
try to put the ball over the net and I'm85100:53:13.280 --> 00:53:16.679
right there to slam it down to the sand. Yeah,85200:53:17.000 --> 00:53:21.440
I'm using my vampire strength, but fuck these bitches. I've85300:53:21.480 --> 00:53:25.920
been watching these big breasties closely. In fact, I think85400:53:25.960 --> 00:53:30.400
I've just broken this mystery wide open. I know what's85500:53:30.480 --> 00:53:33.559
going on. Now we win the game and Eddie and85600:53:33.599 --> 00:53:37.079
his friends take off, the bitches quickly move and come85700:53:37.119 --> 00:53:41.440
at me. You don't belong here, you fucking leech. Lilah,85800:53:41.519 --> 00:53:44.800
the big breasted blonde, snaps in my face, this is85900:53:44.920 --> 00:53:49.599
our turf. Go home. I smirk. You three can suck86000:53:49.679 --> 00:53:53.239
my dick and I'll fucking piss where I please. I86100:53:53.360 --> 00:53:56.679
lean in and look Lilah right in the face. Or86200:53:56.719 --> 00:54:00.960
did you three already mark your territories. Ray Lean, the86300:54:01.000 --> 00:54:07.159
big breasted brunette, glares at me now tonight, Vampire, the86400:54:07.280 --> 00:54:12.360
dark skinned girl Ember practically growls at me, You're dead, bloodsucker.86500:54:13.599 --> 00:54:19.119
Challenge accepted, I reply, coming, Iiny. The bitches are reluctant86600:54:19.159 --> 00:54:21.639
to let AINI come with me, but she makes that86700:54:21.760 --> 00:54:25.000
choice herself and comes to me. The two of us86800:54:25.119 --> 00:54:30.519
leave bells. What's going on? Iini asks, when we're far86900:54:30.639 --> 00:54:35.239
enough away, Raylen called you a vampire. Oh, they know,87000:54:35.960 --> 00:54:40.199
and I know the problem is I know everything. Now.87100:54:40.800 --> 00:54:44.280
I look at her with sadness. You're not gonna like87200:54:44.320 --> 00:54:50.920
what I'm about to tell you. As soon as we87300:54:51.000 --> 00:54:54.119
get in the house, Iiny points right at Grandma Donnerly.87400:54:54.840 --> 00:54:57.480
What in the actual fuck have you been keeping from me?87500:54:58.360 --> 00:55:01.119
I know Iiny well enough to know she really pissed87600:55:01.159 --> 00:55:05.440
off when she starts dropping f bombs. Then Grandma Donnerly87700:55:05.480 --> 00:55:09.159
gives me an accusing look, what did you tell her? Vampire?87800:55:09.840 --> 00:55:14.440
I glare at her the truth any tightens her little fists.87900:55:15.159 --> 00:55:19.400
Grandma Donnerly, I really thought I could trust you. I88000:55:19.440 --> 00:55:22.760
really thought you cared. That's why I kept in contact88100:55:22.760 --> 00:55:24.599
with you. That's why I kept coming to see you88200:55:26.119 --> 00:55:30.199
because I love you, Helene, she replies, I just want88300:55:30.199 --> 00:55:34.039
you to leave that troublesome Martin. Seriously, I don't know88400:55:34.079 --> 00:55:36.360
why you stay with him. I know he's your brother88500:55:36.519 --> 00:55:40.480
and the last in your immediate family. He's also the88600:55:40.519 --> 00:55:44.960
reason you're werewolves. Aine screams, you want to turn me88700:55:45.000 --> 00:55:48.840
into a werewolf. You want to turn me into a killer.88800:55:49.559 --> 00:55:53.519
She calms down a little. Oh, and I did meet Lila,88900:55:53.679 --> 00:55:58.320
Raylene and Ember. Bell's told me they're my cousins, and89000:55:58.360 --> 00:56:02.679
they're were wolves too. Grandma Donnerly glares at me with hatred.89100:56:02.760 --> 00:56:07.239
Now I revoke my invitation, Bella, you are no longer89200:56:07.320 --> 00:56:11.679
welcome in my house. I hate to tell you, but89300:56:12.239 --> 00:56:16.079
all the vampire weaknesses you know about won't work on me.89400:56:17.079 --> 00:56:19.440
Or did you forget that I walk in the daylight89500:56:19.519 --> 00:56:22.840
and eat normal food. In other words, I don't need89600:56:22.880 --> 00:56:27.679
an invite to enter a person's house. Just then, Lilah, Raylen,89700:56:27.760 --> 00:56:31.920
and Ember appear. Lilah points at me, you've caused nothing89800:56:31.920 --> 00:56:35.119
but trouble ever since you got here, vampire. It's no89900:56:35.239 --> 00:56:39.280
wonder that vampires and werewolves are natural enemies. I quickly90000:56:39.320 --> 00:56:43.920
pull Aini behind me. I'm not the one killing people here.90100:56:44.360 --> 00:56:49.079
In fact, I save lives. I may be a master vampire,90200:56:49.119 --> 00:56:52.320
but I'm still a tabon. It's still the family business90300:56:52.360 --> 00:56:55.760
to take down threats against mortals. You killed people here,90400:56:56.239 --> 00:56:59.960
and I can't let that slide. There are no goods.90500:57:00.199 --> 00:57:04.119
Vampires ember counters. It's because of you that our kind90600:57:04.199 --> 00:57:09.559
can't flourish. Then I realize it's dark. The full moon90700:57:09.639 --> 00:57:13.880
will be evident soon. Just give me my grandbaby, and90800:57:13.920 --> 00:57:18.079
your death will be swift. Grandma Donnerly tells me, No,90900:57:18.840 --> 00:57:21.840
I won't do this. Iiny tells her, I won't become91000:57:21.880 --> 00:57:28.320
a killer. I'll die first. Raylen gasps, Aleen, you're our blood.91100:57:28.840 --> 00:57:33.880
You'd choose this vampire filth over your own family. Ione91200:57:34.000 --> 00:57:39.519
tightens her jaw. Bell's is my family, and she doesn't91300:57:39.599 --> 00:57:43.079
kill innocent people. I had to admit I never saw91400:57:43.079 --> 00:57:48.039
that coming. Wow, I never knew any thoughts so highly91500:57:48.079 --> 00:57:53.639
of me. We've been friends for several months, and I91600:57:53.639 --> 00:57:57.920
can't get choked up right now. Grandma Donnerly tells her91700:57:57.920 --> 00:58:02.119
other granddaughters. I want this this vampire destroyed. I do91800:58:02.159 --> 00:58:06.320
not want Aleen harmed. Maybe just a little scratch, do91900:58:06.360 --> 00:58:10.679
you hear me? Yes, Grandma Donnerly. The bitches say in92000:58:10.840 --> 00:58:13.679
Unison the full moon is evident. When the four of92100:58:13.719 --> 00:58:18.159
them start changing into werewolves. I turn quickly, snatch up Iiny,92200:58:18.199 --> 00:58:20.519
and get us the fuck out of that house. I92300:58:20.559 --> 00:58:22.360
don't take us back to the beach, since I can92400:58:22.400 --> 00:58:26.199
hear mortals there. No. I need to keep this between92500:58:26.199 --> 00:58:31.440
me and them. Bells. Don't let them turn me. Iiny92600:58:31.519 --> 00:58:36.559
cries over my fucking dead body. I promise her. I92700:58:36.599 --> 00:58:39.760
can hear the werewolves pursuing us. They have our sense.92800:58:40.280 --> 00:58:42.000
I have to stay ahead of them until I can92900:58:42.000 --> 00:58:44.960
get us far away from other mortals. I can leap93000:58:45.079 --> 00:58:48.760
far distances, and I can even run very fast, faster93100:58:48.880 --> 00:58:51.679
than even Pee Richter on his best day. But a93200:58:51.719 --> 00:58:55.400
werewolf would still ultimately catch up to me. Sucks to93300:58:55.440 --> 00:58:58.719
be me and not able to fly. I manage to93400:58:58.760 --> 00:59:00.880
make it to some open wilderness where we can fight.93500:59:01.400 --> 00:59:03.880
When I land, I let go of Iiny and get ready.93600:59:04.280 --> 00:59:07.719
Both werewolves and vampires have night vision. I don't know93700:59:07.760 --> 00:59:11.280
how theirs works, but for me, the darkness is still daylight.93800:59:12.440 --> 00:59:16.239
The four werewolves are on me now. Grandma Donnerly herself's93900:59:16.239 --> 00:59:19.199
gotta face me head on instead of going cheap. Like94000:59:19.280 --> 00:59:21.960
last time, I can still knock her away, but she94100:59:22.039 --> 00:59:25.920
recovers a lot faster than her granddaughters. Ainie throws me94200:59:25.960 --> 00:59:30.599
her backpack Bells use the toys. I open it and94300:59:30.679 --> 00:59:32.840
pull out the launchers that she made for when we94400:59:32.880 --> 00:59:36.159
face other vampires. Ainie and I did make a little94500:59:36.199 --> 00:59:39.679
swamp in these this afternoon. I quickly secure them to94600:59:39.719 --> 00:59:42.400
my forearms as I'm running. When I have them on,94700:59:42.920 --> 00:59:46.400
I turn and face the werewolves. Aini comes up beside94800:59:46.440 --> 00:59:49.519
me with her own launchers. Like I said, this mousey94900:59:49.599 --> 00:59:52.559
girl is my partner in crime. Ainie also has her95000:59:52.639 --> 00:59:56.480
night vision glasses on. We both take aim and fire.95100:59:56.800 --> 00:59:59.840
Ember and Lilah both fall when we sink silver steaks95201:00:00.079 --> 01:00:03.159
right through their hearts. I turn and fire my other95301:00:03.199 --> 01:00:06.280
one at ray Lean to kill her. Now that just95401:00:06.440 --> 01:00:10.800
leaves Grandma donnerly. I put Aini behind me and prepare95501:00:10.840 --> 01:00:15.920
a fighter, but Iini moves in front of me. This95601:00:16.000 --> 01:00:19.199
is my fight, bells. I raise my hands in front95701:00:19.239 --> 01:00:24.039
of me and back off. Iine aims her last silver steak.95801:00:25.559 --> 01:00:29.760
This really hurts Grandma. I know you probably don't understand95901:00:29.800 --> 01:00:34.280
me right now, she shakes her head a little. I96001:00:34.320 --> 01:00:37.639
can't be like you. I know I'll die one day,96101:00:38.480 --> 01:00:40.679
but I'm not going to be a killer. Just to live.96201:00:42.920 --> 01:00:48.880
Be at peace, Grandma, I love you. As Grandma Donnerly96301:00:48.960 --> 01:00:51.639
turns to jump at me, Iine leaps in front of96401:00:51.679 --> 01:00:55.199
me and puts her down. The silver werewoll falls onto96501:00:55.239 --> 01:00:58.599
her side. After Iinie and I get up. We see96601:00:58.639 --> 01:01:01.880
the werewolves are becoming human, and again, Ainie and I96701:01:01.960 --> 01:01:06.920
work to make sure they never return to life ever. Again,96801:01:08.760 --> 01:01:11.119
Ainie and I are on our way back to Strickfield.96901:01:11.800 --> 01:01:16.039
Iine's still very sad, not that I blame her. There97001:01:16.079 --> 01:01:19.920
are things I really want to ask her. I'm sorry,97101:01:20.000 --> 01:01:26.920
Irony I say about everything. Iini takes my hand. I97201:01:26.960 --> 01:01:30.360
still choose you bells. At least I always know where97301:01:30.360 --> 01:01:35.159
I stand with you. You're always honest with me. Grandma Donnerly97401:01:35.280 --> 01:01:40.480
kept horrible secrets from me. Then I have an opening.97501:01:41.079 --> 01:01:46.039
Honesty works both ways, you know. She sighs. I want97601:01:46.039 --> 01:01:49.760
to tell you everything. It still hurts me to think97701:01:49.800 --> 01:01:55.760
about it. Please not now, I will tell you, just97801:01:57.480 --> 01:02:02.440
not now. I squeeze Eye's hand. You tell me when97901:02:02.480 --> 01:02:07.199
you're ready. Then Iine nods. I know. From now on,98001:02:07.920 --> 01:02:12.719
I'm gonna be watching Martin more closely. In the meantime,98101:02:13.280 --> 01:02:17.480
I'm driving one hundred miles per hour back to Strickfield98201:02:21.639 --> 01:02:29.760
homecoming by rob Field's perspective. Bella, Innie and I couldn't98301:02:29.800 --> 01:02:33.039
get out of Strickfield High School fast enough. As soon98401:02:33.079 --> 01:02:35.679
as that bell to end the school day rang Inie98501:02:35.679 --> 01:02:38.039
and I shot up out of our seats and were98601:02:38.119 --> 01:02:41.840
right out the side doors. We're really going to do this, bells,98701:02:42.400 --> 01:02:46.119
she asks me in her mousey voice, what get the98801:02:46.159 --> 01:02:50.119
fuck out of Strickfield for Thanksgiving? Hugh, damn Betcha. I98901:02:50.280 --> 01:02:53.480
raise my finger. I haven't even told you the best part.99001:02:54.159 --> 01:02:57.159
You keep saying it's going to be a surprise. Well,99101:02:57.760 --> 01:03:01.480
prepare to be surprised, Ine. I open my mouth to99201:03:01.519 --> 01:03:04.440
tell her, but it seems Iine's hearing me speak with99301:03:04.480 --> 01:03:09.199
the voice of Principal Matthew van Deste Bella Tabon you99401:03:09.239 --> 01:03:12.559
stop right there, right there. I sigh and look up99501:03:12.559 --> 01:03:17.039
to the cloudy sky and mutter, God, damn it. Then99601:03:17.119 --> 01:03:20.119
I lower my eyes to see our esteemed school leader99701:03:20.519 --> 01:03:23.440
marching right at ainy in me. I give him a99801:03:23.599 --> 01:03:28.440
very toothy smile. Why, Matthew, how the hell are you today?99901:03:29.360 --> 01:03:32.159
Principal van Des sticks his finger right in my face.100001:03:32.800 --> 01:03:36.119
You are supposed to be walking to Detention Hall right now.100101:03:36.440 --> 01:03:38.599
You are not going to just walk on home like100201:03:38.679 --> 01:03:43.000
you you. I swear all day every student and teacher100301:03:43.199 --> 01:03:46.119
has been gawking at my new outfit and wearing a100401:03:46.159 --> 01:03:48.599
black leather crop top that kind of looks like a100501:03:48.960 --> 01:03:53.639
bra and matching short shorts. I actually took Inine's advice100601:03:53.679 --> 01:03:57.840
and wore a pair of her heeled platform sandals. My long,100701:03:57.960 --> 01:04:01.239
dirty blonde hair almost flows like a cape in the breeze.100801:04:02.039 --> 01:04:05.360
I'm still smiling for him as always. He's undressing me100901:04:05.440 --> 01:04:08.920
with his eyes. Thanks to my vampire hearing, I can101001:04:09.000 --> 01:04:12.239
hear his heart pounding. Why do you have to be101101:04:12.360 --> 01:04:17.000
so madly in love with me, Matthew, I'm thinking, problem101201:04:17.039 --> 01:04:19.679
is I don't really have any room to talk. I101301:04:19.719 --> 01:04:23.519
can't deny there's the very real possibility that I reciprocate101401:04:23.559 --> 01:04:30.280
his feelings. Heavy sigh, Why me, well, Matthew, I think101501:04:30.320 --> 01:04:33.280
we both know I ain't going anywhere near Detention Hall,101601:04:33.760 --> 01:04:37.280
I tell him flatly. Then I raise my finger, but101701:04:38.320 --> 01:04:41.639
I'll be more than happy to No, Bella, you have101801:04:41.719 --> 01:04:44.480
to get back in there and serve it right now.101901:04:45.159 --> 01:04:48.760
Vandist tells me I caught you red handed flipping a102001:04:48.800 --> 01:04:51.800
teacher off, even if his back was turned to you.102101:04:52.800 --> 01:04:55.880
Now I laugh and flip him off. How many times102201:04:55.880 --> 01:04:58.320
have I done this very thing to you? You never102301:04:58.360 --> 01:05:01.400
once gave me a detention for it. Yet I flip102401:05:01.400 --> 01:05:04.199
off that fucking blowhart of a science teacher, and you're102501:05:04.199 --> 01:05:09.440
gonna send me to detention for that, please? Van Deiste102601:05:09.480 --> 01:05:12.639
starts lecturing me. I move my hands up and into102701:05:12.679 --> 01:05:16.480
my hair. Now he's stammering when I'm using my tight102801:05:16.639 --> 01:05:20.639
body to mesmerize him. Okay, I admit I'm being a flirt,102901:05:21.079 --> 01:05:23.320
but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying103001:05:23.360 --> 01:05:26.840
it just as much as him. When I lower my hands,103101:05:26.880 --> 01:05:30.199
he grabs them and takes them in his His blue103201:05:30.199 --> 01:05:34.480
eyes meet my red ones. I actually feel myself softened103301:05:34.559 --> 01:05:38.719
up and my face get hot. Damn it, I'm fucking blushing.103401:05:39.679 --> 01:05:43.000
Then Inine quickly tells Van Deiste that she's not feeling103501:05:43.119 --> 01:05:45.039
very well and that I've got to get her home.103601:05:45.639 --> 01:05:48.480
I give him my look that says she ain't lying.103701:05:49.719 --> 01:05:53.480
Come on, just for today, Matthew, I say, I promise103801:05:53.760 --> 01:05:56.119
I'll serve it on Monday after school before going to103901:05:56.199 --> 01:05:59.920
cheerleading practice. But I've got to get iny home. Please.104001:06:01.000 --> 01:06:04.559
When he still seems to refuse me, I have no choice.104101:06:05.280 --> 01:06:08.199
I lean in and give him a gentle peck on104201:06:08.280 --> 01:06:12.199
the lips. Bad move, Bella, that just made you blush104301:06:12.239 --> 01:06:15.360
even more. But at least Van Deiste is finally letting104401:06:15.400 --> 01:06:19.159
go of my hands, only to wrap his arms around me.104501:06:19.920 --> 01:06:22.400
I can't help myself and wrap my arms around him.104601:06:23.519 --> 01:06:28.360
Then we share a gentle, passionate kiss. When the kiss104701:06:28.400 --> 01:06:31.639
is done, we just look at each other. My face104801:06:31.760 --> 01:06:36.199
is really hot. Now, okay, Bella, since it's Thanksgiving, I'll104901:06:36.239 --> 01:06:40.079
give you a pass this time. He glances at Heine,105001:06:40.639 --> 01:06:43.800
go ahead and get her home. Then he does look105101:06:43.840 --> 01:06:48.320
at her. Hope you get better over Thanksgiving. Break, Thank you, sir,105201:06:48.719 --> 01:06:51.920
AINI says Aine, and I turn away from Van Deiste105301:06:51.960 --> 01:06:55.079
after wishing him a happy Thanksgiving. I can tell she's105401:06:55.119 --> 01:06:58.840
going to give me hell about kissing Vandiste later. How105501:06:58.880 --> 01:07:02.480
are you feeling? Ask her. I'll make it home, but105601:07:03.360 --> 01:07:06.880
I think I've got a fever. She tells me. I've105701:07:06.920 --> 01:07:09.159
got one last treatment I can try that may make105801:07:09.199 --> 01:07:12.039
you well again. For a time, but I don't know105901:07:12.079 --> 01:07:15.480
how long it'll last. I just wish my body didn't106001:07:15.480 --> 01:07:20.400
build tolerances against your remedies. Iini complains you and me both.106101:07:21.280 --> 01:07:24.440
Ainie's a trooper and makes the walk home. We come106201:07:24.480 --> 01:07:28.199
inside and see Martin's not here. That's Eini's older brother,106301:07:28.840 --> 01:07:32.360
always nice when that motherfucker ain't home. The way Iini106401:07:32.440 --> 01:07:35.239
resents Martin, I've come to believe he's the reason why106501:07:35.280 --> 01:07:39.199
she's sick. After I get Iiny upstairs to her bed,106601:07:39.280 --> 01:07:42.360
I come back downstairs and mix up the last remedy.106701:07:42.400 --> 01:07:45.280
I can remember Graham's teaching me from back in the day.106801:07:45.920 --> 01:07:49.039
Of course, I'm talking about the late eighteen hundreds, where106901:07:49.039 --> 01:07:52.599
I'm originally from. Graham's taught me a lot about using107001:07:52.719 --> 01:07:56.960
tabon magic. My older brother, Nicholas wasn't interested in learning107101:07:56.960 --> 01:08:02.079
from Grahams, and I tighten my fists the thought of her. God,107201:08:02.239 --> 01:08:06.480
damn you, Cassie, I hiss, I fucking hate you. I'm107301:08:06.559 --> 01:08:10.719
so fucking glad you're dead. I would tell you about Cassie,107401:08:10.760 --> 01:08:15.360
but now's not really the best time. Anyway, she really107501:08:15.400 --> 01:08:18.960
wasn't interested in learning from Grahams either. Since I was107601:08:19.039 --> 01:08:21.760
the little devil in our family. I figured learning from107701:08:21.760 --> 01:08:25.199
Grams would add to my craftiness even more. I learned107801:08:25.239 --> 01:08:27.880
so much from her, but not nearly enough, since the107901:08:27.960 --> 01:08:32.960
day came when Thornton Gillian, a powerful master vampire, came108001:08:33.199 --> 01:08:37.960
hunting for us. Nicholas got really fucking over confident and108101:08:38.000 --> 01:08:41.239
thought he could take down Jillian by himself. I know108201:08:41.359 --> 01:08:44.439
he was my older brother, but what an idiot. And108301:08:44.520 --> 01:08:47.720
Cassie never lifted a finger to help Nicholas. She even108401:08:47.800 --> 01:08:51.560
watched as Gillian killed Grahams. Grams and I both tried108501:08:51.560 --> 01:08:56.840
to fight him off as Cassie just walked away. Gillian108601:08:57.000 --> 01:09:00.279
killed Grams and then beat me within an inn of108701:09:00.319 --> 01:09:06.079
my life. Thornton Gillian deliberately let me live. He said108801:09:06.119 --> 01:09:08.359
I would be the last tabon and for me to108901:09:08.399 --> 01:09:11.159
go find a husband to rule over me and make109001:09:11.199 --> 01:09:14.600
babies with. He told me next time we crossed paths,109101:09:15.359 --> 01:09:19.640
he would kill me. Graham's magic lessons came in handy109201:09:19.680 --> 01:09:22.680
when I prepared to fight him myself. After months and109301:09:22.880 --> 01:09:25.920
months of training, not to mention having to sleep with109401:09:25.960 --> 01:09:30.199
a female master vampire just to learn his whereabouts, I109501:09:30.319 --> 01:09:33.920
barely defeated Gillian thanks to the lessons both Grahams and109601:09:34.079 --> 01:09:38.600
Grams taught me. But I was hurt very badly when109701:09:38.600 --> 01:09:42.119
I fell. Gillian's blood mixed with my pure Tabon blood109801:09:42.159 --> 01:09:45.520
and transformed me into a very unique version of a109901:09:45.560 --> 01:09:49.159
master vampire. I've lived for more than one hundred years110001:09:49.199 --> 01:09:52.439
being all alone, except when I'd need a man to110101:09:52.960 --> 01:09:56.800
satisfy my libido. Not only did Gillian's blood amp up110201:09:56.800 --> 01:10:01.279
my sex drive, it it made me fair. This is110301:10:01.319 --> 01:10:05.239
why I dress very slutty all the time. Then there's110401:10:05.279 --> 01:10:07.760
all the food I eat in order to fuel my power,110501:10:08.159 --> 01:10:14.680
and I am very powerful. Then I cry, knowing iiny110601:10:14.760 --> 01:10:18.600
ain't nearby to see me. Aileen Donnerly is the only110701:10:18.640 --> 01:10:21.960
real friend I have right now. I call her Aine110801:10:21.960 --> 01:10:25.640
because it's short for Einstein. Her older brother Martin called110901:10:25.640 --> 01:10:30.079
her that on account of her very gifted intelligence. Anyway,111001:10:30.680 --> 01:10:33.039
we didn't start off as friends, but the longer the111101:10:33.079 --> 01:10:35.399
two of us hung out together and did things, the111201:10:35.479 --> 01:10:38.840
closer we became, especially when I learned she was sick.111301:10:39.880 --> 01:10:43.600
In truth, Aine probably should have been dead months ago.111401:10:44.520 --> 01:10:47.279
It was the remedies I learned from Grams that prolonged111501:10:47.279 --> 01:10:53.680
her life. I believe Aine has aids how she got it.111601:10:53.720 --> 01:10:57.119
I don't know. She hasn't told me as of yet,111701:10:57.680 --> 01:11:01.119
but I feel she will when she's ready. Again, I'm111801:11:01.199 --> 01:11:05.920
quite sure Martin was responsible. No, he didn't give it111901:11:05.960 --> 01:11:09.000
to her himself, but he must have done something that112001:11:09.119 --> 01:11:13.159
caused her to become sick. I've never cried for someone112101:11:13.159 --> 01:11:16.960
the way i'm crying for Aine, not since my grandparents died.112201:11:17.600 --> 01:11:21.039
And for the record, we ain't lovers. That's not how112301:11:21.039 --> 01:11:24.079
our friendship works. I just know I've gotten too close112401:11:24.119 --> 01:11:27.039
to this mortal, especially when I said I would never112501:11:27.119 --> 01:11:31.239
become close to any mortals after I became a master vampire.112601:11:32.399 --> 01:11:36.800
But it happened, you know. I get the crying out112701:11:36.800 --> 01:11:39.680
of my system and finish the remedy. This one I112801:11:39.720 --> 01:11:42.359
remembered out of Graham's book is the most powerful one112901:11:42.479 --> 01:11:47.039
yet it's also the last one. I know. It's time113001:11:47.119 --> 01:11:51.119
to give Ainy the remedy and spring the surprise on her.113101:11:51.920 --> 01:11:53.920
I head up to her room and find her waiting113201:11:53.960 --> 01:11:59.079
for me. You, OK, bells, shit, I never wipe my tears.113301:12:00.199 --> 01:12:04.520
It's nothing. Iine here. I created these new capsules for you.113401:12:05.000 --> 01:12:08.279
It's powerful stuff. Start off with one and we'll go113501:12:08.359 --> 01:12:12.000
from there. Iiny obeys and takes a capsule with water.113601:12:12.800 --> 01:12:17.079
After minutes have passed, she starts feeling much better then.113701:12:17.119 --> 01:12:20.560
I look at her. I'm taking you home for Thanksgiving.113801:12:21.199 --> 01:12:26.119
She gives me wide eyes your house. I nod. I113901:12:26.199 --> 01:12:28.880
need to go look through Graham's books for more remedies114001:12:28.920 --> 01:12:32.239
and possible spells that may help you. I don't know114101:12:32.279 --> 01:12:35.359
how long this last one will last, and I don't114201:12:35.359 --> 01:12:38.640
know any more remedies at all. Don't worry. We'll be114301:12:38.720 --> 01:12:41.039
back here in Strickfield in time to return to school114401:12:41.039 --> 01:12:44.560
on Monday. Also, I'll make us a hell of a114501:12:44.600 --> 01:12:47.960
Thanksgiving dinner, just the way Graham's used to. We'll just114601:12:48.039 --> 01:12:51.800
have to do some shopping along the way. Aine smiles,114701:12:51.880 --> 01:12:57.039
just a little. Okay, when are we leaving? As soon114801:12:57.079 --> 01:13:00.680
as possible? If you feel well enough? She gets out114901:13:00.720 --> 01:13:05.079
of bed. I'm feeling much better now, Let's go. Anything115001:13:05.119 --> 01:13:13.039
beats having to stay here with Martin. We didn't have115101:13:13.119 --> 01:13:16.680
any problems getting a rental car. Thankfully, the place we115201:13:16.760 --> 01:13:20.079
get them never asks for a driver's license, since neither115301:13:20.119 --> 01:13:23.119
Iini nor me has one. Neither of us learned how115401:13:23.159 --> 01:13:26.800
to drive. Actually, scratch that, when Iini and I went115501:13:26.840 --> 01:13:29.000
to Shore City over the summer. I had to learn115601:13:29.039 --> 01:13:32.279
and fast. Now I'm driving a good one hundred miles115701:13:32.319 --> 01:13:37.079
an hour. Seriously, fuck these stupid speed limits. It took115801:13:37.119 --> 01:13:39.800
a few seconds to get used to this car. After115901:13:39.840 --> 01:13:42.960
that it was like riding a bike. No scratch that116001:13:43.560 --> 01:13:46.880
I've never even ridden a bike. Yeah, yeah, I'm not116101:13:47.000 --> 01:13:50.279
used to a lot of modern technology. This little devil116201:13:50.359 --> 01:13:53.079
is as old school as can be, as Iini will116301:13:53.159 --> 01:13:57.000
learn soon. Along the way, we made some stops. I116401:13:57.039 --> 01:13:59.960
had to buy lots and lots of turkeys and play116501:14:00.000 --> 01:14:03.039
money of stuff to make the sides. I promised Iine116601:14:03.039 --> 01:14:05.079
a meal like Graham's maid, and I'm gonna give it116701:14:05.119 --> 01:14:09.039
to her. After driving hundreds of miles, I surprise Iine116801:14:09.039 --> 01:14:15.159
by turning off the headlights. Um bells, Iiny mutters, Trust me,116901:14:15.680 --> 01:14:20.960
I tell her my house is off the beaten path. Literally.117001:14:21.840 --> 01:14:24.279
A good five miles later, I turn off the road117101:14:24.560 --> 01:14:28.680
and am driving through the grass. Thanks to my vampire vision,117201:14:29.000 --> 01:14:31.800
I don't have any problem seeing in the darkness. Whatsoever?117301:14:32.840 --> 01:14:36.560
What time is it, I ask Iini takes out her smartphone.117401:14:37.199 --> 01:14:40.439
Almost midnight? Are we really going to be off the road?117501:14:41.159 --> 01:14:44.199
I'm afraid so. You see, my house doesn't have a117601:14:44.279 --> 01:14:48.880
road or a driveway. Never did I lightly smack her shoulder.117701:14:49.600 --> 01:14:53.399
Have faith. It's another fifteen or so minutes of driving117801:14:53.520 --> 01:14:58.279
until we're finally there. Wow, there really is a house117901:14:58.319 --> 01:15:02.479
here Inini asks. It's dark, but I can see how118001:15:02.920 --> 01:15:06.319
big it is. It's not a mansion like what those118101:15:06.359 --> 01:15:09.640
mirrors back in Strickfield have. But this is where Grahams118201:15:09.680 --> 01:15:13.319
and Grahams raised me. Also, I was born here. As118301:15:13.319 --> 01:15:14.960
soon as we get out of the car, I move118401:15:15.000 --> 01:15:18.119
around to Iiny and give her a jar. It lights118501:15:18.199 --> 01:15:23.279
up in her hands. It's liquid sunlight. Against Thornton Jillian118601:15:23.359 --> 01:15:25.920
that night, it proved to be a very powerful weapon.118701:15:26.760 --> 01:15:30.000
But in your hands it'll be the brightest lantern you've118801:15:30.039 --> 01:15:33.439
ever carried. Don't worry, it won't burn you as long118901:15:33.479 --> 01:15:37.199
as it stays in the jar. Where are we bells?119001:15:37.640 --> 01:15:42.039
She asks me. This is the area known as Ravenhenge.119101:15:42.359 --> 01:15:45.279
I tell her you'll never find it on any map.119201:15:45.560 --> 01:15:48.159
In fact, the barriers of invisibility keep it so that119301:15:48.199 --> 01:15:51.920
outsiders can't see it whatsoever. The only reason you can119401:15:52.119 --> 01:15:56.359
is because you're with me. I bring Iiny into the house.119501:15:57.000 --> 01:15:58.880
The only way to turn on any lights is to119601:15:58.960 --> 01:16:04.239
use my cheap parlor tricks to light torches. Wow, Iiny exclaims,119701:16:04.800 --> 01:16:09.119
it's like going back in time. You'd better believe it. Also,119801:16:09.560 --> 01:16:13.199
your smartphone's the only modern convenience you got here. I'm119901:16:13.239 --> 01:16:16.680
surprised you're even getting any signal here anyway. There's no120001:16:16.800 --> 01:16:20.479
phone line and no internet. There ain't even TV here.120101:16:20.760 --> 01:16:22.760
In fact, the last time I was at this house120201:16:22.880 --> 01:16:27.279
was back in eighteen eighty nine. Iiny gulps. I can't120301:16:27.279 --> 01:16:30.279
believe you really grew up here, Bells. I mean, it120401:16:30.399 --> 01:16:32.520
seems like you and your family were cut off from120501:16:32.560 --> 01:16:35.520
the rest of the world. Okay, maybe that's the wrong120601:16:35.560 --> 01:16:38.760
thing to say and everything, but no, you're right, Iiny,120701:16:39.119 --> 01:16:43.399
I confirm that's exactly what iommere Tabon had in mind120801:16:43.439 --> 01:16:47.439
when this house was built. Let's just say he's my gramps,120901:16:47.520 --> 01:16:50.159
but with a lot of grates in front of it.121001:16:50.960 --> 01:16:54.319
I turned to her, So you want me to give121101:16:54.359 --> 01:16:56.840
you the grand tour? Or are you tired from the drive.121201:16:57.359 --> 01:16:59.359
If you need to sleep, I'll take you to the121301:16:59.600 --> 01:17:06.840
most comfortable bed you'll ever sleep on perspective a leen.121401:17:08.199 --> 01:17:12.199
At first, I was contemplating maybe going to bed. However,121501:17:12.800 --> 01:17:16.000
I'm actually feeling pretty good. Still, whatever you whipped up121601:17:16.039 --> 01:17:18.399
back at my house is still making me feel strong.121701:17:19.119 --> 01:17:23.640
I'd love to see your house, Bells. She nods once. Okay,121801:17:23.920 --> 01:17:27.279
you're in for quite the tour. Carry your liquid sunlight121901:17:27.359 --> 01:17:29.239
with you if you want, but I can light more122001:17:29.279 --> 01:17:32.199
torches as we go through the rooms. We'll end our122101:17:32.239 --> 01:17:36.359
tour in the library. Bell's takes me through one magnificent122201:17:36.479 --> 01:17:40.520
room after another. The house has two big floors. All122301:17:40.600 --> 01:17:43.960
of the bedrooms are upstairs. Much to my surprise, not122401:17:44.119 --> 01:17:48.119
everything is old school. For example, the bathrooms we come122501:17:48.199 --> 01:17:51.560
by have running water. There are even showers, and a122601:17:51.600 --> 01:17:54.479
few of them with tubs in the others. I can122701:17:54.520 --> 01:17:56.560
give you a room by one of these bathrooms if122801:17:56.600 --> 01:17:59.600
you want. This way, you're by a shower, bell said,122901:17:59.640 --> 01:18:03.560
seeing my excitement. Yeah, we may be as old school123001:18:03.600 --> 01:18:06.560
as old school can be, but we weren't cave people.123101:18:08.000 --> 01:18:11.000
I never said you were. I quickly say, I NEI123201:18:11.319 --> 01:18:14.880
lighten up, just a little humor on my part. I123301:18:14.880 --> 01:18:17.920
could tell Bells was avoiding talking about it. But I123401:18:18.000 --> 01:18:23.039
have to know you kissed Principal Van dest She sighs.123501:18:23.840 --> 01:18:26.960
I know, I'm sorry, She turns to look at me.123601:18:27.520 --> 01:18:31.159
I still won't choose him over you, but you still123701:18:31.159 --> 01:18:36.199
have feelings for him, I state again, I'm sorry. She123801:18:36.319 --> 01:18:39.560
looks me in the face. Now I'll never understand why123901:18:39.600 --> 01:18:42.159
we love each other. I'm just one fucking girl at124001:18:42.159 --> 01:18:46.760
Strickfield High. I'm the bad schoolgirl, one fucking girl out124101:18:46.800 --> 01:18:48.720
of all those others, and he falls in love with me.124201:18:50.359 --> 01:18:55.319
Then she cries. I put a gentle hand on her shoulder. Bells,124301:18:56.760 --> 01:18:58.680
I really didn't want you to see me like this,124401:18:59.359 --> 01:19:02.720
she whispered. As much as I torture that worm of124501:19:02.760 --> 01:19:04.760
a man, and as much as I try to forget124601:19:04.800 --> 01:19:09.640
him by fucking other guys at school, I still care124701:19:09.760 --> 01:19:15.079
for him a lot. You know, I told Grahams I'd124801:19:15.079 --> 01:19:18.399
never be bound to another man. Know what she said,124901:19:19.600 --> 01:19:22.319
Once you've met the one, your fate shall be joined125001:19:22.319 --> 01:19:27.039
with his until death do you part. Grahams was wise125101:19:27.079 --> 01:19:31.439
and many things. She takes her hand off my shoulder,125201:19:31.600 --> 01:19:34.800
then turns her back to me and shouts, but why125301:19:34.880 --> 01:19:38.039
does my one have to be a fucking worm of125401:19:38.079 --> 01:19:44.960
a man? Bells, I ask, are you okay? She turns125501:19:45.039 --> 01:19:48.079
back to me. I just wanted to get us the125601:19:48.079 --> 01:19:51.920
hell away from that school and not have to serve detention. Plus,125701:19:52.600 --> 01:19:55.399
I could tell you weren't feeling good. That's why I125801:19:55.439 --> 01:20:02.439
kissed him Ione, But fuck, she said, your friendship means125901:20:02.479 --> 01:20:06.520
far more to me than being Matthew van Deist's soulmate.126001:20:07.560 --> 01:20:12.880
I tighten my fists. Just answer me truthfully, Belle's do126101:20:12.920 --> 01:20:15.960
you really love him in the same way he loves you?126201:20:17.640 --> 01:20:23.399
Tears run down her face again. Yes, she chokes out,126301:20:23.760 --> 01:20:30.840
I'm sorry. A long pause. Bell speaks up again once again.126401:20:31.439 --> 01:20:35.199
I won't choose him over you, But what if your126501:20:35.279 --> 01:20:39.239
feelings get to be too strong? I demand sharply. I've126601:20:39.279 --> 01:20:42.560
seen how Van Deste looks at you. How long before126701:20:42.560 --> 01:20:46.439
you're both ready to come together again, especially when you've126801:20:46.479 --> 01:20:51.119
kissed him the way you did again? Van Deiste being126901:20:51.159 --> 01:20:56.079
with you is forbidden. Bell's tightens her fists. Now you127001:20:56.119 --> 01:20:59.680
think I don't know that, Aileen Donnerly be pissed at me?127101:20:59.720 --> 01:21:03.800
All you want? I know. Having Thornton Gillian's blood mixed127201:21:03.800 --> 01:21:07.159
with my own gave me a very high libido and127301:21:07.279 --> 01:21:10.000
made me feral in a lot of ways. But I127401:21:10.039 --> 01:21:15.000
can still think rationally and feel emotions. I didn't want127501:21:15.039 --> 01:21:18.439
to feel anything after Jillian killed the rest of my127601:21:18.560 --> 01:21:24.439
family and for years I did very well. Then I127701:21:24.479 --> 01:21:29.560
met Martin and you. I never imagined we'd become as127801:21:29.560 --> 01:21:34.000
close as we are now. We're not lovers, but we've127901:21:34.039 --> 01:21:38.920
got a connection between us. Yes, Ini, I fell in128001:21:39.000 --> 01:21:42.560
love with our fucking principle. I can't just shut my128101:21:42.640 --> 01:21:45.680
emotions off. You got pissed at me about it when128201:21:45.680 --> 01:21:49.159
we face down that sucubus. Be pissed at me all128301:21:49.199 --> 01:21:55.000
you want, but I can't help how I feel. I128401:21:55.079 --> 01:21:59.199
love him again. We have a long silence between us.128501:22:00.199 --> 01:22:04.680
Then I'm crying myself. And what happens if you finally128601:22:04.720 --> 01:22:08.439
succeed in curing me? Do you leave Strickfield like you've128701:22:08.439 --> 01:22:13.800
always wanted? Or is this your plan? You stay here128801:22:13.880 --> 01:22:18.359
and never return? Bell's points very sharply at me, now,128901:22:19.359 --> 01:22:24.000
how dare you? She tightens her fists again. I'm trying129001:22:24.000 --> 01:22:27.520
to cure you because it's the right thing to do.129101:22:27.520 --> 01:22:30.520
Do you honestly think I'd be that fucking cruel to you?129201:22:31.520 --> 01:22:34.079
Is that why you're so fucking pissed off about Van129301:22:34.159 --> 01:22:37.960
dest You think I'll just go and share my life129401:22:37.960 --> 01:22:40.720
with him and forget all about you. Are you that129501:22:40.840 --> 01:22:46.119
afraid of losing me? Aileen? Yes? I fucking hate Strickfield.129601:22:46.319 --> 01:22:49.359
Hate it. I could have left any time I wanted,129701:22:50.600 --> 01:22:53.600
but I remained there because of you and our friendship.129801:22:55.199 --> 01:22:59.119
What more do you want from me? Then Bell's backs129901:22:59.199 --> 01:23:02.079
up against a wall, all sinks to a sitting position130001:23:02.960 --> 01:23:06.680
and cries again. I turn and walk away from Bells.130101:23:07.439 --> 01:23:10.239
Why does this happen? She and I have been with130201:23:10.319 --> 01:23:14.039
each other for many months since that first wintry night130301:23:14.119 --> 01:23:17.359
she came to Strickfield. In the beginning, I wanted her130401:23:17.359 --> 01:23:19.920
to stay here, to be with my older brother Martin130501:23:19.960 --> 01:23:24.159
and keep him honest. But who am I kidding? There's130601:23:24.199 --> 01:23:27.960
no keeping mean Martin honest. I tried to be the130701:23:28.039 --> 01:23:33.680
supportive and loving sister, but again, he'll always be mean Martin.130801:23:34.880 --> 01:23:38.479
I walk outside and eventually leave the property. I still130901:23:38.520 --> 01:23:42.560
have the liquid sunlight in my hands. Then I cry again.131001:23:44.199 --> 01:23:48.520
Bell's is right. I am afraid of losing her, just131101:23:48.600 --> 01:23:52.720
like I know I'm losing my life. Bell's is trying131201:23:52.800 --> 01:23:56.159
so hard to cure me of my affliction. That's why131301:23:56.159 --> 01:23:59.960
she brought me here, right. I know nothing lasts forever,131401:24:00.720 --> 01:24:05.840
not even life. Have never really had any friends. I131501:24:06.039 --> 01:24:09.239
envy my twin cousin Madeline in her circle of friends.131601:24:10.319 --> 01:24:15.479
But she does come and see me, yet I'm so insecure.131701:24:16.399 --> 01:24:18.680
I guess that's how you feel when you've been picked131801:24:18.720 --> 01:24:21.600
on all your life, when you got beat up a131901:24:21.640 --> 01:24:24.840
lot for being smart, when people look at you and132001:24:24.880 --> 01:24:27.680
think you're just as bad as your own big brother,132101:24:28.560 --> 01:24:31.000
when you end up becoming sick because your big brother132201:24:31.119 --> 01:24:33.840
goes to a party and can't keep it in his132301:24:33.960 --> 01:24:37.920
pants when some drunk girl throws herself at him. I'm132401:24:38.000 --> 01:24:40.760
so raving mad now that I look up at the sky.132501:24:41.760 --> 01:24:45.760
I fucking hate you, Martin. I fall to my knees,132601:24:45.840 --> 01:24:49.520
then onto my side. Then I sob again because I132701:24:49.600 --> 01:24:52.039
may have just thrown away the one good thing in132801:24:52.119 --> 01:24:58.399
my life. Belle's was the only true friend I ever had.132901:25:00.119 --> 01:25:04.680
She's right, though we're not lovers, we just developed a133001:25:04.680 --> 01:25:08.760
deep bond of friendship between us. I even wanted to133101:25:08.760 --> 01:25:11.680
help Bells when she'd go out at night, so I133201:25:11.760 --> 01:25:17.000
started making our toys to fight supernatural enemies. She was133301:25:17.039 --> 01:25:21.119
even teaching me how to fight. Why do I mess133401:25:21.159 --> 01:25:25.199
things up between me and Bells? Just then I hear133501:25:25.279 --> 01:25:29.880
movement on the grass and quickly sit up. Bells. Is133601:25:29.880 --> 01:25:34.159
that you? I pick up my liquid sunlight. Who's there?133701:25:35.720 --> 01:25:40.760
When I see them, I quickly turn and run. Problem133801:25:40.840 --> 01:25:44.159
is being a petite and skinny girl. I'm not very133901:25:44.199 --> 01:25:47.159
athletic and I can't run fast. Next thing I know,134001:25:47.239 --> 01:25:49.880
a hand goes around my mouth and a big, hairy134101:25:50.039 --> 01:25:56.000
arm goes around me. Oh my god, the stench. I134201:25:56.039 --> 01:25:58.439
can't scream for help as I'm being held against what134301:25:58.880 --> 01:26:05.039
I'm thinking is a giant and he really stinks. Next134401:26:05.039 --> 01:26:07.560
thing I know, another giant of a man hits me134501:26:07.640 --> 01:26:12.119
on the head. I groan and am dazed. I'm about134601:26:12.159 --> 01:26:15.000
to be placed into his sack and am kicking my134701:26:15.079 --> 01:26:18.479
little legs to try and fight back. I get hit134801:26:18.560 --> 01:26:22.399
again and fade to black as I'm being dropped into134901:26:22.399 --> 01:26:34.079
the sack. I'm so sorry, Bells perspective, Bella, I finish135001:26:34.239 --> 01:26:38.079
crying and stand up. I fucking hate it that I135101:26:38.119 --> 01:26:41.199
love Van Deste. I can't help the way I feel,135201:26:41.279 --> 01:26:45.199
and it's driving a wedge between me and Iiny Graham's135301:26:45.199 --> 01:26:48.399
always had lots of advice to give me. In fact,135401:26:48.479 --> 01:26:52.279
I know what she'd say to me right now. You135501:26:52.359 --> 01:26:57.239
never abandon your true friends, Bella. Likewise, they'll never abandon you.135601:26:59.079 --> 01:27:04.880
But you did abandon me. Didn't you, iine, Still, Graham's135701:27:04.920 --> 01:27:09.359
words keep echoing in my mind again and again. No,135801:27:10.399 --> 01:27:13.479
I gotta find her and talk things out. I gotta135901:27:13.520 --> 01:27:16.159
make her understand that she'll never lose me as a friend,136001:27:17.239 --> 01:27:22.560
even after I succeed in curing her illness. I walk136101:27:22.600 --> 01:27:26.439
out the back door and shout, Heine, where are you.136201:27:28.199 --> 01:27:31.600
I walk out to the barn. I'm surprised it still136301:27:31.600 --> 01:27:36.239
looks nicely preserved and is still standing after all these years.136401:27:36.680 --> 01:27:40.079
The house too. I walk into the barn, but I136501:27:40.119 --> 01:27:45.239
know Irony hasn't been in here. Then I remember I136601:27:45.319 --> 01:27:48.720
have her sent. When you've been around your best friend136701:27:48.760 --> 01:27:52.560
long enough, you'll never forget what she smells like, or136801:27:52.560 --> 01:27:56.319
her fucking brother, for that matter. I leave the barn136901:27:56.359 --> 01:27:58.399
and go out to the big fire pit, which is137001:27:58.399 --> 01:28:02.600
where I'm planning to cook all those Thanksgiving turkeys. I137101:28:02.720 --> 01:28:06.079
take a nice whiff and have her scent. I look137201:28:06.159 --> 01:28:10.560
past the vast backyard and start following her. Before long,137301:28:11.359 --> 01:28:15.199
I see some bright light and move to it. I137401:28:15.239 --> 01:28:18.000
see the jar of liquid sunlight that I gave. Iiny,137501:28:19.560 --> 01:28:22.000
what the fuck is it doing laying all the way137601:28:22.039 --> 01:28:25.439
out here in the grass. I'm about to call out137701:28:25.479 --> 01:28:30.399
to her again. When I pick up new sense, I137801:28:30.399 --> 01:28:36.439
can still smell iiny, but I can also smell ugh. Yeah,137901:28:36.720 --> 01:28:42.159
I smell two very stinky scents. I'd rather not describe138001:28:42.159 --> 01:28:47.039
the smells. Use your imagination. Being roiny scent is mixed in,138101:28:47.199 --> 01:28:54.399
I can only assume something or someone found and snatched her. Okay,138201:28:55.399 --> 01:28:58.680
time to bitch up and find my best friend. And138301:28:58.720 --> 01:29:02.159
I'll tell you all right, mother fucking now, that whoever's138401:29:02.159 --> 01:29:10.960
got iron, he's gonna wish they'd never been born. Perspective Aileen.138501:29:12.640 --> 01:29:15.119
I moan a little and finally manage to shake off138601:29:15.199 --> 01:29:18.039
the cobwebs as I wake up and see I'm all138701:29:18.159 --> 01:29:22.880
tied up and gagged on a cot Where am I?138801:29:22.880 --> 01:29:24.800
I can see the only source of light is the138901:29:24.840 --> 01:29:28.439
big fire pit in the middle of the best I139001:29:28.479 --> 01:29:31.960
can describe it as the equivalent of a kitchen. My139101:29:32.079 --> 01:29:34.479
eyes get wide fast when I see there are both139201:29:34.800 --> 01:29:40.640
human and animal bones everywhere. Now I see two very139301:29:40.840 --> 01:29:45.279
huge things looking at a weathered cookbook. They're looking at139401:29:45.279 --> 01:29:49.039
a picture of a turkey. Then one of them points139501:29:49.039 --> 01:29:55.399
at me. These things are planning to have me for139601:29:55.520 --> 01:30:00.760
Thanksgiving dinner. Seriously, why does life have to be so hard.139701:30:01.119 --> 01:30:04.279
All I want to do is live mine. Then I139801:30:04.399 --> 01:30:08.119
learned monsters are real, and hoped and prayed they just139901:30:08.199 --> 01:30:11.000
leave me alone. All I can think of through all140001:30:11.079 --> 01:30:13.279
this is how my brother Martin is an even worse140101:30:13.319 --> 01:30:17.560
monster than these two. I can see more of them now.140201:30:18.840 --> 01:30:22.039
These things are huge. I'm talking as huge as the140301:30:22.039 --> 01:30:26.279
comic book versions of The Incredible Hulk work. Yeah. I'm140401:30:26.319 --> 01:30:28.800
scared of dying, but I think I'm even more scared140501:30:28.800 --> 01:30:32.319
of these things. But again, my older brother scares me140601:30:32.359 --> 01:30:38.239
more than them. What am I gonna do here? Calm down, alien,140701:30:38.880 --> 01:30:41.880
Just think about this for a minute. Me and Martin140801:30:41.920 --> 01:30:45.239
calls you Einstein to be cruel, But you've been using140901:30:45.239 --> 01:30:48.199
that big brain of yours and making Einstein work for you.141001:30:49.079 --> 01:30:52.119
Use that big brain. Now I can see that I'm141101:30:52.159 --> 01:30:55.640
lying down. I turn myself over and fall on the floor.141201:30:56.600 --> 01:30:59.359
Then I keep turning over until I reach the wall141301:30:59.359 --> 01:31:02.359
and can stand up. I have to be careful not141401:31:02.399 --> 01:31:06.800
to let those things hear me. Shit, I accidentally knock141501:31:06.880 --> 01:31:10.479
over something that makes a loud clang. Those things turn141601:31:10.560 --> 01:31:13.680
to me and are on me again. One of them141701:31:13.680 --> 01:31:15.920
lifts me up by my ropes and holds the knife141801:31:15.960 --> 01:31:20.439
to my face practically the size of a sword. Then141901:31:20.520 --> 01:31:23.560
he utters a bunch of groans if he expects me142001:31:23.600 --> 01:31:27.279
to understand him. My brain isn't that big. On top142101:31:27.319 --> 01:31:31.479
of that, I cannot overstate the stink. I have to142201:31:31.520 --> 01:31:38.039
fight back the urge to puke. God, I am so dead.142301:31:43.079 --> 01:31:46.359
I see my opening. When he lowers me, I quickly142401:31:46.399 --> 01:31:49.119
swing my legs together, like being on a swing set,142501:31:49.319 --> 01:31:51.760
and kick at his groin with both feet as hard142601:31:51.760 --> 01:31:55.159
as I can. The thing groans in pain and falls142701:31:55.199 --> 01:31:57.600
to his knees. I end up on my feet and142801:31:57.680 --> 01:32:00.520
know the other one is right behind me. Then I142901:32:00.560 --> 01:32:03.600
remember a trick that cousin Madeline does. I drop to143001:32:03.640 --> 01:32:06.520
my knees and scurry in between the thing's legs. When143101:32:06.560 --> 01:32:09.199
he turns around, I go through his legs again. I143201:32:09.239 --> 01:32:12.119
spring back to my feet and jump fast. I hear143301:32:12.159 --> 01:32:15.119
the thing roaring and coming after me. If I can't143401:32:15.159 --> 01:32:18.920
find a way to get free, I'm done for. My life.143501:32:18.960 --> 01:32:21.960
Can't end like this? Please not like this. Then I143601:32:22.000 --> 01:32:24.159
come right to a big open circle that's supposed to143701:32:24.239 --> 01:32:27.159
serve as a window. There's a chair right next to it.143801:32:27.479 --> 01:32:30.000
I quickly jump up onto the chair and then dive143901:32:30.079 --> 01:32:33.640
through the window. I hit the dead, overgrown grass below144001:32:33.720 --> 01:32:37.399
before I get back up and keep running. Boy do144101:32:37.479 --> 01:32:40.920
I ever make that thing mad? He roars really loud.144201:32:41.239 --> 01:32:44.000
I have to keep moving. He can't get through the window,144301:32:44.079 --> 01:32:46.840
but he can still walk through the doors. And then144401:32:47.079 --> 01:32:49.720
both of those things are outside. When one of them144501:32:49.760 --> 01:32:53.359
bursts right through, I keep jumping fast until I come144601:32:53.399 --> 01:32:56.199
to the barn. I duck inside and jump some more144701:32:56.279 --> 01:32:59.319
until I find some tall hay to hide in. My144801:32:59.439 --> 01:33:02.359
eyes open and wide. When I see I came very144901:33:02.399 --> 01:33:05.960
close to landing on a sickle, I turn it and145001:33:06.000 --> 01:33:09.760
start rubbing the ropes against the blade. Problem is, the145101:33:09.760 --> 01:33:13.119
blade is very dull. It's going to take some time145201:33:13.159 --> 01:33:16.000
to get through these ropes, and time is not a145301:33:16.079 --> 01:33:19.960
luxury I have Right now. I hear those things coming145401:33:20.000 --> 01:33:22.680
in and have to stop. When they're near where I'm hiding.145501:33:23.680 --> 01:33:27.600
They both yell and frustration. Sounds like they're a bit145601:33:27.680 --> 01:33:31.760
on the slow side. I make myself stay calm and145701:33:31.840 --> 01:33:36.279
work on the ropes, binding my wrists. My eyes open wide.145801:33:36.800 --> 01:33:40.720
When I feel those ropes slipping away. Guess they either145901:33:40.760 --> 01:33:44.439
didn't tie the rope good enough there or they underestimated146001:33:44.520 --> 01:33:48.640
how little I am. Very quietly, I work to untie146101:33:48.680 --> 01:33:52.119
the rest of the ropes, wouldn't you know it? No,146201:33:52.319 --> 01:33:54.840
sooner do I get the last rope off. One of146301:33:54.880 --> 01:33:57.640
them looks in and sees me. He points at me146401:33:57.720 --> 01:34:02.439
and cries out loud shit. I shriek, actually, more like146501:34:02.520 --> 01:34:06.520
a loud mousey wail. I scream. When the thing that146601:34:06.680 --> 01:34:09.840
saw me tries jumping on me, I quickly turn over146701:34:09.920 --> 01:34:12.600
so he lands flat on his belly. When the other146801:34:12.640 --> 01:34:15.279
one tries picking me up again, I swing my legs146901:34:15.279 --> 01:34:18.119
and catch him in his groin. Again. He drops me147001:34:18.159 --> 01:34:21.199
as he's dropping down to his knees. I get up147101:34:21.520 --> 01:34:24.640
and run like hell. As soon as I'm about to147201:34:24.640 --> 01:34:27.279
clear the barn, one of the things bursts right through147301:34:27.279 --> 01:34:30.399
it and almost grabs me. I scream and run with147401:34:30.479 --> 01:34:33.399
everything I've got back to the house. I dive through147501:34:33.479 --> 01:34:37.279
another window and look around. I keep running through the147601:34:37.319 --> 01:34:41.239
other rooms to try looking for another window. Just as147701:34:41.279 --> 01:34:44.680
I'm about to climb out through one, a big, hairy147801:34:44.760 --> 01:34:51.000
and stinky hand grabs me. No. No, Then the thing147901:34:51.039 --> 01:34:53.800
that caught me brings me right up to him and148001:34:53.960 --> 01:34:59.680
screams right in my face. Ugh. He's spitting all over148101:34:59.720 --> 01:35:03.319
me and his bad breath nearly makes me pass out.148201:35:04.079 --> 01:35:06.760
I growl and start kicking and punching with my little148301:35:06.800 --> 01:35:10.359
fists and feet. Want to hear some irony. Back when148401:35:10.359 --> 01:35:13.359
I was in Strickfield Junior High, people called me mouse,148501:35:13.520 --> 01:35:16.800
just like they call my cousin Madeline today. The difference148601:35:16.840 --> 01:35:19.279
between me and her was that I hated it and148701:35:19.319 --> 01:35:22.840
the other students knew it. Maddie's really laid back and148801:35:22.920 --> 01:35:26.319
doesn't care one way or another. I am so mad148901:35:26.399 --> 01:35:29.840
right now. Then I pull off another mouse kind of149001:35:29.960 --> 01:35:32.159
move and bring my feet up to kick the thing149101:35:32.319 --> 01:35:35.680
right in the eyes. He screams and drops me. I149201:35:35.720 --> 01:35:37.920
get up and run, only to feel something hit me149301:35:38.039 --> 01:35:41.920
hard on the back of the head. Everything's spinning when149401:35:41.960 --> 01:35:45.520
I fall on my side fast. Then I feel the149501:35:45.600 --> 01:35:50.279
other thing lifting me up and patting me, knowing he's149601:35:50.359 --> 01:35:55.960
finally got me. I'm shaking my head to clear the cobwebs,149701:35:56.319 --> 01:36:01.000
but he hit me real good. By the time I149801:36:01.079 --> 01:36:04.760
finally shake the cobwebs, I feel a big stick at149901:36:04.760 --> 01:36:09.479
my back and heat on my front. Those things have150001:36:09.600 --> 01:36:12.960
me tied to a big stick and they're turning me150101:36:13.039 --> 01:36:19.000
over the fire like a rotisserie. They're really cooking me alive.150201:36:19.880 --> 01:36:25.640
I'm so screwed. Hi, guys, what's for dinner? Then I150301:36:25.680 --> 01:36:31.199
feel the absolute biggest excitement I've ever felt in my life, Bells.150401:36:32.479 --> 01:36:35.760
When the things turn and see Bells, they look at150501:36:35.760 --> 01:36:39.880
her and start growling happily, like they struck it rich150601:36:40.000 --> 01:36:46.800
with another morsel they can eat, perspective Bella. As soon150701:36:46.840 --> 01:36:50.119
as those big motherfuckers see me, I stretch myself to150801:36:50.199 --> 01:36:55.279
let them hear my bones cracking. Yeah, I'm definitely ready150901:36:55.319 --> 01:36:59.680
for a fight. Really, you're cooking that scrawny little thing151001:36:59.720 --> 01:37:04.159
for you Thanksgiving dinner? Then I chuckle. There's hardly any151101:37:04.199 --> 01:37:08.319
meat on those bones, or mine for that matter. The151201:37:08.399 --> 01:37:12.600
things roar and come at me as they stupidly jump,151301:37:12.720 --> 01:37:15.680
I use my vampiric powers and warp right to Iini.151401:37:16.199 --> 01:37:18.520
I quickly break the ropes and snatch her to me.151501:37:19.680 --> 01:37:24.319
You came for me, Belles, she squeaks happily. Duh, I151601:37:24.399 --> 01:37:28.359
tell her, I promised you a big Thanksgiving dinner, not151701:37:28.479 --> 01:37:32.720
that you'd be dinner. Look out, Iiny warns me. I151801:37:32.840 --> 01:37:35.319
grab her and warp us both to the door. I151901:37:35.439 --> 01:37:38.920
hand her the liquid sunlight haul ask back to the house.152001:37:39.239 --> 01:37:42.520
I'll be right behind you. As soon as iine turns152101:37:42.560 --> 01:37:45.920
and runs, I quickly run outside myself. Those things are152201:37:45.920 --> 01:37:49.319
hot after me. Now I leap to put some distance152301:37:49.319 --> 01:37:52.119
in between me and those things. Before turning to face them,152401:37:53.399 --> 01:37:57.279
I give them my evil smirt. You fuckers want this152501:37:57.399 --> 01:38:01.479
little devil come and get me. Then, it's been a152601:38:01.520 --> 01:38:05.159
little bit since I've had a good fight. They roar152701:38:05.279 --> 01:38:07.880
and come at me. When the closest one reaches me,152801:38:08.159 --> 01:38:10.520
I leap up and pop him hard in the face.152901:38:11.239 --> 01:38:14.439
He drops over like a freshly cut tree. When the153001:38:14.439 --> 01:38:17.159
other one's on me, I easily lift him up over153101:38:17.199 --> 01:38:20.720
my head and throw him back into his house. Yeah,153201:38:20.760 --> 01:38:24.279
these fuckers are easily four hundred pounds plus and a153301:38:24.279 --> 01:38:27.920
good eight feet tall. When they try coming at me again,153401:38:28.159 --> 01:38:30.720
I use my cheap parlor tricks and cause a wall153501:38:30.760 --> 01:38:34.600
of fire to erupt in between me and them. Don't153601:38:34.640 --> 01:38:39.079
test me, motherfuckers, I warn them, But they can't understand me,153701:38:39.199 --> 01:38:43.000
can they. They keep coming for me. I'm just toying153801:38:43.000 --> 01:38:46.520
with those things right now. For the record, these two153901:38:46.560 --> 01:38:50.680
are definitely dying for all the innocent people they've killed. Yeah,154001:38:51.039 --> 01:38:54.520
I saw the human bones in their house. And then154101:38:54.560 --> 01:38:57.439
there's the fact that they were gonna eat Iiny, the154201:38:57.479 --> 01:39:02.800
fuckers come through my firewall, your funeral, I tell them. Suddenly,154301:39:02.840 --> 01:39:06.760
Iini comes right up beside me. Boy, is she really pissed?154401:39:07.439 --> 01:39:12.359
Fuck yo, she screams before she heaves the liquid sunlight154501:39:12.439 --> 01:39:15.279
at them. The jar shatters on the one's head and154601:39:15.359 --> 01:39:18.960
instantly sets him on fire. He screams like he's never154701:39:19.039 --> 01:39:22.319
screamed in his life. On instinct, he grabs the other154801:39:22.399 --> 01:39:25.880
thing and accidentally sets him on fire. These big lugs154901:39:25.960 --> 01:39:29.920
are so fucked. Liquid sunlight's very lethal. When out of155001:39:29.960 --> 01:39:33.199
the jar, Iinie and I watch them burn until there's155101:39:33.239 --> 01:39:41.279
nothing left, but they're big ass bones. Then Ainie and155201:39:41.359 --> 01:39:44.399
me turn to face each other. The fire from the155301:39:44.439 --> 01:39:47.399
burning bodies is still making enough light to where it's bright.155401:39:48.880 --> 01:39:54.560
I'm sorry, Bells. Ainie says, I'm sorry too, I tell her.155501:39:55.520 --> 01:40:00.399
Then I take her hands. I won't s use van155601:40:00.479 --> 01:40:04.720
Deiste over you. I told you before. Our friendship is155701:40:04.760 --> 01:40:09.279
more important to me and always will be. Then Iini155801:40:09.359 --> 01:40:13.640
squeezes my hands. I just don't want to lose you, Bells.155901:40:14.439 --> 01:40:18.800
You're the only real friend I've got, and you me,156001:40:20.119 --> 01:40:23.119
She sighs, I wouldn't be a good friend to you.156101:40:23.159 --> 01:40:26.640
If I tried keeping you all to myself, I admit156201:40:26.760 --> 01:40:30.520
I'm I'm very insecure, but you came for me, so156301:40:30.600 --> 01:40:33.439
I know and understand. Now I'll never lose you as156401:40:33.439 --> 01:40:37.119
a friend. You can go ahead and see where things156501:40:37.159 --> 01:40:41.840
go with you in principal Van Deste. Just be careful.156601:40:42.159 --> 01:40:44.159
If he gets fired over this, there might be a156701:40:44.199 --> 01:40:49.640
big scandal. Even you don't need that. That's another reason156801:40:49.640 --> 01:40:54.039
why I'm not ultimately pursuing Vandiste. I tell her, I156901:40:54.079 --> 01:40:56.520
don't want to ruin his life as far as the157001:40:56.520 --> 01:41:01.039
average person is concerned. I'm a teenager, but you need157101:41:01.079 --> 01:41:08.199
to know bells. Heine says, either that or leave Strickfield High.157201:41:08.560 --> 01:41:13.439
I smirk, Well, since you won't let me leave Strickfield High,157301:41:14.279 --> 01:41:19.760
you're coming back to Strickfield with me. Ainne asks in anticipation. Duh,157401:41:19.920 --> 01:41:22.640
I gotta bring you back home. Now. Let's get back157501:41:22.680 --> 01:41:26.600
to the house and get some rest. Tomorrow's Thanksgiving and157601:41:26.640 --> 01:41:29.199
I don't want you falling asleep during our big feast.157701:41:30.000 --> 01:41:35.000
She smiles, sounds good bells. Before we leave, we check157801:41:35.039 --> 01:41:39.039
the house for any possible survivors. When we don't find any,157901:41:39.079 --> 01:41:42.720
we head back outside. I use my cheap parlor tricks158001:41:42.760 --> 01:41:46.359
to set the house ablaze. Nobody needs to stumble upon158101:41:46.479 --> 01:41:50.600
this home of nightmares ever again. Once it burns to158201:41:50.640 --> 01:41:55.159
the ground, it's gone. When we're both satisfied, Aine and158301:41:55.239 --> 01:42:03.039
I head back to my house dig In, I tell158401:42:03.119 --> 01:42:05.520
AINI when I set the platter with her meal down158501:42:05.560 --> 01:42:09.960
in front of her on Thanksgiving afternoon, I was outside158601:42:09.960 --> 01:42:12.600
at sunrise and cooking all the turkeys in the big158701:42:12.680 --> 01:42:15.560
fire pit. I made the rest of the sides in158801:42:15.600 --> 01:42:20.680
Graham's kitchen just the way she taught me. I mean,158901:42:20.840 --> 01:42:26.039
I made everything from mashed potatoes and gravy, to green beans,159001:42:26.079 --> 01:42:29.680
to corn biscuits, and even fresh apple pie for dessert.159101:42:30.840 --> 01:42:33.479
Iinie ate more at my table than she probably has159201:42:34.359 --> 01:42:38.039
ever before in her life. I also managed to go159301:42:38.119 --> 01:42:41.640
through the Tabon family library and find Graham's big Book159401:42:41.640 --> 01:42:45.760
of Remedies. There are lots and lots of treatments I159501:42:45.760 --> 01:42:49.439
can whip up for Iini. I'll be taking the book159601:42:49.520 --> 01:42:53.159
back to Strickfield. So far, the new treatment I whipped159701:42:53.199 --> 01:42:57.279
up for her yesterday continues to work. I just hope159801:42:57.279 --> 01:42:59.479
this one will last long enough to where I can159901:43:00.680 --> 01:43:07.199
maybe find something much better or fingers crossed, maybe even160001:43:07.239 --> 01:43:11.199
a cure. We spend all of Thanksgiving at my house.160101:43:12.279 --> 01:43:15.840
On Friday, we leave Ravenhenge and drive back to Strickfield.160201:43:16.640 --> 01:43:21.520
We have plenty of leftovers from our feast. I silently160301:43:21.520 --> 01:43:25.680
thank Grahams for teaching me the things she did. As160401:43:25.720 --> 01:43:28.760
any and me talk about things Grahams was right about160501:43:29.159 --> 01:43:33.520
never abandoning your true friends. Anie came back for me160601:43:33.640 --> 01:43:37.680
when she didn't have to. Yeah, she probably wanted revenge160701:43:37.680 --> 01:43:40.720
on those things, but she came back for me, just160801:43:40.800 --> 01:43:46.079
like I came for her. Again, I remember what Graham's160901:43:46.119 --> 01:43:52.439
told me about friends. You never abandon your true friends Bella. Likewise,161001:43:53.279 --> 01:43:57.640
they will never abandon you. Yeah, I know, I'm a161101:43:57.640 --> 01:44:00.960
wicked little devil. Grahams was the one who named me that.161201:44:01.399 --> 01:44:04.760
By the way. Still I feel like I'm becoming more161301:44:04.840 --> 01:44:08.039
like Grahams than I want to let on. She couldn't161401:44:08.079 --> 01:44:11.920
teach me everything she knew, but she taught me good.161501:44:12.079 --> 01:44:16.119
Just the same. As for my feelings, I've still got161601:44:16.119 --> 01:44:19.439
to consider things with Van dest but I won't risk161701:44:19.600 --> 01:44:23.119
exploring them, not if it means losing Aini as a friend,161801:44:24.359 --> 01:44:27.199
even if he's not worth her friendship. When we cross161901:44:27.199 --> 01:44:32.479
into Strickfield. I'm already feeling how much I hate this village.162001:44:32.680 --> 01:44:40.159
At the same time, it's home. Speaking of home, we162101:44:40.199 --> 01:44:44.439
pull in at the Donnerly House. Yeah, home at last.162201:44:45.680 --> 01:44:49.920
That's when I realize that wherever Ainie and I are together,162301:44:51.960 --> 01:44:57.520
that's home. Like I said, Aine and Me ain't lovers,162401:44:58.640 --> 01:45:01.119
and now I'm starting to unders stand what our connection162501:45:01.279 --> 01:45:05.560
really is. Aini had said what we were in front162601:45:05.560 --> 01:45:09.439
of her grandmother last summer in Shore City. I look162701:45:09.479 --> 01:45:13.479
at my very best friend and know that we are162801:45:13.520 --> 01:45:19.399
a family, the two of us. Yeah. I can bear162901:45:19.479 --> 01:45:23.239
living in Strickfield for as long as needed, because this163001:45:23.439 --> 01:45:28.159
village is where my family is, and like Graham's would163101:45:28.159 --> 01:45:34.000
tell you, nothing is more important than your true family.163201:45:48.800 --> 01:45:57.039
Mortal Eclipse by Rob Fields. I was sound asleep when163301:45:57.079 --> 01:46:01.840
I felt someone shaking me awake e. I yawned and163401:46:01.880 --> 01:46:05.119
blinked a few times. Then I fully opened my eyes163501:46:05.199 --> 01:46:09.359
to see my older brother Martin. What do you want,163601:46:09.720 --> 01:46:13.239
I grumbled. I can't find Bella anywhere. I want to163701:46:13.279 --> 01:46:15.840
talk to her. She never came home last night. I163801:46:15.880 --> 01:46:18.359
worked some overtime at mir And Automotive and didn't get163901:46:18.359 --> 01:46:23.039
home until late. Martin explained, Bella wasn't here. I looked164001:46:23.079 --> 01:46:25.119
all over the house for her. I even went out back.164101:46:25.479 --> 01:46:28.199
I figured she was out fighting a vampire or something.164201:46:28.680 --> 01:46:31.039
I woke up a little while ago, and she's not here.164301:46:31.600 --> 01:46:34.119
She doesn't have a smartphone, so I can't text her.164401:46:34.720 --> 01:46:37.880
I groaned, Well, what do you want me to do?164501:46:38.600 --> 01:46:42.840
Martin fired back, You can help find her, you little snippet.164601:46:43.279 --> 01:46:45.600
This was the sort of thing you never saw between164701:46:45.600 --> 01:46:49.520
Martin and me until now. Martin and I truly didn't164801:46:49.520 --> 01:46:53.159
get along with each other, and for good reason. Still,164901:46:53.239 --> 01:46:57.159
after hearing Martin I was worried about Bell's. I didn't165001:46:57.159 --> 01:47:00.399
back down from Martin. Okay, I'll change clothes and go165101:47:00.479 --> 01:47:03.800
out and look for her. Does that make mean Martin happy?165201:47:04.279 --> 01:47:08.800
I yelled. Martin wanted to grab me, but he knew better. Instead,165301:47:08.840 --> 01:47:11.880
he took a deep breath. You know Bella better than I.165401:47:11.920 --> 01:47:15.439
Do you know where she frequents? I gave Martin an165501:47:15.439 --> 01:47:18.680
odd look. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe165601:47:18.680 --> 01:47:21.600
there's a reason why Belle's doesn't want to talk to you.165701:47:22.199 --> 01:47:25.279
For the record, she knows you're sleeping around with other girls.165801:47:25.720 --> 01:47:28.960
I pointed at him. You two aren't even in a relationship.165901:47:29.520 --> 01:47:32.000
I folded my arms in front of me. Even though166001:47:32.039 --> 01:47:34.399
you're working so many hours and keeping up with your166101:47:34.399 --> 01:47:38.319
college work, you're still out causing trouble. Martin pointed right166201:47:38.359 --> 01:47:42.199
at me. Don't you test me. I unfolded my arms166301:47:42.239 --> 01:47:46.000
and tightened my fists. Fuck you, it's because of you166401:47:46.119 --> 01:47:50.000
that I'm sick. Martin got diffused fast and backed off.166501:47:50.560 --> 01:47:52.439
He could never look me in the face after what166601:47:52.560 --> 01:47:58.319
happened that night. Martin sighed, Einstein, I just want to166701:47:58.359 --> 01:48:01.079
talk to Bella as long as she's staying here with you.166801:48:01.159 --> 01:48:03.800
I think it's the least she can do. We both166901:48:03.840 --> 01:48:07.520
know Bella's never liked being here in Strickfield. I'm beginning167001:48:07.560 --> 01:48:11.079
to wonder if she Finally. I untightened my fists and167101:48:11.119 --> 01:48:13.359
got out of bed. I went to my closet and167201:48:13.399 --> 01:48:16.399
gave it a quick once over. Martin quickly came up167301:48:16.439 --> 01:48:19.520
right behind me. What are you doing, you little snippet.167401:48:20.279 --> 01:48:23.600
Martin always called me a little snippet whenever I frustrated him,167501:48:23.920 --> 01:48:27.279
which made me laugh a little inside. Martin was only167601:48:27.279 --> 01:48:30.479
caring for me out of obligation. Far from that, there167701:48:30.560 --> 01:48:34.279
was no love lost between us. I quickly turned to167801:48:34.319 --> 01:48:38.479
Martin and glared at him. No, Bell's didn't leave Strickfield,167901:48:38.800 --> 01:48:41.560
at least not for good. Her things are still here.168001:48:42.199 --> 01:48:45.039
I pointed to the floor in the closet. See those168101:48:45.600 --> 01:48:49.119
those are her eighties rebock pump men's basketball shoes. Bell168201:48:49.199 --> 01:48:52.720
would never just leave those behind. I had to think168301:48:52.760 --> 01:48:55.840
about it a little bit. But you're right, mean, Martin,168401:48:56.479 --> 01:48:59.159
He pointed right at me. You don't get to call168501:48:59.199 --> 01:49:03.600
me that fuck you. I snap again. He seemed ready168601:49:03.600 --> 01:49:07.239
to grab me again, but he backed off. Yeah, he168701:49:07.399 --> 01:49:11.800
knows better then, I talked to him. It is strange168801:49:11.840 --> 01:49:15.119
that Bells isn't home on a Saturday morning. She usually168901:49:15.159 --> 01:49:17.159
comes and shakes me awake so we can go have169001:49:17.199 --> 01:49:22.119
breakfast at Denyer's grill. I look Martin in the face. Fine,169101:49:22.640 --> 01:49:24.800
I'll change clothes and go look for her. I have169201:49:24.840 --> 01:49:27.600
some ideas on where to find her, I pointed at him.169301:49:27.960 --> 01:49:31.079
Who knows. Maybe, if you're lucky, neither of us will169401:49:31.079 --> 01:49:35.760
come back home. I work all those hours for you, Einstein,169501:49:36.199 --> 01:49:40.159
he snapped. It's how I afford your medications. He pointed169601:49:40.199 --> 01:49:43.920
right at me. You better start showing me some fucking respect.169701:49:44.840 --> 01:49:49.119
You don't deserve any goddamn respect. I snapped back, now169801:49:49.159 --> 01:49:52.840
get out of my room. Martin growled and finally left.169901:49:53.399 --> 01:49:56.960
I changed into regular clothes and grabbed my smartphone. I170001:49:57.039 --> 01:49:59.640
called for an uber since I couldn't drive, and waited.170101:50:00.439 --> 01:50:03.119
This road trip was probably going to be expensive, but170201:50:03.760 --> 01:50:06.720
I was willing to pay it anything to get away170301:50:06.760 --> 01:50:09.680
from mean Martin. At that point, I had the uber170401:50:09.760 --> 01:50:12.079
driver take me to some of the usual haunts Bells170501:50:12.119 --> 01:50:15.279
and I frequented Bells. Wasn't at any of them. I170601:50:15.319 --> 01:50:18.560
even looked at Denyer's grill. The place was packed full170701:50:18.560 --> 01:50:21.840
of Strickfield High students who were having breakfast. I didn't170801:50:21.880 --> 01:50:25.479
see any sign of Bells, though I didn't think I would.170901:50:26.680 --> 01:50:30.600
You'd think she'd probably be here, especially with that monstrous171001:50:30.640 --> 01:50:35.560
appetite of hers. See. Bells is a master vampire, but171101:50:35.680 --> 01:50:39.159
a really unique version of one. She's the only one171201:50:39.159 --> 01:50:41.840
of her kind who can walk in the daylight. She171301:50:42.000 --> 01:50:46.560
has many master vampire strengths and none of their weaknesses.171401:50:47.199 --> 01:50:51.600
She's also the one vampire I know who doesn't drink blood. No,171501:50:52.119 --> 01:50:54.439
she has to eat an incredible amount of food in171601:50:54.520 --> 01:50:58.439
order to satisfy her immense hunger. Martin was right about171701:50:58.479 --> 01:51:02.119
Bells and Strickfield. She hated the village, but Denoyer's Grill171801:51:02.279 --> 01:51:06.479
was the one place she truly loved here. People loved171901:51:06.520 --> 01:51:10.439
the food at Denoyer's, but Bell's really loved it. I172001:51:10.560 --> 01:51:13.520
had no doubt that Denoyer himself made money off her,172101:51:13.600 --> 01:51:17.880
since she started eating there almost regularly. But no, Bells172201:51:17.920 --> 01:51:20.960
wouldn't have come here on Saturday morning without me, I172301:51:21.039 --> 01:51:23.720
mean us, Having breakfast here on Saturday morning was a172401:51:23.760 --> 01:51:27.680
weekly ritual for us. The driver pulled away from the diner,172501:51:28.279 --> 01:51:30.319
I had him take me to other places where Bells172601:51:30.359 --> 01:51:32.680
and I would hang out. I even went down the172701:51:32.720 --> 01:51:35.159
big hill near the Castalia River to the cave where172801:51:35.159 --> 01:51:38.960
we'd go sometimes to be alone. If anything, Bells loved172901:51:38.960 --> 01:51:41.720
the view there. You could see the big river and173001:51:41.760 --> 01:51:45.319
even some of Strickfield University. I think that was why173101:51:45.359 --> 01:51:47.640
we went to a lot of places off the beaten path,173201:51:48.199 --> 01:51:52.600
just her and me. She loved her views. And then173301:51:52.640 --> 01:51:56.520
I suddenly realized that I knew where Bells was. There173401:51:56.560 --> 01:51:59.239
was one more place that suddenly came to mind, the173501:51:59.319 --> 01:52:03.079
one place that had the view. You want to make173601:52:03.119 --> 01:52:06.720
some serious money, I asked the driver, what you got173701:52:06.800 --> 01:52:14.399
in mind? He asked quickly, It was dark. When I173801:52:14.439 --> 01:52:18.119
reached the very top floor of the tallest building in173901:52:18.159 --> 01:52:22.359
the huge megalopolis of Shore City. It was night, it174001:52:22.399 --> 01:52:25.960
was chilly, and it was quite windy up here. I174101:52:26.039 --> 01:52:28.359
came out onto the roof through the doorway and found174201:52:28.359 --> 01:52:31.680
Bells there. We first came to this place just before174301:52:31.720 --> 01:52:34.640
we left back in June, after my falling out with174401:52:34.720 --> 01:52:39.640
Grandma Donnerly took you long enough, I ney, Bell said,174501:52:39.680 --> 01:52:44.680
without even looking my way. Bell's is everything okay? I174601:52:44.760 --> 01:52:49.439
asked in concern. Martin wanted me to find you fuck him?174701:52:49.880 --> 01:52:55.640
She replied, I got my own problems. What problems? You're174801:52:55.920 --> 01:53:00.840
scaring me? She turned and faced me. Some was quite174901:53:00.880 --> 01:53:05.199
different about Bells now. Usually she was practically naked. I mean,175001:53:05.600 --> 01:53:07.840
she had to keep enough of her skin exposed so175101:53:07.920 --> 01:53:11.840
she didn't become too claustrophobic, which was part of her vampirism.175201:53:12.319 --> 01:53:15.279
But now she was wearing some of my clothes, a175301:53:15.279 --> 01:53:18.680
pair of jeans, a Strickfield High T shirt, normal shoes,175401:53:18.720 --> 01:53:21.960
and even her varsity jacket that the Strickfield High cheerleaders wore.175501:53:22.479 --> 01:53:25.680
I was wearing mine. She didn't look the least bit175601:53:25.760 --> 01:53:29.119
ready to shred her clothes. She even had sunglasses on.175701:53:30.119 --> 01:53:33.560
I just looked at Bells. Are you okay? I mean,175801:53:34.439 --> 01:53:38.399
are you really okay? As Bells came close to me,175901:53:38.680 --> 01:53:41.960
I could tell she'd been crying. Then she pointed to176001:53:42.000 --> 01:53:45.840
the moon. I didn't mention this. I wasn't sure if176101:53:45.840 --> 01:53:48.199
you'd heard about it or not. But we got a176201:53:48.199 --> 01:53:52.199
solar eclipse going on. This eclipse is the single biggest176301:53:52.239 --> 01:53:55.840
event to someone like me. Iini, oh, I know about176401:53:55.880 --> 01:53:59.119
the solar eclipse. I pointed to my glasses to show176501:53:59.159 --> 01:54:03.279
my lenses. He had trained transition dark. But what you176601:54:03.399 --> 01:54:06.880
don't know is that the solar eclipse is the one176701:54:07.000 --> 01:54:09.279
time where I become as close to human as I176801:54:09.279 --> 01:54:15.079
can possibly be. During the solar eclipse, I'm completely powerless.176901:54:15.600 --> 01:54:18.680
I can be hurt and killed like an ordinary human being.177001:54:19.600 --> 01:54:22.119
Since I still have Thornton Gillian's blood in my body,177101:54:22.640 --> 01:54:25.000
I found I'm still immortal for sure when it comes177201:54:25.039 --> 01:54:27.960
to my aging process, and I still have to eat177301:54:28.000 --> 01:54:30.079
a ton of food. I hit in all you can177401:54:30.119 --> 01:54:33.840
eat buffet. Before I came here, you could have stayed177501:54:33.840 --> 01:54:37.199
at the house. Bells, I pointed out, why come all177601:54:37.199 --> 01:54:40.640
the way to Shore City for the eclipse? Because this177701:54:40.720 --> 01:54:43.920
is the one time I'm most vulnerable. You and I177801:54:44.000 --> 01:54:46.880
both know Martin's been showing as true colors as of late.177901:54:47.479 --> 01:54:49.199
I wouldn't put it past him to try and take178001:54:49.239 --> 01:54:52.640
advantage of me as a human. I still have my training,178101:54:52.680 --> 01:54:54.840
but Martin would piss me off to the point where178201:54:54.880 --> 01:54:58.760
I'd want to kill him. No, I ne's it's better178301:54:58.800 --> 01:55:02.079
this way. We both leaned against a wall and just178401:55:02.159 --> 01:55:04.960
looked out at the seemingly endless array of lights and178501:55:05.119 --> 01:55:09.079
huge bridges that spanned the Big River. I love it178601:55:09.159 --> 01:55:13.520
up here, iini, Bells told me. It's so beautiful up here.178701:55:14.119 --> 01:55:16.079
I can't think of a more perfect place to wait178801:55:16.119 --> 01:55:20.279
out the eclipse. You're right, Bells, it is beautiful up here.178901:55:20.960 --> 01:55:24.920
I glanced over at her. You know I really envy you.179001:55:25.000 --> 01:55:27.960
Sometimes you can see the world over on account of179101:55:28.000 --> 01:55:32.560
you never getting old, Bells took and held my hand.179201:55:32.960 --> 01:55:37.079
To be honest, being a fucking vampire wasn't something I179301:55:37.119 --> 01:55:41.520
ever wanted. Unfortunately, I can't give this shit back. All179401:55:41.560 --> 01:55:44.159
I can do is savor the one fucking eclipse that179501:55:44.199 --> 01:55:48.000
can make me almost human again, if even for just179601:55:48.079 --> 01:55:52.880
a little while. What you'd rather be dead? I asked179701:55:52.880 --> 01:55:57.600
with surprise, Bells squeezed my hand a little. I should179801:55:57.640 --> 01:56:00.279
be long dead in my grave with my fucking kids.179901:56:00.359 --> 01:56:06.000
Continuing the tabon line, she started crying softly again before180001:56:06.039 --> 01:56:10.520
she got mad. But no, I gotta both be a180101:56:10.600 --> 01:56:15.119
fucking immortal and the only tabon in existence. Then she180201:56:15.239 --> 01:56:19.119
suddenly screamed out into the night, Fuck you, Thornton Jillian.180301:56:19.600 --> 01:56:22.039
If it's the last mother fucking thing I do, I'll180401:56:22.119 --> 01:56:26.039
kill every last goddamn one of your kind. When she180501:56:26.159 --> 01:56:30.239
calmed down, I glanced her way. I'm so sorry, Bells,180601:56:30.920 --> 01:56:36.840
I whispered. Bells shook her head slowly. Don't be fucking sorry.180701:56:37.000 --> 01:56:40.680
You didn't make me a monster. She glanced at me.180801:56:40.800 --> 01:56:45.359
Now he's such a mousy little shit like your cousin, Madeline.180901:56:46.279 --> 01:56:51.720
But I've really come to fucking love you anyway. Trust181001:56:51.760 --> 01:56:54.359
me on this. You don't want to be envying me181101:56:55.239 --> 01:56:57.239
being like me. Ain't all it's cracked up to be.181201:56:58.039 --> 01:57:00.880
I eat more food than a fucking billy, and I181301:57:00.920 --> 01:57:05.000
want sex all the time. I even started fucking people181401:57:05.039 --> 01:57:08.600
at school. I loved to fight when I was a mortal.181501:57:09.319 --> 01:57:13.119
Now that I'm tainted with Thornton Gillian's blood, I love181601:57:13.159 --> 01:57:16.640
it that much more. With all that comes with being me,181701:57:17.479 --> 01:57:22.159
you'd be very high maintenance. I really didn't know what181801:57:22.239 --> 01:57:26.239
to say to Bells. She smiled a little. Don't worry, Iiny,181901:57:26.680 --> 01:57:30.479
You're definitely safe. Since I don't drink blood, that means182001:57:30.479 --> 01:57:34.039
I can't sire anybody. Bells and I just looked at182101:57:34.039 --> 01:57:36.920
each other. Then I got a text from Martin and182201:57:36.960 --> 01:57:39.960
showed it to her. Should I tell Martin I found182301:57:40.000 --> 01:57:44.319
you and you're okay? She raised an eyebrow. We both182401:57:44.439 --> 01:57:47.359
know you don't want to drop the act. I know182501:57:47.439 --> 01:57:49.600
you two don't get along. I know you hate him.182601:57:49.960 --> 01:57:54.760
I nodded so much. He's the reason I'm sick. I182701:57:54.840 --> 01:57:58.039
replied to Martin and lied about finding Bells. When he182801:57:58.079 --> 01:58:00.720
demanded to know where I was, I shut the phone off.182901:58:01.600 --> 01:58:03.840
Bells put an arm around me and gave me a183001:58:03.880 --> 01:58:07.199
gentle hug. I put an arm around her and hugged183101:58:07.199 --> 01:58:10.479
her back. We were silent for a long moment before183201:58:10.479 --> 01:58:14.039
I asked, okay, Bells, what do you want to do183301:58:14.079 --> 01:58:18.000
while we wait out this eclipse? Before Bells could answer,183401:58:18.119 --> 01:58:21.640
someone else answered for her. I've got a great idea.183501:58:22.119 --> 01:58:24.239
How about the two of us beat the two of183601:58:24.239 --> 01:58:27.039
you to a bloody pulp before we kill both of183701:58:27.079 --> 01:58:30.760
your fucking asses. Bells and I were both surprised to183801:58:30.840 --> 01:58:37.039
see no mother fucking way. Bells cried, I fucking paralyzed183901:58:37.039 --> 01:58:40.720
you too last winter. We didn't know which girl was witch,184001:58:41.000 --> 01:58:43.960
since they were identical twin sisters, but they were on184101:58:44.039 --> 01:58:47.560
either side of us. They were wearing completely different cheerleading184201:58:47.560 --> 01:58:49.520
outfits from the ones that Bells and I wore at184301:58:49.520 --> 01:58:53.479
Strickfield High. They were black with red trim and consisted184401:58:53.520 --> 01:58:56.279
of a mini skirt with an athletic top. In fact,184501:58:57.000 --> 01:59:00.439
their tops both had a word embroidered on them. The184601:59:00.479 --> 01:59:03.840
twin coming toward Bells had Bitch, while the other coming184701:59:03.880 --> 01:59:07.920
toward me had Vixen. They both had long, wavy blonde184801:59:07.960 --> 01:59:13.119
hair and glowing red eyes. They were Alissa and Ali Miron.184901:59:13.840 --> 01:59:17.760
Bells fought those two and their cheerleading squad back in January.185001:59:18.399 --> 01:59:20.840
They were a coven of witches who were trying to185101:59:20.880 --> 01:59:27.199
turn themselves into vampires using something called old bloodstone that's185201:59:27.279 --> 01:59:30.359
old with an E on the end. As far as185301:59:30.359 --> 01:59:34.439
we both knew, they hadn't completed their transformations into vampires.185401:59:35.199 --> 01:59:38.399
To show us that they had, they vamped out and185501:59:38.600 --> 01:59:43.319
raised their claws. The vixen twin laughed at Bell's comment.185601:59:44.159 --> 01:59:47.640
Guess we got the last laugh. Huh. The bitch ones185701:59:47.800 --> 01:59:52.079
smiled an evil smile. Here's what you didn't know. We,185801:59:52.600 --> 01:59:55.159
that is, Alyssa and me took the power from the185901:59:55.199 --> 02:00:01.119
other cheerleaders ourselves, right, Alyssa agreed, We figured you'd catch186002:00:01.199 --> 02:00:04.960
on to us somehow. Yeah, we learned who you were,186102:00:05.520 --> 02:00:09.680
Bella Tabon. We put some extra old bloodstone inside our186202:00:09.720 --> 02:00:13.960
shoe soles. We were able to complete our transformations into186302:00:13.960 --> 02:00:17.680
full vampires. After all, we were coming to look for186402:00:17.720 --> 02:00:21.680
you too. Ali growled, we owe you for what happened186502:00:21.680 --> 02:00:26.399
back in January. And what did we just hear? Alyssa186602:00:26.439 --> 02:00:31.920
squealed with delight that you, Bella Tabon, are powerless during186702:00:32.000 --> 02:00:36.479
this eclipse. Ali's anger turned to a squealing delight now,186802:00:37.119 --> 02:00:39.560
which means we can have all the fun we want186902:00:39.600 --> 02:00:48.239
with you before we drink you up. Run iiny, Bell's yelled.187002:00:48.600 --> 02:00:50.359
The two of us both turned to the door and187102:00:50.520 --> 02:00:53.479
escaped through it. I quickly pulled it shut behind us187202:00:53.520 --> 02:00:55.680
and locked it. As we were at the bottom of187302:00:55.760 --> 02:00:59.039
the steps, we heard the door being ripped away. We187402:00:59.079 --> 02:01:02.319
can't outrun them, Bell's told me. Suddenly, one of the187502:01:02.359 --> 02:01:04.600
twins was right in front of Bells to make sure187602:01:04.680 --> 02:01:08.199
she ran into her fist. Bells fell flat on her back.187702:01:08.760 --> 02:01:10.680
Then the other twin had punched me right in the187802:01:10.720 --> 02:01:13.960
face to send me falling on top of her. She187902:01:14.039 --> 02:01:17.920
really is powerless, Ali shrieked with delight. She was the188002:01:17.960 --> 02:01:21.319
one wearing bitch on her athletic top. Taban has a188102:01:21.359 --> 02:01:25.199
nosebleed that won't stop. Alyssa came up right next to her,188202:01:25.680 --> 02:01:29.560
and if she can bleed like that, that means we188302:01:29.720 --> 02:01:34.039
can kill her. Bells sat up. Yeah, play with your188402:01:34.079 --> 02:01:36.600
new fucking powers while you got them. I may not188502:01:36.680 --> 02:01:39.600
be at full strength right now. I was amazed to188602:01:39.600 --> 02:01:44.680
see Bells still show off her sinister, sexy smile. Suddenly,188702:01:45.079 --> 02:01:48.319
Bells struck. She quickly spun and got to her feet.188802:01:48.720 --> 02:01:51.640
Then she threw some kind of powder at both of them.188902:01:52.359 --> 02:01:55.079
The mirror and twins screamed and shrieked as they covered189002:01:55.079 --> 02:01:58.439
their faces. Bells quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me189102:01:58.479 --> 02:02:02.359
to my feet. We got a I shrieked as Bells189202:02:02.359 --> 02:02:05.520
and I ran through some hallways. Bells led me down189302:02:05.560 --> 02:02:08.439
one stairway into an elevator to go down a couple189402:02:08.439 --> 02:02:12.520
of floors down another stairway. Are they going to catch us? Bells?189502:02:12.840 --> 02:02:16.279
I cried, Okay, yes, I was scared as holy hell189602:02:16.399 --> 02:02:21.279
right now, not that easily, but they probably will, Bells said, truthfully,189702:02:22.000 --> 02:02:25.680
I threw some powerful garlic essence in their faces Graham's189802:02:25.680 --> 02:02:30.680
family recipe. Their reaction confirms their full vampires. It doesn't189902:02:30.680 --> 02:02:34.680
look like they've mastered their new powers. Fully, you expected190002:02:34.680 --> 02:02:38.760
those two, I asked, no, But when you have enemies190102:02:38.760 --> 02:02:42.640
out there, other vampires, you damn fucking sure better be prepared.190202:02:43.399 --> 02:02:45.479
Bells and I managed to make it down a total190302:02:45.479 --> 02:02:48.520
of twenty three floors before we were both finally taken190402:02:48.600 --> 02:02:52.560
down by two wolves. As we turned around to fight190502:02:52.600 --> 02:02:56.000
the wolves, they both transformed back into the mirror twins.190602:02:56.680 --> 02:02:59.640
Then they both lifted us up and threw us across190702:02:59.680 --> 02:03:03.720
the room. We both crashed into cubicles, knocking over the walls.190802:03:04.319 --> 02:03:06.279
I know I ended up flat on my back on190902:03:06.359 --> 02:03:10.279
a desk. I didn't see where Bells landed. I didn't191002:03:10.279 --> 02:03:12.399
have time to clear the stairs that I was seeing,191102:03:12.680 --> 02:03:15.520
because a twin snatched me up and threw me against191202:03:15.560 --> 02:03:18.560
some more cubicles. I cried out as I knocked over191302:03:18.640 --> 02:03:21.159
some more walls. When I landed, it was on the191402:03:21.159 --> 02:03:24.560
floor by a doorway. Bells landed right on top of me.191502:03:24.680 --> 02:03:30.199
Shortly after. This is so much fun, Alli, Alyssa cheered.191602:03:30.560 --> 02:03:34.239
She was wearing the Vixen top. I know, and we're191702:03:34.439 --> 02:03:38.560
just getting started, Ali replied. Then she picked up Bells.191802:03:39.119 --> 02:03:43.880
Come on, tabon, fight us. Not so tough without your powers,191902:03:43.920 --> 02:03:49.159
are you? Bells gave Ali her sexy smile. You mean192002:03:49.239 --> 02:03:52.840
you fucking airheads haven't figured it out yet. Being powerless192102:03:52.880 --> 02:03:56.720
doesn't mean I'm helpless. Bell suddenly reached into her hair,192202:03:56.840 --> 02:03:59.600
pulled out two vials of a clear liquid, and threw192302:03:59.640 --> 02:04:02.840
them at each vampire. The mir and twins screamed when192402:04:02.880 --> 02:04:05.920
the vials broke on their foreheads. They had burns and192502:04:05.960 --> 02:04:10.279
boils where the liquid had splashed them. It's fucking holy water,192602:04:10.760 --> 02:04:15.119
Alyssa yelled. Bells quickly yanked me to my feet. Run, iiny.192702:04:15.720 --> 02:04:18.960
We both got out of those offices. Bells again held192802:04:18.960 --> 02:04:21.279
my hand as she guided me through stairways for so192902:04:21.399 --> 02:04:24.760
many floors and then into elevators. We managed to get193002:04:24.800 --> 02:04:27.600
down eleven more floors before the mir and Twins found193102:04:27.640 --> 02:04:31.159
us again. Alyssa grabbed Bells and slammed her head into193202:04:31.159 --> 02:04:34.079
a nearby water cooler with enough force to shatter the193302:04:34.119 --> 02:04:37.520
glass and get water everywhere. Then she picked Bells up193402:04:37.720 --> 02:04:40.159
and heaved her through the glass window that was outside193502:04:40.159 --> 02:04:43.119
of an office. Ali grabbed me and moved my arm193602:04:43.199 --> 02:04:46.399
behind my back, making me cry out in pain. You're193702:04:46.439 --> 02:04:49.119
going to watch as your friend gets her ass kicked193802:04:49.119 --> 02:04:53.239
before we kill her. A leaned donnerly, but Bells wasn't193902:04:53.239 --> 02:04:56.600
going to let Alissa just kick her around. She fought194002:04:56.680 --> 02:04:59.079
back and used some of her martial arts training that194102:04:59.119 --> 02:05:02.960
she had accumulated during her travels around the world. Bells194202:05:03.000 --> 02:05:05.840
managed to draw blood from Alyssa, but it wouldn't be194302:05:05.880 --> 02:05:09.119
long before Alyssa would heal up. If anything, Bells was194402:05:09.199 --> 02:05:12.640
keeping her dazed and off balance. Ali threw me to194502:05:12.680 --> 02:05:15.319
the floor and went to help her sister. Bells was194602:05:15.359 --> 02:05:18.720
taking on both of them. Now. She showed both twins194702:05:18.760 --> 02:05:21.760
that she truly knew how to fight. Bells wouldn't be194802:05:21.760 --> 02:05:25.159
able to beat both twins by just fighting alone, at194902:05:25.279 --> 02:05:28.000
least not without her powers. I knew it would only195002:05:28.039 --> 02:05:30.640
be a matter of time before Bells would be overpowered195102:05:30.640 --> 02:05:34.520
by both of them. I shrieked and leapt onto Ali's back.195202:05:35.000 --> 02:05:37.720
Ali quickly grabbed me and flipped me onto my back.195302:05:38.119 --> 02:05:43.199
Then she pointed to Bells, stop right there, stop right there,195402:05:43.319 --> 02:05:46.399
or so help me. I'll kill Aileen right goddamn now.195502:05:47.319 --> 02:05:50.640
Bells had no choice but to stop fighting. Alisa got195602:05:50.640 --> 02:05:52.760
a cheap shot in on Bells that caused her bloody195702:05:52.800 --> 02:05:55.840
nose to start up again and sent her falling flat195802:05:55.880 --> 02:05:59.399
on her back. Then Alyssa uttered an incantation of some195902:05:59.560 --> 02:06:03.239
kind on Bells. After the spell was completed, Alyssa gave196002:06:03.279 --> 02:06:06.560
a weird look. Whatever spell she had tried on Bells,196102:06:07.159 --> 02:06:11.000
it didn't work. I'm sure I recited the spell rite,196202:06:11.119 --> 02:06:15.600
Alyssa complained, you did. Ali assured her sister, I don't196302:06:15.640 --> 02:06:19.039
know why it's not working on her either. Bells laughed.196402:06:19.760 --> 02:06:23.239
I may be powerless during this fucking eclipse, but I196502:06:23.279 --> 02:06:26.319
still have the vampire blood in my body. Hate to196602:06:26.359 --> 02:06:29.600
tell you too, fucking bees, but magic is the one196702:06:29.680 --> 02:06:32.560
thing that doesn't work on me. It hasn't since I196802:06:32.640 --> 02:06:35.880
was transformed, And really, you were going to try and196902:06:35.920 --> 02:06:38.199
turn me into an old crone before you killed me.197002:06:38.800 --> 02:06:42.960
She flipped them both off, not happening. Ali screamed with197102:06:43.079 --> 02:06:45.600
rage and rushed at Bell's She managed to get out197202:06:45.600 --> 02:06:48.159
of the way, but Ali was still too quick. She197302:06:48.279 --> 02:06:50.520
managed to grab Bell's arm and twist it so that197402:06:50.600 --> 02:06:54.479
it snapped at the elbow. Bells screamed an agonizing pain197502:06:54.920 --> 02:06:58.039
before Ali kicked her in the stomach. We need to197602:06:58.079 --> 02:07:01.760
do it now, sis, Ali yelled, we have to destroy197702:07:01.840 --> 02:07:06.239
bella tabon now. Alissa lifted me up and drove me197802:07:06.279 --> 02:07:09.439
through a nearby office window. I landed on my back197902:07:09.479 --> 02:07:12.760
and was covered with glass. I was in pain all over.198002:07:13.479 --> 02:07:15.600
I knew Alissa had to be joining her sister in198102:07:15.640 --> 02:07:19.079
double teeming Bells. I managed to pull myself to my198202:07:19.159 --> 02:07:22.199
feet to see the two of them just laying into Bells.198302:07:22.760 --> 02:07:26.039
These two weren't holding anything back. They were making Bells198402:07:26.039 --> 02:07:29.399
scream and pain as they battered and broke her. When198502:07:29.439 --> 02:07:32.319
I say they broke her, I mean they broke bone198602:07:32.479 --> 02:07:36.680
after bone. They kicked and punched her ribs, They broke198702:07:36.720 --> 02:07:40.199
her arms and legs, They shattered her knee joints. They198802:07:40.239 --> 02:07:43.600
even made her face a crimson mask. One of them198902:07:43.640 --> 02:07:46.199
even punched Bell in the face so hard that her199002:07:46.279 --> 02:07:49.720
left eye came hanging right out of its socket. Bells199102:07:49.800 --> 02:07:52.159
was flat on her back. Now the mirr and twins199202:07:52.159 --> 02:07:55.399
were standing right over her. Bet, you don't have anything199302:07:55.479 --> 02:08:00.000
smart to say to us now, Ali taunted, do you?199402:08:00.079 --> 02:08:02.439
Even though Bells had been beaten and battered to the199502:08:02.439 --> 02:08:06.159
point that definitely would have killed an ordinary human, Bells199602:08:06.199 --> 02:08:08.920
still managed to cling to life. In fact, she was199702:08:08.960 --> 02:08:14.439
actually laughing at the twins. Yeah, you two can can both.199802:08:15.399 --> 02:08:20.520
Then she yelled, suck my mother, fucking dick. Ali turned199902:08:20.560 --> 02:08:24.560
to her sister, pull her up. Since she's still human,200002:08:24.600 --> 02:08:27.520
I say we drink her dry, then we drink up200102:08:27.520 --> 02:08:32.800
her little friend. Sounds good to me. Alyssa pard Bells200202:08:32.880 --> 02:08:38.079
laughed again. I wouldn't wouldn't do that if I were you,200302:08:39.279 --> 02:08:42.159
but they ignored her. I tried to find something to200402:08:42.279 --> 02:08:44.359
use as a weapon. But what the hell are you200502:08:44.439 --> 02:08:47.680
going to find in a bunch of offices? I spoke200602:08:47.720 --> 02:08:50.880
too soon. I ran into an emergency fire axe and200702:08:50.920 --> 02:08:53.560
broke the glass to grab the weapon. I rushed at200802:08:53.600 --> 02:08:56.359
Alyssa to drive the axe in her back, but she200902:08:56.520 --> 02:08:59.960
turned and snatched me by my throat. Then she grabbed201002:09:00.119 --> 02:09:03.840
the axe and tossed it away. Now, you skinny little shit,201102:09:04.319 --> 02:09:06.760
You're going to watch as we drink up your friend,201202:09:07.359 --> 02:09:12.159
Alyssa declared. After that, we're going to drink you up.201302:09:12.920 --> 02:09:18.439
No no, I wailed. Ali yanked Bells to her feet201402:09:18.720 --> 02:09:21.439
and held her from behind as she sank her fangs201502:09:21.720 --> 02:09:25.760
into Bell's neck. She gasped as Ali drank her blood.201602:09:26.960 --> 02:09:33.359
After a little bit, Ali stopped, Sis, it's delicious. I201702:09:33.399 --> 02:09:37.920
mean it's fucking scrumptious. I saved you enough so you201802:09:38.000 --> 02:09:43.279
can feed. The twins switched places. Then Alyssa drank from Bells,201902:09:43.600 --> 02:09:48.159
who wasn't moving anymore. Now. I couldn't help myself and202002:09:48.239 --> 02:09:54.279
began to cry. Bells, I shrieked. I knew I was202102:09:54.319 --> 02:09:57.319
going to be next, but my heart felt really heavy202202:09:57.359 --> 02:10:02.000
at knowing that my best friend was like dead. When202302:10:02.039 --> 02:10:06.199
Alyssa finished draining whatever was left of Bells, she threw202402:10:06.239 --> 02:10:09.159
her body off to the side like it was a202502:10:09.239 --> 02:10:14.399
rag doll. Wow, you were right, Sis, that was the202602:10:14.600 --> 02:10:20.640
best blood we've ever tasted. Then she looked at me. Awww.202702:10:21.600 --> 02:10:25.720
She mocked me by pretending to cry, poor little alien,202802:10:26.119 --> 02:10:30.399
your big bad vampire bestie is all dead now, and202902:10:30.520 --> 02:10:35.840
now for our dessert. Now, for those of you who've203002:10:35.880 --> 02:10:39.479
been following along. You know, I usually don't get vulgar203102:10:39.560 --> 02:10:45.159
unless i'm really mad. Fuck you, fuck you, you fucking203202:10:45.239 --> 02:10:49.760
bleach blonde pieces of shit. The twins both laughed scornfully203302:10:49.760 --> 02:10:53.279
at me. I mean, they laughed so hard I couldn't203402:10:53.319 --> 02:10:56.359
believe they really thought that what I screamed was funny.203502:10:57.119 --> 02:11:00.159
When they collected themselves, Ali ran her tongue up the203602:11:00.199 --> 02:11:04.680
side of my face. Oh you're so cute. I know203702:11:04.760 --> 02:11:07.720
if I were a guy, I definitely fuck you good,203802:11:08.319 --> 02:11:10.800
even if you are a fucking geek with your squeaky203902:11:10.840 --> 02:11:15.520
little mouse voice and all. But like I said, you204002:11:15.640 --> 02:11:20.800
get to be dessert now. Alissa grinned, knowing these vampire204102:11:20.920 --> 02:11:23.600
sisters were going to drain me the way they drained bells.204202:11:24.159 --> 02:11:27.079
I stood up boldly and looked Alyssa square in the eyes.204302:11:27.920 --> 02:11:32.359
Fuck you, I hope you choke on me. Bone appetite,204402:11:32.760 --> 02:11:38.399
Alyssa said to Ali, you drink first with pleasure. Ali204502:11:38.520 --> 02:11:46.399
replied gratefully. Suddenly it began to get windy indoors, the204602:11:46.479 --> 02:11:51.239
twins looked puzzled. You heard any, A familiar voice said204702:11:51.279 --> 02:11:54.279
That made me shriek for joy. When the mirror twins204802:11:54.279 --> 02:11:57.920
turned and saw Bells standing there hole again. Their looks204902:11:57.920 --> 02:12:03.279
of horror were priceless. Then Bell's told them, fuck you.205002:12:04.520 --> 02:12:07.880
Bell's quickly removed her varsity jacket and grabbed both of205102:12:07.880 --> 02:12:11.000
the twins, causing Ali to let me go. She threw205202:12:11.039 --> 02:12:13.960
them both at a nearby wall. Then she turned to them.205302:12:14.720 --> 02:12:19.760
Two things. One, guess what's over? She raised her finger.205402:12:20.359 --> 02:12:24.840
That's right, you fucking mirror bees. The solar eclipses finally205502:12:25.279 --> 02:12:30.119
fucking over, which means I'm fully restored, which means I205602:12:30.239 --> 02:12:35.640
feel just fucking fantastic. And two, you're both gonna be205702:12:35.760 --> 02:12:40.720
quite fucking dead. Very shortly, the twins both stood up.205802:12:41.439 --> 02:12:45.880
Oh what what are you gonna do? Slaughter us? Alyssa sneered.205902:12:46.359 --> 02:12:49.560
Bells folded her arms in front of her. As much206002:12:49.600 --> 02:12:52.319
as I'd like to for how you hurt, iiny, I206102:12:52.439 --> 02:12:56.119
really don't have to. As a matter of fact, a206202:12:56.159 --> 02:13:01.199
soft sigh, I already killed you both. The twins just206302:13:01.279 --> 02:13:07.479
looked at each other in confusion. Wait for it, Bells murmured, Oh, yes,206402:13:08.239 --> 02:13:10.720
I'd say, you both are starting to look like handmade206502:13:10.760 --> 02:13:14.119
shit right about now. My jaw dropped when it looked206602:13:14.159 --> 02:13:18.359
like the twins were starting to melt they were both206702:13:18.439 --> 02:13:21.079
acting like it was very hot. Then they started to206802:13:21.159 --> 02:13:24.720
scream in intense pain while they were still able to206902:13:24.720 --> 02:13:29.000
hear yet, Bells explained, I told you not to drink207002:13:29.039 --> 02:13:32.319
from me, didn't I? The second eclipse ended and I207102:13:32.399 --> 02:13:35.359
was fully restored. That means the blood you drank from207202:13:35.399 --> 02:13:40.880
me also came alive in your systems. My blood doesn't207302:13:40.920 --> 02:13:44.479
allow me to utilize magic spells. At the same time,207402:13:44.920 --> 02:13:49.079
it also disenchants things with magic. Since you two were207502:13:49.119 --> 02:13:53.039
stupid enough to drink my blood, it's become the deadliest207602:13:53.039 --> 02:13:57.079
of poisons to you. Now, we both watched as Ali207702:13:57.119 --> 02:14:00.439
and Alyssa Mirn melted away until they were nothing more207802:14:00.479 --> 02:14:05.079
than two disgusting piles of goop. Even their bones and207902:14:05.159 --> 02:14:09.560
internal organs melted. In fact, all that remained were their208002:14:09.640 --> 02:14:15.039
cheerleader uniforms. Suddenly, Bells started to feel very uncomfortable herself.208102:14:15.640 --> 02:14:18.079
She kicked off her shoes and tore her clothes apart.208202:14:18.800 --> 02:14:21.359
By the time she was finished, the clothes looked like208302:14:21.399 --> 02:14:25.319
a tattered bikini. Once again, Bells was unable to wear208402:14:25.359 --> 02:14:29.039
a lot of clothing as part of her unique vampire nature.208502:14:29.920 --> 02:14:34.640
Bells turned to me, are you okayiny I? Hugged Bells208602:14:34.680 --> 02:14:38.680
to me tightly and began to cry. I really thought208702:14:38.680 --> 02:14:44.239
they killed you. They did, she confirmed, looks like Thornton208802:14:44.319 --> 02:14:49.399
Gillian's blood said otherwise, again, looks like I'm still cursed208902:14:49.399 --> 02:14:51.720
to walk the earth as my own unique kind of209002:14:51.880 --> 02:14:54.960
master vampire. So it looks like you and me are209102:14:55.000 --> 02:14:59.319
still attached at the hip. When I finished crying, Bells209202:14:59.359 --> 02:15:01.359
suggested we get the hell out of there before the209302:15:01.359 --> 02:15:06.239
police arrived and head back to Strickfield. I snatched Bell's hand.209402:15:07.439 --> 02:15:11.000
I'm ready to tell you everything now about what happened209502:15:11.000 --> 02:15:15.680
to me and why I'm always sick. Bell's gave me209602:15:15.720 --> 02:15:25.079
her undivided attention. I'm listening. When we got in the door,209702:15:25.319 --> 02:15:27.880
Martin was overjoyed to see that I had brought Bell's209802:15:27.960 --> 02:15:31.279
back home. He shot right to her and tried to209902:15:31.359 --> 02:15:35.720
hug her, but Bell's quickly knocked him on his ass.210002:15:36.319 --> 02:15:40.640
Ainie told me everything, Martin Bell said. She told me210102:15:40.680 --> 02:15:43.000
how you fucked a drunk chick at a high school party,210202:15:43.560 --> 02:15:47.279
Courtney Rickman. Was it anyway? She promised you there'd be210302:15:47.399 --> 02:15:50.199
held to pay. When the alcohol wore off, Courtney and210402:15:50.239 --> 02:15:52.960
her friends came here to find you. They broke in210502:15:53.079 --> 02:15:57.359
and found Irony. Instead, Courtney's older brother raped IINNI to210602:15:57.399 --> 02:16:00.439
get back at you for taking advantage of her. The210702:16:00.520 --> 02:16:05.600
problem was he had AIDS, which meant Iiny got aids.210802:16:06.399 --> 02:16:10.000
Bells quickly lifted Martin to his feet. I had never210902:16:10.000 --> 02:16:13.880
seen Bells so pissed off in my life. You just211002:16:14.000 --> 02:16:18.319
couldn't keep your fucking dick in your pants, she continued,211102:16:18.840 --> 02:16:23.159
And Irony has to pay for that with her fucking life,211202:16:23.199 --> 02:16:28.439
She vamped out. Give me one good, fucking goddamn reason211302:16:28.479 --> 02:16:32.520
why I shouldn't kill your ass right here and now211402:16:33.639 --> 02:16:38.079
Bell's glanced at me. Is this what Grandma Donnerly tried211502:16:38.120 --> 02:16:44.000
to tell me in June? Yes, I whispered sadly. Then211602:16:44.079 --> 02:16:48.639
I told Bells, don't kill him. He's not worth it.211702:16:50.239 --> 02:16:54.639
How can you say that, she demanded. It's not going211802:16:54.639 --> 02:16:58.799
to make me better. I'm still going to die. Killing211902:16:58.840 --> 02:17:03.639
Martin won't change anything. Bells finally dropped him and became212002:17:03.760 --> 02:17:08.959
human again. From now on, martin Inini's under my protection.212102:17:09.879 --> 02:17:13.559
You fuck with her, I fuck with you. You got that.212202:17:15.120 --> 02:17:18.440
Bells turned away from him. Let's get you into bed.212302:17:19.079 --> 02:17:22.639
I know you're not feeling well. I didn't argue. As212402:17:22.680 --> 02:17:25.959
Bells took me to my bedroom. I felt so much212502:17:26.000 --> 02:17:30.280
better finally telling my best friend everything. I also felt212602:17:30.319 --> 02:17:34.479
safer knowing she was there, But deep down I knew212702:17:34.559 --> 02:17:39.079
me and Martin would eventually strike again with a vengeance.212802:17:43.760 --> 02:17:52.200
Bella Tabon has faced vampires, witches, cosmic threats, and herself,212902:17:53.360 --> 02:17:58.959
but tomorrow she'll face Hell Weaver and the truth about213002:17:59.000 --> 02:18:04.479
who really paid the price to save her soul. Don't213102:18:04.559 --> 02:18:09.239
miss the final episode of our summer miniseries Deadly Second213202:18:09.360 --> 02:18:16.120
Chances tomorrow only on Weekly Spooky. Until then, don't drink213302:18:16.120 --> 02:18:16.760
any blood.
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