chapter 5
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Night had fallen over the Castle of the Black Moon long ago.
In a huge room she didn’t know, Kelly sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes fixed on the old letter lying in front of her.
Everything around her felt unfamiliar.
The walls covered with ancient symbols.
The candles softly lighting the room.
The strange silence of this castle filled with immortal creatures.
A few hours earlier, her biggest concern had been understanding her dreams.
Now, she knew those dreams were connected to a vampire queen who had been waiting for her for four centuries.
Kelly ran a hand over her face.
She felt like her entire life had changed without asking for her permission.
Her eyes returned to her mother’s letter.
The symbol of the black moon, surrounded by a red circle, seemed almost alive under the light of the flames.
She gently squeezed the envelope between her fingers.
“Why did you never tell me anything, Mom?”
Her voice slightly broke.
Ever since she was a child, Emma White often told her:
“Some truths only come when the right time arrives.”
Back then, Kelly thought her mother said that to comfort her.
She simply believed Emma wanted to protect her from life’s difficulties.
But today, everything was different.
Her mother knew.
She knew about this hidden world.
She knew that one day, Kelly would discover the truth.
A soft noise caught her attention.
The door slowly opened.
Kelly raised her head.
Jasmine entered the room.
For a few seconds, the two women remained silent.
There was no awkwardness between them.
Only a strange feeling.
As if they had already lived through this moment before.
Jasmine finally spoke.
“May I come in?”
Kelly slightly nodded.
“Yes.”
The vampire queen walked gently into the room.
Unlike the cold image she showed in front of the other vampires, she seemed different now.
More human.
More fragile.
“I wanted to know how you were feeling.”
Kelly gave a small humorless smile.
“I don’t even know how to answer that.”
She looked at Jasmine.
“This morning, I was a normal girl. Now, I find out that vampires exist, that you are a queen, and that people want to kill me because of a prophecy.”
Jasmine lowered her eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
Kelly was surprised.
She hadn’t expected to hear those words.
She thought a woman like Jasmine never regretted anything.
But now she saw something else.
A hidden pain behind her eyes.
“Did you really wait for me for four hundred years?”
Jasmine slowly lifted her gaze.
“Yes.”
Her answer was simple.
But her eyes told a much deeper story.
“Every day, I hoped you would return.”
She paused for a moment.
“After losing you, I continued living because I had no choice. But a part of me remained trapped in the past.”
Kelly felt her heart tighten.
She didn’t understand why those words touched her so deeply.
She had only known Jasmine for a few hours.
Yet, she felt like she was carrying a pain that didn’t belong to her.
“But I’m not the person you knew before.”
Jasmine stepped slightly closer.
A sad smile appeared on her face.
“Your face is no longer the same.”
She looked into Kelly’s eyes.
“Your voice, your memories, your life… everything has changed.”
Then she gently placed a hand over her own heart.
“But something inside you remained the same.”
Kelly stayed silent.
She didn’t know if she should be afraid or believe in this impossible connection.
Her eyes then fell on Jasmine’s hand.
An old scar crossed her skin.
“This mark…”
Jasmine followed her gaze.
“It’s an old injury.”
“How did you get it?”
The queen remained silent for a few seconds.
Then she answered:
“While trying to protect you.”
Kelly frowned.
“Me?”
Jasmine nodded.
“In another life.”
A shiver ran through Kelly.
She wanted to understand.
But every answer seemed to bring even more questions.
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In a distant wing of the castle, Stéphane Anderson watched the corridors with concern.
Beside him, Alain Wary, the queen’s guardian, remained silent.
Finally, Alain spoke.
“Her arrival bothers me.”
Stéphane turned toward him.
“Why?”
“Because everything seems too easy.”
Alain looked around.
“The ancient clans are ready to do anything to reach Jasmine. They could use this girl against her.”
Stéphane remained silent for a few seconds.
Then his expression became firmer.
“My sister waited four centuries to find her again.”
He clenched his jaw.
“I will not let anyone destroy what she has finally found.”
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Meanwhile, in the kingdom of the ancient clans, George Locker faced disturbing news.
A dark room filled with vampires was silent.
A messenger quickly entered.
“Lord Locker.”
George looked up.
“What did you discover?”
The vampire hesitated.
“The young woman is not only connected to Queen Jasmine.”
George’s expression hardened.
“Continue.”
The messenger lowered his head slightly.
“She also carries the blood of the first vampire queen.”
Silence filled the room.
Even George remained still.
This information was more serious than anything he had imagined.
“Impossible…”
His voice was low.
“Then the prophecy was more important than we thought.”
A woman’s voice echoed behind him.
“No.”
Everyone turned around.
Mégane Valérie appeared from the shadows.
Her face showed a disturbing calm.
“The prophecy was not different.”
She looked at George.
“It is simply that we never understood its true meaning.”
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That night, Kelly finally fell asleep.
But her sleep was far from peaceful.
She found herself in an unknown place.
An ancient palace.
The walls were covered with flames.
The air was heavy.
In front of her stood a young woman who looked strangely like her.
This woman was holding Jasmine’s hand.
Their eyes were filled with love and sadness.
Then an ancient voice echoed around her.
“When the two souls are reunited, the forgotten queen will return…”
Kelly suddenly opened her eyes.
She sat up in bed, breathing heavily.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
She placed a hand over her heart.
For the first time, she understood.
Her connection with Jasmine was not a simple coincidence.
She was not just a girl connected to a prophecy.
She was a part of the vampire queen’s past.
A past someone had tried to erase.
And now that Kelly had returned…
The secrets that had slept for centuries would finally rise again.Tu peux copier directement la version anglaise.
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