Love Between Two Kinds

Chapter 20

"I caught a handsome one. Lucky me" the witch said in a hoarse screeching voice. The cloak covered her face and body, only leaving her slender coarse hand. Her sharp pointy dark purple nails touched each other in a revolting way. Nicklaus fought heard to break lose from the vines, but as he fought, the grip grew firmer. As he struggled, the witch made her way towards him, cackling silently. Extending her arm, she used her pointy nails to poke Nicklaus's stomach. It trailed upward to where his heart was. And as at then, he stopped struggling and wore a calm aura, watching his surroundings. His head has been held still by one of the vines, limiting his movements.

"Mm, a vampire" he heard the witch say. He felt her nails rob his chest, which disgusted him. The witch extended her other arm, and suddenly ripped his shirt open, revealing a clean masculine chest.

"Yummy" her head leaned forward, and she started sniffing his left chest. Suddenly, her nails pierced into he's chest. He took a sharp drag of the air, as his veins popped out. She twisted her arm, and plunged deep, touching and caressing his heart, like a tender meal.

"Nighty night, night creature" with that, she pulled out his heart and licked the blood that trailed off her hand. She brought the bloody heart close to her mouth, and opened it wide. Her brown spikey teeth pinched into the bloody heart, and she cackled loudly. Her long tongue came out, and licked her lips. After devouring Nicklaus's heart, she moved to the side and pull one of vines. The wall started to rumble and cracks began to forge on the wall. Soon after the cracks formed a door, and the witch pushed it open, walking in. The door led to a dark cave. The vines moved Nicklaus's body into the cave and the door closed, removing any rays of light in the cave. The witch moved amongst the darkness, before stopping at a particular place. She extended her nails and it tapped on the wall. Another rumbling filled the cave and a wall suddenly fell. Multiple worm like glowy strands hung above the cave, giving light to the little room. The witch walked in with Nicklaus's dead body, trailing behind her. She pulled a lever on the wall, and a shelf appeared, containing jars with oogie like creatures in it. She pulled another lever, and three bigger jars appeared, containing a witch, who seems stuck in a state of shock. Her eyes frozen, like the rest of her body. The other jar contained a werewolf, which seemed to be stuck in a state between his human self, and his werewolf self. The other jar was containing nothing. There was a rock like table there, which the vines dropped Nicklaus's dead body. The witch took off her cloak and hung it on the wall. Her dark purple gown sweep the floor, as she itched the back of her ears with her long nails. She went towards the shelf, and took a tiny vase, filled with dark shiny liquid. Placing the vase beside Nicklaus's body, she tore off his already tore shirt. Her long nails poked the hole in his chest.

"Mm" she squinted her eyes, and bent over, taking a dusty book, from underneath the table. Not minding the dust, she opened it, and spiders crawled out. Unbothered by it, she read the words and symbols on it, before closing it. She put it back, under the rock like table. Turning her back to the corpse, she went to the shelf, again, and started picking out jars.

Unknown to her, the corpse behind her, started changing it's colour, from pale to black. The hole began to close by itself, and soon enough, the stomach moved up and down.

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Tiana opened her eyes, and she found herself back in the room, she thought was a dream. Her eyes looked miserably around, as she pouted her lips.

When was she going to escape this nightmare?

She stood up from the bed, and went to the window. She sat on a cushion, beside it, and watched the snowfall. Her mind drifted back and forth, trying to recall the previous event. She remembered being forcefully carried into the carriage. She remembered the ride, but what she doesn't remember was what happened during and after. A knock on the door brought her out of her thinking state. She saw a man walked in.

"Come with me" he said to her gently, but she didn't move. They both stared at each other intensely.

"Aren't you curious of why you are here?" he asked. Only then did she stand up. The man took her to a library, and sat her down on a sofa. He sat opposite her, and pointed at her cup of tea, on the table. She took it and he asked

"Are you aware of what you are?" Robert asked the girl.

"Why am I here?" Tiana ignored his question. Her heart beat loudly in her chest. She was so scared! She comported herself on the outside, as they both stayed in silence, waiting for who will answer the other's question.

Robert took a sip of his tea, and decided to answer the little girl, whose heart he could heart beating loudly.

"It's not me you should be asking" he told her honestly.

She shuttered a little, as it dawn on her who she'll ask.

"Why does he want me here? Who are you people?" her voice broke. Robert sensed the fear and confusion in her, and said trying to ease her pain.

"I don't know why Nicklaus wants you here, but I can answer any other question" he said genuinely.

She noticed the honestly in his voice and nodded slightly. She closed her eyes, trying to even her breathing.

"What are you people?" she asked. She held the hot cup of tea firmly.

"We are vampires" he replied. He let it sink in before he continued

"I'm Robert, and I've been a vampire for half a millennium" he paused watching her expression closely.

Tiana frowned and didn't know what to do. She started at this Robert man, in awe. Did he just say he was five hundred years old!

"You don't look your age" she told him.

Robert chuckled a bit

"Thank you" he smiled, taking a sip of his tea.

"What questions do you have, Lady?" he paused, waiting for her to answer.

"Christiana, my Lord" she responded.

Robert smiled and said

"You don't have to put lord to it. You can just call me Robert" he stretched his arm

She nodded her head and took his hand.

"Okay, Robert"