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ALLURE OF THE NIGHT
Chapter 346 Hoodwinking The Tattle Tale
Music Recommendation: RV 155: II - Antonio Vivaldi
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With the Hookes and Marceline away from the mansion, Eve left Vincent's side as per his instruction and made her way directly to the carriage which was parked at the shed.
"Mr. Briggs," Eve called Vincent's coachman.
"Ms. Barlow," Mr. Briggs greeted her with a bow.
"Vincent said that we'll be going out soon and to bring the carriage to the front," Eve informed him, while looking around. "I will be riding with him."
The coachman opened the carriage door for Eve, "Milady." The carriage was pulled to the front of the mansion, and she waited for Vincent inside the vehicle.
Though Eve was an adult, she couldn't help but feel anxious and nervous. Yet, at the same time, it had an unexplainable excitement. Doing something they were not supposed to do when Vincent had sealed it in blood. She wondered when she had turned bad, to go against the norms of society and be so brave. Right now, it felt nothing less than sin.
Surely they were not going just to sleep, Eve thought to herself. Because something so simple yet complicated could be done in the mansion. But who knew when Lady Aurora Hooke would barge into the room. She clutched onto the front of her skirt as she continued to wait, wondering what Vincent was up to.
In the piano room, Vincent patted his younger sister's head, "Such a good hamster. Did I tell you how proud you made me today?"
Allie shook her head, not knowing what she had done, asked, "I did?"
"Very very much. On that account, I will get you your favourite cakes from Lily's inn," Allie's eyes brightened at the mention of cakes. "Don't forget what I said. Pick up the book and read," the young vampiress obliged her brother and watched him walk towards the door, closing it and turning the knob. Her brother walked to the window and opened it, and in a blink of an eye, he disappeared from her sight.
Soon Vincent slipped inside the carriage through the window in his bat form and then turned himself into his usual form. He appeared in a good mood and ordered his coachman, "You can start the carriage now, Briggs."
"Yes, Master Vincent," Mr. Briggs answered and patted the back of the horses before the vehicle started to move and passed through the gates of the Moriarty mansion.
In the meantime, next to one of the front pillars of the mansion, Blythe hid behind it after noticing Vincent Moriarty's carriage parked in front of the entrance. The maid was trying to ensure that the pureblooded vampire climbed on the carriage and left the mansion so that she didn't have to keep following him or the lowly human, whom her mistress had ordered to keep a close eye on.
Seeing the carriage leave without Vincent Moriarty or anyone else, her eyes narrowed. Was he trying to blow dust in her eyes by making her think he wasn't in the mansion and then sneak around with the human? With that thought, Blythe walked inside the mansion and went straight towards the piano room.
Seeing the piano room's door closed, Blythe tiptoed near the door and placed her ear on the wooden surface.
"Ugh… ah!" came the soft noise from inside the room and her eyes narrowed.
She knew it! The pureblooded vampire and the human were inside the room doing forbidden things!
The maid raised her hand and made sharp knocks on the door, "Ms. Barlow. I need you to open the door right this instant. Ms. Barlow? Open the door!" She loudly asked, but receiving no response, as if they didn't hear her or the knocks she made, Blythe decided to catch the human and the pureblooded vampire red-handed.
"Ms. Barlow!" The maid called again, moving backwards, she used all her might before running towards it. Simultaneously, Allie opened the door, for the maid to go straight through the open door and crash on the floor.
Blythe's eyes widened on noticing the sharp wooden pencils in front of her face. At the same time, on hearing the little commotion, Lady Annalise entered the corridor and reached the piano room. The woman questioned, "What is going on here?"
The maid quickly stood up on her feet and looked around the room for her sight to fall on the youngest member of the Moriarty family, who innocently blinked at her. Allie turned to her mother and complained with her small voice, "Mother, this maid interrupted my studies," she pointed her finger at Blythe.
"Mr. Moriarty and that governess are in this room!" Blythe was too sure of the noise she had heard a minute ago.
Lady Annalise glared at the maid for causing a commotion in her peaceful mansion, "Do you see any cupboards or beds that they can hide in or under? Don't you have the common sense to knock before you enter a room? How dare you try to disrupt my daughter's studies?!" she asked in a stern, threatening voice.
Blythe looked around the room, and as the lady mentioned, the human and Mr. Moriarty weren't there. Her eyes fell back on the young vampiress, who innocently stared back at her.
Lady Annalise was annoyed that this lowly maid had barged in, ignoring what a servant was supposed to follow. Her eyes then fell on a large book next to Allie's feet. Even Blythe noticed this, and she quickly bowed, apologising,
"Forgive me, milady. I didn't me—"
"I will run a stake through your heart if you try to step into any rooms from now without permission. If someone asks me, I will place charges on you for trying to attack Allie," Lady Annalise sneered at the maid, who didn't raise her head. "Alfie!" She shouted, making everyone close their eyes.
The butler quickly hurried to the piano room and bowed, "Milady?"
"Give this maid work to do, so that she occupies her time without disturbing anyone in the mansion," Lady Annalise waved her hand in dismissal, and Blythe followed the butler out of the room.
Once the servants left, Lady Annalise stared at Allie and the book as big as her daughter. The earlier sounds were from the young vampiress trying to lift the book. Allie blinked, and the lady said, "I don't even want to know." When Allie went to move the big book to the side, Annalise said, "Leave that be, I will send someone to pick that rock like book. Just go back to studying."
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ALLURE OF THE NIGHT
Chapter 347 Acquaintance In The Past
Music Recommendation: Gehenna- Thomas Newman
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Lady Annalise stepped out of the piano room, passing through the corridors in the Moriarty mansion until she came to the side of the mansion, which was quiet with no disturbances. It was a corridor that the servants didn't enter unless they had instructions to clean before they stepped in there. The guests didn't dawdle near it, as it was away from the main entrance.
Annalise stared ahead of her with her chin slightly pointing up as she came from a pureblooded family and was the wife to the Viscount of Skellington.
"The elder ones are as reckless as ever, and now even the younger one is following in their footsteps," the woman complained, while she stood in front of the Viscount's deceased first wife, Lady Katherina Moriarty.
She stared at the first Moriarty wife's portrait, who still looked alive as the painter had captured Katherina's expression and beauty in a frame, trapped timelessly even though the silver-haired woman was no more.
Even before Lady Annalise was married to the Viscount, she was familiar with Lady Katherina. A feeling of bitterness came to touch her tongue before it slid down her throat. It was the memories she had buried, memories of their young age before things turned sour and they stopped talking to each other again.
Her memories started to drift back to the past that she occasionally remembered. The memory belonged to many years ago when Annalise and Katherina were young women, almost ready to cross their teenage years.
At that time, even though Annalise's family was as proud as any other vampires in the higher society, she had made an acquaintance in her sewing class at Madame Tara's mansion. It was with a human girl who had unusual silver hair. Usually, it was the vampires or werewolves who possessed such unique hair colour; like many others, it had caught the vampiress's eyes.
On one of the days during their sewing class, Annalise had trouble in the new stitch they had been taught and kept fiddling around until she heard Katherina say,
"You need to move the thread like a snake before you dive it in the cloth. It is between the threads and the cloth."
Annalise turned and said, "I know. I was just checking what would happen if I did it the other way." She then noticed Katherina had already finished her part of sewing and she said, "For a human, you have quick fingers."
Katherina smiled, her eyes shining with gentleness and she said, "I am glad to hear that you feel that way. I have been working on it for my parents this year."
"How wonderful," came the dull response from Annalise. "Don't you have servants to do that or buy it in the shop?"
"I do, but I think if I do it myself, it will have more value. You should try it," Katherina looked at Annalise, who shook her head.
"I am good. I have other things to spend my time on," Annalise responded and she then asked, "Will you be attending the courtin season that is being held? I will be meeting the man I have been looking forward to speaking with. You should find one for yourself too."
Katherina had noted that Annalise was fond of someone, but the vampiress had never revealed who the man was.
"The one that Mr. and Mrs. Sey are holding?" The silver-haired girl started to pack her things like the other girl and said, "Yes, I have heard about it from my mother. I am not sure if I will be attending it."
"I believe you are looking for a human? And considering how the Sey's are vampires, they will have our kind invited than humans. If you want my advice, don't sit too long and wait because you would have no good man left for you to choose from. If I am not wrong, I don't think I have seen you at most of the soirees when it is the courting season," Annalise softly harrumphed and stood up from her seat.
As they walked out of the room and into the corridor, Katherina responded, "He must be a man of great honour and status if you have already eyed him," and she smiled.
"He is," Annalise answered with her nose almost pointing at the roof. "My parents have already spoken to his family, and I just need to talk to him about it. As we are both pureblooded vampires, it will be the perfect match."
"I am happy to hear about it. I hope it is everything that you want," Katherina smiled at Annalise. The vampiress stared at the human, not knowing how one could be polite at all times, and she could tell that the human wasn't faking it.
Annalise said, "I will go first and see you next week." She didn't want her coachman to see her talking with the human, as it would reduce her family reputation and her family wouldn't be pleased about it, as her parents despised humans for being in the same status as the vampires.
Katherina offered a polite bow and walked in the other direction. Even though Annalise didn't say it openly, the silver-haired girl knew that the vampiress didn't like to be seen with her outside this place.
Finally, the day of the season's matchmaking soiree arrived, and Annalise entered Sey's mansion with her family. She wore the best dress out of the lot and her hair was done to perfection, which many young women couldn't help but envy her.
And though Annalise appeared proud, she was internally nervous about meeting Viscount Eduard Moriarty. She had seen him on several occasions and spared a few formal greetings, enough to captivate her.
Her brother Charles, who was younger than her, stated, "It looks like the Moriartys aren't here yet. This will give you time to settle in. Are you nervous?"
Annalise's father turned to his daughter and said, "You have a good eye and made a perfect decision to make alliance with the Viscount. We just need to hear the young man's approval on the matter. Why don't you go with your mother and greet the others who are here. The vampire families of course."
Annalise bowed and took her excuse from there. As minutes passed, she decided to walk towards the powder room to touch up on her face and hair so that she could be presentable when she met the Viscount.
On her way, her eyes spotted the silver-haired young woman stepping from the powder room. When both their eyes met, Katerina smiled, while Annalise only offered a slight nod to her.
"It is good to see you here. Have you found anyone you would like or have been courted by?" Annalise asked Katherina, casually turning her head to confirm there was no one to spot her talking with the human.
"Not yet, but my mother hopes I do. How about you? Did you speak to the person?" Katherina inquired.
"Soon. Before I leave this place, you would see me with him," Annalise breathed and said, "I wish you a good courting time."
Katherina bowed, "You too," and watched the vampiress walk past her without sharing another word with her, and they walked in the opposite directions.
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ALLURE OF THE NIGHT
Chapter 348 Fate’s Timing With If’s
When Annalise stepped inside the powder room, she noticed three young vampiresses sitting in front of the mirror, powdering their noses or adjusting their dresses so that their bosoms looked full. They were already in the middle of a discussion.
"I wonder why they even invite the humans, especially one who looks like her," remarked one of the young women, who leaned towards the mirror, while continuing to talk, "Not that I am intimidated by that silver hair, as it looks like a witch's hair. I am surprised that no one has executed her yet."
"That's because they have more money than you or me," commented another young woman with a chuckle, who, like others, was attending the soiree to be courted and find an eligible man to marry. "You think if her family didn't have money, she would last a day?"
The first vampiress responded, "Truthfully, having her here is nothing less to an ill omen. Why even invite when she isn't looking to be courted. I doubt any man would even be interested in that witch."
Though everyone knew it wasn't the truth. Katherina being there was only a disadvantage for them in getting suitors, as she was beautiful and pleasant to talk to. Many young men were intimidated by her silver hair to approach her, as she appeared to have stepped out of a painting.
Annalise walked to one of the spare mirrors that wasn't being used. She heard one of the vampiresses propose, "You know what? She's come to attend a vampire's mansion, she might as well have a drink with blood in it. At least she will know not to come to a place like here and next time stay home."
"I like that idea. Something to look forward to," another young woman joined it.
On the other hand, Annalise frowned and turned to look at them, "It is a pity that you call yourself vampires, but that must be the difference between a pureblooded vampire and a regular vampire. To scheme just because of your inability to capture a decent man's attention."
The woman who suggested the idea rolled her eyes and stated, "We know you like that human, Anna. Word has been circulating about the time you spend with her in Mrs. Tara's mansion. Don't tell us that you prefer the company of humans over us vampiress?"
"To think a pureblooded vampire would side with a human," a snicker escaped from one of the women.
"I am not siding, but stating your vile idea. I take the side of grace and class," Annalise responded.
"Nobody is asking you to join in the fun. You can take yourself out of here. Are you more arrogant today because you have already found a suitor?" Questioned the one who was nearest to Annalise.
"My mother told me that you are eyeing the Viscount of Skellington. What an ambitious dream, to swoop in before any of the other women can lay claim on him," huffed the next woman.
A friend of the woman huffed, and asked, "Are you aiming for the Viscount too, Muriel?"
"I like to be realistic and I am hoping for Mr. Hardy to ask me for a dance. He works for the Council," replied the woman named Muriel.
Annalise was too proud to speak another word with these average vampires and decided not to exchange more words with them. Not to mention, her parents wouldn't like to know that she had caused problems. The three vampiresses left the powder room, leaving her alone to fix her few errant strands of hair. And while the vampiress was fixing her appearance, Katherina had made her way to the main hall where all the suitors along with their family members.
Not soon enough, one of the three vampiress from the powder room decided to send a drink with blood on Katherina's way.
"M-milady, this is for you," the servant offered the drink to Katherina, who was trying to find her parents in the room.
Katherina turned to meet the servant's eyes, and she offered him a polite smile, "I didn't ask for a drink."
The servant was entranced by the beautiful woman, and he tried to remember what he was told, "This is by your admirer."
Admirer? Katherina asked in her mind, and she softly laughed, "I think you have got the wrong person. I definitely don't have one at the moment. But if you insist," she took the glass in her hand and watched the servant leave.
"You are right. That is indeed not sent by your admirer," came a man's voice behind her, and Katherina turned, meeting a tall man with dark red eyes. "Shall I?" And he stretched his hand towards her drink.
Annalise, who had just entered the hall, noticed the silver hair in the room. But next to Katherina stood Viscount Eduard Moriarty. The man she had feelings for.
Katherina handed the drink and Eduard took a sip. Gulping the entire content of the glass, he politely asked, "I don't think you fancy blood in your drink, do you?"
Katherina was surprised that the man knew the drink had blood just by looking at it. She offered him a bow of gratitude for stopping her from drinking it.
Eduard stopped one of the servants who carried a tray full of drinks and then picked up one of the glasses before offering it to her, "A drink from your actual admirer. Eduard Moriarty," and they both smiled at each other.
Within the next few days, Annalise found out that Eduard Moriarty was going to marry Katherina. At first she stopped interacting with the silver-haired girl and avoided her. But a few days before Katherina and the Viscount married, the human confronted her.
"Annalise, we haven't been able to talk to each other for the last few days. Are you avoiding me?" Katherina asked because she considered Annalise a friend. Out of the many vampiresses, Annalise had spared her words and they had talked.
Annalise stared at Katherina. Unable to hold back, she said, "I wished for you to find a good man. I didn't know you would end up taking the man whom I wanted to marry."
Katherina's eyes widened. It was because Annalise had never mentioned the name of Eduard Moriarty. The vampiress had been secretive, making it impossible for her to realise that they were in love with the same man right now. The only difference being, Eduard Moriarty loved and had eyes only for Katherina.
"I... I didn't know he was the man, Annalise," Katherina shook her head. She knew that there was someone Annalise often talked about, but the name never came up. The vampiress always talked in riddles. "If I knew, I would have stepped away from your path. I never meant for things to happen this way."
Annalise knew Katherina meant what she said because of the kind of person the human was. But the vampiress knew that Eduard had fallen in love with the human with just one look, and no matter how many times she would come in front of him, he wouldn't look at her the way he looked at Katherina.
After what happened, Annalise kept wishing she had not let the other vampiress send a glass of blood drink towards Katherina. It was because she had later found out that it was what had sparked the conversation between the Viscount and Katherina. If she had prevented it, her heart wouldn't have been aching the way it was now.
Being the proud vampiress she was, Annalise said in a curt tone, "There's no point in talking about it as nothing can be done. From now onwards, we are nothing but strangers. Good day, Katherina."
"Annalise..." Katherine felt a heaviness weigh in her chest as she watched the vampiress disappear from her sight.
With how things had continued from there, a young Annalise started to despise humans and turned to have cold feelings towards them when it concerned them. A few years later, she heard the news of Katherina's death.
Katherina Moriarty's death had shaken the entire town of Skellington. It was because she had performed her duty as the Viscountess, helping people when needed without looking at her status. She was considered the brightest star of Skellington.
Initially, when her parents asked her to reconsider marrying Eduard as he didn't have a wife anymore, Annalise wasn't ready. Not because she would be the second wife of the Viscount. But because she knew she would never be able to fulfil the role that Katherina had left behind nor fill the space in his heart.
At that time, Annalise remembered one of the conversations she had had with Katherina when they were still on talking terms, and Katherina had thanked her by saying,
"Thank you for being nice to me, Annalise. I say this because except for you, most of the people who come here don't look me in the eye."
"Likewise," Annalise's reply was short. The human women and the vampiresses didn't speak to each other and preferred to stay with their kind in the class.
"Do you think we will still be like this, maybe close after many years? I want to live a long life. Maybe being friends wouldn't be that bad," Katherina said with a fond smile. "It would be nice to exchange each other's good qualities for our children, isn't it? You will be the one with discipline."
"I am not strict," Annalise glared at Katherina before clearing her throat and schooling her expressions. She said, "The future is full of uncertainties. We shall see."
And after a few more thoughts and reconsideration, Annalise finally agreed to marry Eduard Moriarty and be the mother of his and Katherina's two young children.
With years that had passed, and now that Lady Annalise stood in front of Katherina's portrait, her thoughts had slightly changed. Lady Annalise wished she had intercepted the blood drink from reaching Katherina. Maybe if the glass of drink didn't lead Eduard to Katherina, the woman would still be alive.
Living a long life as Katherina had wished.
'I will look after them as my own,' she promised before leaving the corridor.
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ALLURE OF THE NIGHT
Chapter 349 Waiting For The Curse
The snow had stopped, but with the thick clouds that hid the sun behind them, there was no trace of the sun's rays. Marceline's carriage reached the edge of the Palavista forest. The coachman nervously opened the carriage to his young mistress, not knowing why she was revisiting this place.
Marceline looked at the forest and ordered, "Don't go anywhere and stay here." Pulling out a crown coin, she waved it in her hand, "You better not try to betray me, Adam, and tell anyone about this or what I am doing. Or I will make your life a living hell."
"Of course, milady. I would never do that!" The coachman caught hold of the coin that the vampiress threw in the air. He looked at it and noticed it was a crown coin and bowed at her.
Marceline started to make her way towards the heart of the forest, where the roots of the trees emerged from the forest ground, which was slightly covered in snow. She continued to walk until she finally reached the witch's den. When a stake flew at Marceline, but the vampiress was quick to hold it. She turned and glared in the direction the stake had come from, and noticed the witch hiding behind a tree.
It didn't go unnoticed by Marceline that the witch looked younger than last night when she had met her.
"Well well, it seems like you are turning into a frequent customer of mine," the witch stepped away from the tree.
When the witch came near her, Marceline grabbed the witch's neck and harshly pushed her against the nearby tree's trunk. The vampiress pulled the dagger from her cloak and placed the pointed edge above where the witch's heart was beating. She threatened, "Throw another wooden stake and I will sever your head from your body. Don't think just because I don't have my fangs, I am harmless."
The witch quickly nodded, "It is just for precaution sake, milady. Do not take it personally."
Marceline squeezed the witch's neck further before pushing the witch away from her hold. The witch staggered on the snowy ground. She then stated, "I want you to change the curse that you put on the person yesterday. Remove the sunray part and keep the rest of it as it is."
The witch coughed, touching her neck before looking at the vampiress. She said hoarsely, "I cannot redo the curse, lady. I will need the fangs again to connect to the person which melted yesterday during the ritual curse I did."
Marceline gritted her teeth in anger. This couldn't be happening! She looked at the witch with suspicion and distrust in her eyes. The witch had better done the curse right because she had been looking forward to it. Glaring, she turned around with the end of her cloak swinging in the air and started to walk back to where her carriage was waiting for her.
As Marceline walked on the soft snow-covered ground, her shoes slightly sank in before she pulled them up to step forward. She wondered how long it would take for the clouds to clear and if she should go to the witch and get the clouds cleared from the sky! Halfway near the carriage now, she thought of revisiting the witch when the snow was softer than it looked, and her foot sank deeper inside the snow and stuck into a tree's root covered in snow, making the vampiress wince.
"Ugh!"
Marceline pulled her foot in difficulty, but only ended up falling backwards, and she turned frustrated, as nothing was going according to her plan! pan(da-n0vel.c)om
When she tried to stand up and walk, she hissed in pain as it seemed like she had sprained her right ankle.
She loudly called her coachman, "Adam! Adam!"
But the coachman was a lowly vampire who couldn't hear from the distance between them. Huffing and puffing, Marceline reached the edge of the forest where the carriage was parked and she staggered. Noticing her coachman, who was playing with a twig, she glared at him. Noticing her stagger, the coachman asked in concern,
"Milady, are you alright?!" When the coachman came near her, as she almost wobbled and was ready to fall flat on her bottom, the vampiress glared at the lowly vampire.
"Don't. You. Dare," Marceline caught her footing while her foot hurt. She then demanded, "Are your ears filled with snow that you couldn't hear me?!"
Had she called for him? The coachman shook his head, "I did not hear your voice, milady. Or I would have come right away!"
Marceline rolled her eyes and then glared at the lowly servant. The coachman quickly opened the carriage door and watched the vampiress struggle to climb inside, and it took her a good twenty seconds before she sat inside on the seat..
"Back to the mansion," Marceline ordered her coachman.
"Right away, milady," the coachman replied, closing the carriage door. Walking to the front of the carriage, he climbed and sat on the driver's seat. He moved the reins of the four horses that were tied to them. Soon the vehicle left the edge of the forest side and got on the road.
Marceline gently pressed her hand on her right leg as her twisted ankle had a lingering ache. She was supposed to go and visit Lady Aurora in Hollow Valley. Maybe she would do it after changing her clothes, also the ache in her foot would reduce after an hour or two.
The vampiress leaned back against the seat and closed her eyes, wondering what to do next as there was still time before she would get her fangs. As the carriage moved on the snowy grounds, Marceline failed to notice the clouds had moved a bit for sunlight to pass through the gaps of the clouds.
The rays of the sun first fell on the wide forest with tall and thick trees. The light started stretching further until it finally touched the ground, fulfilling Marceline's wish.
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ALLURE OF THE NIGHT
Chapter 350 Out In The Snow
Music Recommendation: Frog- Helen Jane Long
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Eve looked outside the window, noticing the heavenly-looking trees on which snow had fallen on the branches and leaves passing them as the carriage moved through the forest path. The sun, which had appeared for a moment, had gone back to hiding behind the clouds.
She turned away from the window, and her eyes fell on Vincent, who sat next to her. Like her, he was looking outside the window.
The pureblooded vampire's silver hair gently wavered because of the movement of the carriage. He looked like an ice sculpture, and if it weren't for his black coat and clothes with a white in-shirt that peeked from the little gap in the front, he would easily camouflage with the background of the snowy weather. Feeling Eve's gaze, he moved his red eyes to look at her.
Eve asked him, "Where are we going?" The carriage had turned away from the town's road, riding in the forest.
"Remember the cliff that we visited last night?" Eve nodded at Vincent's question and heard him say, "We are going near it, but this time to view it from the bottom. There's a cave where no one visits, and it is secluded."
A cave for a bat, Eve thought in her mind, and when she smiled, she noticed Vincent's gaze turn curious. Remembering what she saw this morning before breakfast, she said, 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚛𝚎ad.𝚌𝚘m
"Did you know that last night Marceline wasn't in the mansion and returned only early this morning," her eyebrows furrowed.
"I wasn't informed about it, which means no one was aware of it," Vincent hummed thoughtfully. "Her carriage didn't leave the mansion, which means she left through another means. I will question Adams, her coachman and see if he knows about it. But considering she left the mansion in the middle of the night, and also had her fangs along with her, which she believed to be Allie's, she is indeed looking for answers on healing herself. If only my dear sister focussed this much on improving her thoughts and healing herself," he sighed.
Eve pursed her lips, not liking how Marceline was ready to sacrifice her family members to avenge her humiliation. She then asked him, "I thought she loved and respected you."
"She does, but in her own twisted ways," Vincent rubbed his jaw, "By having me married to a vampiress of status rather than a human, who comes from a lower background. Somewhere I was worried about this. She's un-fixable and worse is only yet to come."
Eve wondered what it would take for the vampiress to give up and mend her ways. She knew that Marceline kept her family on the highest pedestal, but it came with the condition that she was placed on the higher pedestal by everyone too. She wondered if Marceline was perhaps jealous, not because she was beautiful or educated compared to the vampiress, but because she had stolen her brother and little sister's attention.
"How about we forget about others and focus on just us two?" Vincent suggested with a bright smile.
When the vehicle stopped, Mr. Briggs opened the carriage door after a moment, and the couple stepped out on the snowy ground.
Eve looked around the place and when she breathed, fog escaped from her lips. Mr. Briggs walked around and to the back of the carriage. Before stepping out of the mansion's entrance, on her way, she had picked up her coat which kept her warm. The coachman returned with two big baskets in his hands, and Vincent said to him,
"I will take it from here, Briggs," and the pureblooded vampire took the baskets.
"What are these?" Eve curiously asked, her eyes shifting from the basket to Vincent. pan(da-n0vel.c)om
"Food for us to eat," Vincent replied, and then asked his coachman, "Where is the axe?"
The coachman walked to the back of the carriage again before returning with a sharp axe. As Vincent's hands were full, Eve offered to take it by stretching her hand forward, and the coachman handed it to her.
"You don't have to stay back. Go back to the mansion, and park the carriage," Vincent ordered Mr. Briggs and the coachman bowed without question.
"Master Vincent. Ms. Barlow," Mr. Briggs excused himself, and they watched the coachman climb back to his seat, driving the carriage away from there.
Eve stared at the axe in her hand and then asked Vincent, "You don't have any plans to sleep, do you?"
They started to walk through the forest, leaving light footprints on the freshly fallen snow, and Vincent remarked, "I promised you a good sleep, it is what we will do. But after a few things of course," he winked at her.
Eve's cheeks had caught colour because of the cold weather, and she only stared at him as they continued to walk. When they finally reached the cave, Vincent placed the baskets on the ground and said,
"Give that to me." Taking it in his hand, Vincent jerked his head to the other side, where one could hear a soft gurgling sound of water. "I thought you might want to stretch your fins and tails."
So that is why they were here, Eve thought in her mind. "You didn't have to do that," She was warmed by his thoughtfulness, but as she said this, the sound of the water called her soul as if beckoning her to get closer to it.
"Don't be shy. The river here has a bit of salt in it as it connects to the sea so you might find it more soothing than the one near your town. Like I said, this place is isolated and if people do come here, you don't have to worry about it. I have it all covered," Vincent raised the axe in his hand, and Eve stared at him.
A grin spread on Vincent's lips, and his eyes held mischief. He said, "Go on. Enjoy your swim, unless you want me in there with you and are worried about drowning," he teased. "Your coat," he stretched his other free hand.
Eve removed her brown coat and handed it to him.
Sirens had a better resistance than mermaids in cold temperatures because their scales deflected and adjusted to a certain cold temperature. Eve made her way towards the river and watched the clean water flowing from one end to another. She turned to look at the cave and noticed Vincent walking towards one of the trees as if checking something.
Turning back, she looked at the ground covered in snow and a small stone peeked. She cleared the snow from it so that she could place her clothes there and they wouldn't get wet.
Eve's hand reached for the buttons at the front of her dress. Unbuttoning the ones at the top, she slid her dress down her body along with the rest of her clothes and dived into the water with a splashing sound. As it was just the beginning of the wintery snow, the river hadn't frozen, and it was still bearable.
Within seconds her legs joined until below her midriff, transforming into a mermaid's body, bringing out the blue scales with an outline of gold. Her translucent fins stretched wide along with the delicate fluke tail that elegantly moved under the water. She didn't know how much she needed this until she was immersed in the water.
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