Chapter one: Dark angel
"Happy Halloween!"
Cassie DiMera ran to the opulent living-room of DiMera mansion, dressed in fabulous vampire dress of green organza, with flowing sleeves and high collar with crystals. Her wavy red curlies glowed, she had unnatural but lovely lilac eyes and her smile exposed fangs.
"Dark angel of beauty and purity is here!" Cassie said. "Yai!"
Tony DiMera smiled to the antics of his daughter. Although the twins were not his biological children, he loved them like his own. And they were certainly not Bradys either, whatever their DNA was.
So pure, so innocent... and so lethal. Rolf´s heavily accented voice and his chilling words came back to Tony´s mind.
"You look indeed wonderful," he said. "Where´s your brother?"
Cassie rolled her eyes. "In his room. It is Halloween, but he probably spends it with his computer. " She thought for a moment. "Or with Mimi."
"Good." Tony did not say more; they both knew that the blonde green-eyed girl did not like Tony, because she suspected him to be another Stefano. Just like John Black did.
And now when Stefano lived with them, he knew that his children were really in danger. And not just because of Shawn Brady, who hated Rex with all the weird obsession of the crap-talking stalker, or because of Stefano´s ex-pawn and hypocrite extraordinaire John Black.
"DiMera men has this way to obsess over their women - your father over Marlena, Ej over Sami. Perhaps that innocent waitress is Rex´s Snow white queen. "
"Celeste..."
"You know Rex is Stefano´s pawn, created in laboratory to kill. His intelligence and his strength are only created for..."
"It is not his fault!"
Celeste looked Tony without fear.
"He is evil."
"Says Stefano´s ex-mistress."
"Dad?" Cassie´s voice brought Tony back from his memories.
"Have fun tonight, Cassie," Tony said. "And don´t let any young man to pour too many drinks for you."
Cassie laughed. "I won´t, Dad."
And Ej has best to keep his promise to follow and protect you, Tony thought.