Banshee Song
Book One
Author's Note
I heavily questioned whether or not I should write this fic. My main concern was that it might be too much fantasy to fit in the Days' Universe. Then I realized, this is Days of our Lives, where people can be possessed by Satan and where the laws of time and space have no bearing on reality and where a child born five years ago can be seventeen today. So here we are. I ask that you keep an open mind, and if you are confused, just hang on, I will explain everything. A great deal of secrets will be revealed and questions answered. This fic will be divided into three books and is a sequel to Truth Out Of Darkness. If you haven't read TOOD, what are you waiting for? An engraved invitation? Read it now.
Chapter One
"Double Murder Baffles Police." Lexie disgustedly threw the newspaper onto the fine leather sofa in the living room of the Dimera mansion.
"This is hardly news. The Salem police are always baffled by something." Stefano remarked with a wry smile. He stifled a chuckle at the sight of his anxious daughter.
Lexie paced the floor, nervously wringing her well-manicured hands. "They're going to trace this back to me. I know it." She bit her lip in anxious thought. {How did I get in this mess? All I wanted was a child of my own.} {You listened to your father, the most hated man in all of Salem.} a small voice of conscience echoed in her head. She had simply stood back while her father arranged everything. The adoption of Marlo's baby, Marlo's 'accident', the plan to switch the baby with Hope Brady's child. She had acquiesced to his plans; after all, she would do anything if it meant having a child to love and raise. Anything at all. And it had gone so well.
Until the Reibers came back to town. Barb had somehow found out her secret, that the boy that Hope and Bo were raising was not theirs, but instead belonged to Glen. Which meant that the child that Lexie and Abe had adopted was in fact Hope's. Barb had been blackmailing Lexie for a cool two million dollars to keep the secret. And as if that wasn't enough, she had to deal with John and Hope's growing suspicions.
Her first order of business was to take care of Hope. She planned a lavish 'Mother of the Year' party for her at the stately Dimera mansion. While Hope was at the party, she would be bombarded with memories of her life as Princess Gina. The desired result was that Hope would then be too busy simply trying to stay sane to question Isaac and J.T.'s parentage.
That was the plan. But unfortunately for Lexie, things didn't work out that way. Barb's incessant threats and demands for money at the party so rattled Lexie that she was barely able to maintain control of Hope. And then, at literally the last second, Rolf's memory control device completely broke down, ruining all of their plans for the evening. And Barb was still threatening to unleash all of Lexie's secrets.
Lexie had no choice but to give in to her demands. The day after the party, Lexie gave Barb several pieces of priceless jewelry that Stefano had given her. Their value was well over $ 2 million. Barb and Glen Reiber promptly left town with their new windfall.
Shortly afterwards, the day after Christmas, Stefano abruptly reappeared in Salem. It wasn't long after that Barb and Glen were found murdered in their hotel room, just outside of Salem. The police were ruling it a robbery gone wrong, since all of their money and valuables had been taken. However, they had yet to find a suspect. But many in Salem had begun to draw their own conclusions, all of them aimed directly at Lexie Carver. Or as many had begun to call her, Alexandra Dimera.
Stefano calmly walked to the brandy decanter and poured a little of the amber liquid into a glass. He took several deliberately slow sips, while a smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
Lexie continued to fret. "They are going to find out. Hope is going to find out that Isaac is hers, and they are going to take my baby away from me!" She looked at her father in disbelief. "How can you be so calm?"
He simply replied. "I am calm, because I am in control. Everything is going according to plan."
"Your plan. Are you going to fill me in on this plan?"
"All in good time, Alexandra, dear. All in good time. In the meantime, you are to go about your normal routine. Do not worry about the gossip mongers, or the police. I have ensured that there is no evidence to lead to you."
"And what about John and Hope?"
Stefano permitted a small smile to form on his lips. "Do not worry about John Black or Hope Brady. Soon, they will be too busy with their own problems to worry about Isaac and J.T."
Book One
Author's Note
I heavily questioned whether or not I should write this fic. My main concern was that it might be too much fantasy to fit in the Days' Universe. Then I realized, this is Days of our Lives, where people can be possessed by Satan and where the laws of time and space have no bearing on reality and where a child born five years ago can be seventeen today. So here we are. I ask that you keep an open mind, and if you are confused, just hang on, I will explain everything. A great deal of secrets will be revealed and questions answered. This fic will be divided into three books and is a sequel to Truth Out Of Darkness. If you haven't read TOOD, what are you waiting for? An engraved invitation? Read it now.
Chapter One
"Double Murder Baffles Police." Lexie disgustedly threw the newspaper onto the fine leather sofa in the living room of the Dimera mansion.
"This is hardly news. The Salem police are always baffled by something." Stefano remarked with a wry smile. He stifled a chuckle at the sight of his anxious daughter.
Lexie paced the floor, nervously wringing her well-manicured hands. "They're going to trace this back to me. I know it." She bit her lip in anxious thought. {How did I get in this mess? All I wanted was a child of my own.} {You listened to your father, the most hated man in all of Salem.} a small voice of conscience echoed in her head. She had simply stood back while her father arranged everything. The adoption of Marlo's baby, Marlo's 'accident', the plan to switch the baby with Hope Brady's child. She had acquiesced to his plans; after all, she would do anything if it meant having a child to love and raise. Anything at all. And it had gone so well.
Until the Reibers came back to town. Barb had somehow found out her secret, that the boy that Hope and Bo were raising was not theirs, but instead belonged to Glen. Which meant that the child that Lexie and Abe had adopted was in fact Hope's. Barb had been blackmailing Lexie for a cool two million dollars to keep the secret. And as if that wasn't enough, she had to deal with John and Hope's growing suspicions.
Her first order of business was to take care of Hope. She planned a lavish 'Mother of the Year' party for her at the stately Dimera mansion. While Hope was at the party, she would be bombarded with memories of her life as Princess Gina. The desired result was that Hope would then be too busy simply trying to stay sane to question Isaac and J.T.'s parentage.
That was the plan. But unfortunately for Lexie, things didn't work out that way. Barb's incessant threats and demands for money at the party so rattled Lexie that she was barely able to maintain control of Hope. And then, at literally the last second, Rolf's memory control device completely broke down, ruining all of their plans for the evening. And Barb was still threatening to unleash all of Lexie's secrets.
Lexie had no choice but to give in to her demands. The day after the party, Lexie gave Barb several pieces of priceless jewelry that Stefano had given her. Their value was well over $ 2 million. Barb and Glen Reiber promptly left town with their new windfall.
Shortly afterwards, the day after Christmas, Stefano abruptly reappeared in Salem. It wasn't long after that Barb and Glen were found murdered in their hotel room, just outside of Salem. The police were ruling it a robbery gone wrong, since all of their money and valuables had been taken. However, they had yet to find a suspect. But many in Salem had begun to draw their own conclusions, all of them aimed directly at Lexie Carver. Or as many had begun to call her, Alexandra Dimera.
Stefano calmly walked to the brandy decanter and poured a little of the amber liquid into a glass. He took several deliberately slow sips, while a smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
Lexie continued to fret. "They are going to find out. Hope is going to find out that Isaac is hers, and they are going to take my baby away from me!" She looked at her father in disbelief. "How can you be so calm?"
He simply replied. "I am calm, because I am in control. Everything is going according to plan."
"Your plan. Are you going to fill me in on this plan?"
"All in good time, Alexandra, dear. All in good time. In the meantime, you are to go about your normal routine. Do not worry about the gossip mongers, or the police. I have ensured that there is no evidence to lead to you."
"And what about John and Hope?"
Stefano permitted a small smile to form on his lips. "Do not worry about John Black or Hope Brady. Soon, they will be too busy with their own problems to worry about Isaac and J.T."