This is the story of Barnabas and his beloved Josette with Quentin and Angelique thrown into the mix. Happy Reading!
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Angelique loved living in the future and despite Barnabas's constant rejection of her and his return to the past to be with his beloved Josette, Angelique had found happiness with Quentin, her sexy and passionate werewolf lover. She and Quentin were very much alike, both seeking their own gain and enjoying all that life being one of the supernatural could offer them. They made their home in the beautiful and elegant west wing of the Collinwood mansion, away from the watchful eye of Elizabeth, Roger, David, and the other inhabitants there. In fact, they were barely seen, as their nightlife kept them incredibly busy and the others living at Collinwood had their own busy lives. The scrawling mansion had dozens of rooms, and Angelique seldom crossed the paths of the other Collins. It was just as well, too. She wasn't liked much by any of them, with her being a witch and all the tragedy she had inflicted over the centuries on Barnabas as well as the rest of the family.
It was that thought which had kept Angelique from telling Quentin her greatest secret. Both of them, being powerful supernatural forces were able to travel thru time. Quentin had a hidden door in Collinwood which acted as a time portal, taking him back to the past whenever necessary. Barnabas too had discovered the door, and it was with that portal he had returned to the year of Josette's suicide, stopping her from taking her own life once again and being lost to him for forever. Barnabas had chose to remain with Josette,
and he was now happy there, living in the 1841, with his beloved Josette and his son Bramwell at his side.
Neither Barnabus nor Quentin knew that Angelique had given birth to a child. At the time of her affair with Barnabas before she had cursed him to become a vampire, Angelique hadn't known she had become pregnant with his child. After he rejected her, saying he would never love her, Angelique had cast her powerful spell. A vampire bat had then bitten him, changing him into the vampire he now was.
He had become deathly ill, and everyone thought he had died. But he was in fact one of the undead. He returned to his precious Josette,
partaking of her innocent blood. They became lovers as Josette became more and more entranced with him. Angelique was angry, so she had sent Josette an image of what she would look like as Barnabas's vampire bride. The image was so awful, it sent Josette into a panic, leading her to take her own life by jumping off of a cliff at Widow's Hill. Barnabas was horrified with grief when he learned that his Josette was gone. He tried to resurrect her body,
but she begged him to let her be at peace, so sadly he had let her go.
Barnabas had tried to strangle Angelique when he learned what she had done. He thought he had killed her, but she was immortal, just as he. He couldn't even fully comprehend the strength of her ancient powers. In the meantime, the Collins family had discovered Barnabas's secret. They knew he was a vampire... and that he had killed several women after having drank their blood. His father Joshua chained Barnabas within a coffin in a hidden room of the mausoleum to stop him from killing others. He remained trapped there for nearly 200 years, until grave robber Willie Loomis set him free.
Angelique had decided it was time to tell Quentin the truth.
Her daughter Samantha was in danger, and Angelique knew she must summon Barnabas right away. She had sent him a summons, and now she was just waiting for him to join her in the future, so she could finally tell him the truth. Only he could help their child, as Samantha was alive and well and living in Barnabas's time. What would Quentin say? She hadn't exactly been honest with him, but she hadn't really lied... only withheld the truth.
She came into the bedroom they shared, seeing him looking out into the night, staring at the moon. Luckily it wasn't full.
Quentin would not be wolfing out on her this night. "Quentin, my darling, there is something I must tell you," said Angelique, going into his strong arms and staring up at his beautiful baby blues. "I must call Barnabas to my side."
"I know you are terribly jealous... because I have loved him for what seems to be forever... and he is the only man I would have killed for and schemed to get into my bed, but I swear to you, I do not summon him to get him in my bed yet again," Angelique said solemnly. "I had his child, Quentin... a beautiful baby girl, born 7 months after Josette's death and Barnabas being chained in his coffin. Barnabas never learned of Samantha's birth. I kept her well hidden away, afraid she would be hurt if anyone knew of her heritage, with me being a witch and him having become a creature of the night. But you see, she was conceived before the vampire bat bit his neck. She only has my powers. She is immortal and has eternal youth, just as I do. Since I have lived here with you in the future, I have not seen my precious Samantha. I left her to be cared for and raised by others. And she isn't like me... not all."
"She has my beauty and all my powers, but she is good, just like her father... and she has stepped into danger. I fear for her. A deranged man is about to harm her, Quentin. These things I know as the visions have come to me- my daughter and I have a bond transending all time and space. I fear for my precious daughter's life. Only Barnabas can help her now. He lives in her time... and it is his nephew who will seek to bring harm to Samantha. Please understand Quentin, it is for my precious daughter that I must summon my former lover to my side. I pray you will forgive me. But if you forbid it, I will do it anyway," spoke Angelique with determination. "She is my only child... and you must understand."