I don't know how many time I slept, but when I woke up the sun was shining through the wooden board nailed on the only window of the basement. My legs were aching like Hell and I was still tired.

I sit on the mattress and rub my eyes. I feel a weight by my right; the girl sat beside me.

''We didn't have the time to introduce ourselves yesterday.'' She smiles. ''I'm Coralie.''

''Dougie.'' I reply. ''And thank you for yesterday... I would be death right now if you wouldn't have helped me.''

''Oh, you're welcome.'' She gets up.

She walks toward the door and pushes away the bookshelf that was in front of it. She opens the door and takes her crossbow that was on one of the shelf.

''Are you able to walk?''

''Yes, I am.'' I get up and hold a cry of pain as I walk toward the door. My legs are aching more than I thought. Going upstairs is worse. After pushing the bench off of the wooden doors, we quit the church. There was dust at the door, lot of dust and also four arrows lying on the floor. They are surely from her crossbow.

''Vampires of last night.'' Coralie smiles slightly. ''Don't you mind stopping by my house before going back to the manor... You are from there, right?'' I nod. I didn't want to go back to the manor at all! I just want to go back to London and never come back around here again.

I suddenly think to something, well, someone: Danny. Is Danny alright? Is he still... alive? And Tom? What about him? I start getting worried and turn to Coralie.

''Do you know if Danny... my friend is alive? Have you seen him yesterday?''

''I saw someone yesterday... But I don't know if it was your friend Danny. But if he listened to my directives correctly, he should be alive.'' We arrive at the bottom of a hill with stairs reaching the top, a lot of stairs!

''My house is at the top... there's less than 100 stairs, don't worry.'' She laughs gently. ''Hope your legs won't hurt you.'' We start climbing the stairs and at the top, in front of us appeared a white house that looks strangely... new!

''It has been rebuilt a few years ago. It looked older than that before.'' Coralie takes out a silver key from her pocket and unlock the door made of iron, like her cross. ''Follow me.'' We enter the house and walk in a hall for a few seconds and we reach a living room with two white couches and a little coffee table between them. No TV.

''You can sit there. I'll just go change and I'll be right back.'' She puts her crossbow on the coffee table and goes upstairs.

By the big windows in front of one of the couch, we can see the dark woods. A shiver goes down my spine. I just can't wait to leave these woods forever. There are no pictures on the walls, not even painting. Nothing. The kitchen at my right seems to not having been use for ages.

Coralie arrives in the living room, dressed alike to what she was wearing earlier – a dark jeans and a black t-shirt – but her hair are tied in a ponytail, instead of letting them fall.

''Do you want something to drink?'' I nod and when she asks me what I'd like to have I whisper a little ''whatever.'' She smiles and goes to the kitchen. She opens the curtains and ten open the fridge. Something moves outside in the woods. The branches of one tree move and it seems like someone is hiding behind the tree.

''You okay?'' Coralie puts a glass on the coffee table in front of me and it makes me jump of surprise. She looks outside and then go sit in front of my on the second couch. ''I only had juice left, sorry.'' She takes a sip of her glass.

''It's okay, thank you.'' I take mine and drink the half of it. God, it was good! My throat was so dry.

''I guess you must have some questions, no?'' She takes her crossbow and put it on the couch beside of her. I nod. ''As you now, my name is Coralie and I'm 20 years old and you surely know it already, I'm a vampire slayer. My parents were slayers since forever and as soon as I knew ho to talk and walk, they trained me to become an excellent slayer as them.'' She seems to smile of nostalgia. ''They died of an attack of vampires at Manchester four years ago. I had to learn how to survive alone and fast if I wanted to survive.'' She sighs. ''They moved here three years before they died on this hill before they wanted to have an eye on the manor. There's no proof that vampires are leaving there, but there's a lot of rumours. We saw a few in the past, but not enough to always stay here and fight them. They were often travelling. But since two days, there's a girl dressed in pink around here and I'm sure she's a vampire. I also heard... roaring from the manor and they weren't humans... Do you know anything from there? If it has vampires or...?''

[...]

I finish telling her everything that happened at the manor and the strange behaviour of Harry before coming here and Coralie stays there, not moving, speechless and not even blinking.

''Romania...'' She whispers. ''Are you sure he said Romania? Maybe it was Russia but you didn't he-''

''No, he said the strip club in Romania.'' Coralie's face loses all its colours.

''No, no, no, no, no! It can't be true. You must be kidding!'' I see her hands shaking extremely and she starts to breathe faster than the normal.

''Is it... that bad?'' I ask, worried of her answer.

''Yes! Yes it is, Dougie! Romania's vampires are the worst kind of vampire that ever walked on Earth! The vampire girls that your friend bit were kind of easy to kill. Two arrows soaked in Holy Water and launched in the heart is enough... But your friend... ''She sighs and hides her face in her hands.

''But we killed him, Coralie... I explained to you.''

''It's not enough! You didn't kill the other vampires, Dougie! A simple fretboard in the heart isn't, unfortunately, enough! He's surely alive at the moment. Te other vampires brought him to life. They would do anything for their Master...''

''Harry is still alive?''

''Yes.''


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