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Chapter 10

Dracula's POV

"No," Sophie kept sobbing. I held onto her so she wouldn't fall to her knees.

To tell you the truth, I had no idea what was going on. First, Melli goes off looking for Mini then Verona appears out of nowhere. I didn't know what to feel. I wasn't that relieved that Verona was alive. She did betray me and killed most of the Raydanas. But I still wanted to know what going on.

"A boat," Ben suddenly said.

"What, my dear?" asked Martha.

"We need a boat. It's the only way to get across the ocean."

"She'd be far away by now," Sophie stated.

"There's nothing else we can do, Sophie," her father said.

"Yes there is."

I spun around and pulled Sophie behind me. I faced the intruder with utter shock. It was no stranger at all.

It was my father.

"My god!" Martha cried.

Ben pulled her behind him just like I did with Sophie. Sophie whimpered and pressed into my back with her body to get closer to me.

I turned to Father.

"Wha-"

"I was getting tired of waiting, my son," my father walked lazily over to me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Get away from him!" Sophie spat as she flung his hand away.

He looked at Sophie, and then raised an eyebrow at me.

"And this is Sophie," he mused.

"Yes," I spoke stiffly.

"Son?" Ben turned to me.

My father laughed. "Don't look so surprised, my friend. You don't think that my son really came to you to join your family, do you?"

"Shane?" asked Martha, tears were falling down her cheeks.

"Ah, that's what you decided to call yourself. No, his real name isn't Shane, but Count Dracula," my father added, grinning.

"What?!" Ben roared.

Sophie, I don't know where she got all of this strength from, seriously, spun me around so that I faced her. She cupped my face. Tears were falling down her face as well.

"It's not true. Tell him it's not true," she begged.

I stared at her for a bit, calculating what I was going to say. With Father appearing out of nowhere, I think it was established that I resembled him enough to be his son. But Sophie refused to believe it. I could see it in her eyes. The sadness, anger and the heartbreak all chewed up in her expression. And it would break my heart to she her looking at me with hatred and fear once I told her the truth. But this had to be done. Even if Father didn't suddenly appear out of nowhere and Sophie and I fell in love, I would have had to tell her eventually. My Vampireness isn't easy keeping a secret. Especially not around a Werewolf family.

I sighed, and turned my face away.

"I'm sorry," my voice broke a couple times.

She shook her head violently.

"It's not true! Shane, you're not his son. Stop lying," she hit my chest with her fist; it didn't hurt me physically, but emotionally.

It hurt me to upset her but what could I do? I couldn't lie. Not any more. I was sick of lying to her.

"It's true. I am Dracula," I looked her in the eyes.

"No, no, no, you're not," she sobbed.

"It's true, Sophie. Whether you like it or not, I am your enemy," I said, then turned my back to her and walked to my father. It hurt to turn my back on her, but I had to stay strong. Or she might get hurt.

"Father," I bowed.

"Dracula," he grinned.

"Are we to finish what I started?" I asked.

"No."

Father and I looked turned towards the new comer.

Mother. Her black hair flew around her making her look even more beautiful. She looked perfectly at ease as she walked over to us.

"I hope you're not going to hurt them, my lord," she walked up to my father and crossed her arms on her chest.

"Not yet, my love," Father smiled as he embraced her.

"I do wish you wouldn't hurt them. At least not little Sophie here. She is special to Dracula," she said.

"I doubt she'd want anything to do with him now," Father pointed out.

I turned my head to look back at her. Martha was cradling her while Ben stood in front of them both.

She looked up at me. I saw that she was still sobbing and had tear tracks all down her face. I opened my mouth to say something at her, but Ben lunged.

I don't think he meant to lung at me, but suddenly he flung me off the cliff. Whether it was the fact that he didn't want to hurt me or see him killing my parents, the last one is highly doubtful. But still, he didn't have to throw me off the cliff!

I could hear Sophie shrieking. She was on the cliff's edge, posed as if she was going to jump off herself. But her mother held her back.

Finally, I plunged into the ocean at full speed. It didn't hurt me because I rarely ever feel pain. Like I said, Werewolves could only kill me. Plunging into water at top speed shouldn't do too much damage.

I swam to the nearest large rock and hauled myself up. I pushed myself up and hard as I could, and grasped the cliff's edge in mid-air. I hauled myself up and lay on the grass for a moment, catching my breath.

I turned my head towards Father. He had Ben locked up in a cage that was the perfect size for him. With locks placed everywhere, it would be impossible to get out. Not to mention that the poles of the cage were large and thick.

Ben was still in Werewolf form and growling continuously at Father. Everytime Father would come near; Ben would lunge at the poles in hope that he would break at least one. Good luck with that, Ben.

There was one cage left. I looked towards Sophie and Martha. They looked terrified and were sobbing.

I got up and walked to them. Martha pulled Sophie as close as she could to her, but Sophie kept her eyes glued to mine.

I held a hand out to both of them.

"You need to go into the cage," I said.

Martha got to her feet slowly, pulling Sophie with her. I grabbed Sophie's upper arm gently and pulled her and Martha along. I opened the cage door for them and they walked inside hesitantly.

But before I could shut the door, Sophie embraced me. She embraced me hard, and if I weren't a Vampire I would have suffocated.

She whispered in my ear. "I know there's some good in you, Shane."

"I told you that's not my name," but embraced her back.

She pulled back so she could see my face.

"I wish we had more time together," she admitted.

"So do I,' I whispered.

"But-"

"From this moment on we cannot be seen like this. Do you understand? I can't hold you again because you don't belong to me. And I don't belong to you."

"I don't care-"

"I do. So get in the cage, Sophie. I won't be able to do this for a while."

"What do you-"

I crashed my lips against hers hard. Harder than I wished, for I might have hurt her, but she quickly kissed me back. I had a feeling this was the last time I was going to kiss her. I wish it wasn't though. As soon as we got back to Transylvania, I'll turn back to my original age and she won't want me any more.

I pulled away just in time as Mother closed the cage. Sophie held onto the poles and stared at me with sorrow.

"I will always love you," I said before turned towards my father.

"Father?!" I yelled.

"I'm right here, Dracula," he chuckled.

"May I have my wings back?"

"Possibly," he grinned.

"We better get a move on, love," Mother said as she took in her position. She was to carry the cage Sophie and Martha were in and father was carrying Ben's.

While I kept on the look out for any enemies.

"It looks to be clear," I said.

"Then let's be on our way," Father said as he spread out his wings.

He lunged forward carrying the cage along with him and flew far above the ocean. Mother followed his lead, carrying a sobbing Martha and a terrified Sophie. All the while Sophie didn't take her eyes off me.

As I shifted to my Vampire body, she gasped.

I stretched out my wings and flew after Mother.

I kept my distance from the cages and usually flew ahead of Father or behind Mother. The coast was clear and that's all that mattered.

But as soon as we get home, I'm going to be questioning my parents a lot.

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