Quick warning: this is going to probably be the saddest chapter yet. Mostly near the end.
Eda and Lilith placed large, dead animals on the table. They looked at each other as they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Amity walked into the dining hall, leading the vampires to the corpses. The three of them looked like they hadn't eaten in days.
"They look horrible." Amity said to the sisters.
"Unfortunately, that's what happens when new vampires don't feed during the New Moon." Lilith said.
"Then I guess those two didn't have a very successful hunt." Eda said.
As soon as Luz saw the buffet of animals, she instantly sank her fangs into the neck of one. Boscha and Skara were starving, but they were also afraid of actually drinking blood. Luz looked at them and tried to let them know everything was fine.
"It gets easier the more you do it."
"I-I don't know if I-" Skara said before holding her stomach in pain.
She couldn't handle the pain and hunger anymore. She walked over to the table and sighed. She grabbed a corpse to hold it in place and bit down. Boscha looked at Skara and noticed small trails of blood running down her chin. Skara removed her mouth from the body and licked her lips.
"It's... not that bad." She said.
Skara and Luz moved on to other animals while Boscha looked on. Her stomach growled and she felt pain. She held her stomach and closed her eyes. She finally walked over to a corpse and had a nervous swallow. She sank her fangs into a small creature and let the metallic tasting liquid flood her mouth. She had to admit, it wasn't that bad. Lilith watched a special news report that caught everyone attention. Kikimora's voice rang through the house as she went over the report.
"The body count continues to rise this morning as more of the Emperor's guards are found throughout the Boiling Isles. As of this moment, the body count is reaching the six hundred mark. Any and all information on the man known as the 'Vampire King' Alaric Bloodborne is to be sent to the Emperor immediately. You will be rewarded handsomely for anything that leads to his arrest."
The vampires stopped drinking and looked at the crystal ball.
"Six... hundred?" Luz said in shock.
"That... that's a lot of people." Skara said.
Suddenly Luz's phone rang. It was her mother.
"She rarely calls me, usually it's a text." She answers, "Hello?"
"Mija." Luz noticed the tone of her voice and got scared.
"M-mami? What's wrong?"
"I-I-I want you to know that... I'll always love you."
"Mom? W-what's going on?"
"Always remember that. I love you, Mija."
The sound of glass shattering came through the phone.
"Mom? Mom?!"
"Goodbye."
The line went dead and Luz's hands started shaking.
"Kid? Is everything alright?" Eda asked.
"I need to go to my house. NOW!"
Eda knew better then to argue with her and pulled out the key. They went through the portal and ran to Luz's house. Eda knew something was wrong, Luz didn't have her cloak on and didn't even care that her skin was burning. They made it to the front door and saw the glass door completely shattered. They ran inside and Luz never wished she could unsee something more in her life. Laying in a pool of blood was her mother with a steak knife in her stomach. Luz fell to her knees next to her mother's body. Luz grabbed her mother's hand and held it against the side of her head. Tears she was no longer able hold back ran down her face.
"Mom... no. It... it... can't. Please... please wake up. Wake up and tell me it's just a nightmare. Please!"
Luz laid over her mother's corpse and hugged it. Eda couldn't hold her tears back either, she knew what it's like to find your parents lifeless body. Luz's reaction is similar to what Eda's was over two decades ago. The difference was, Eda had her sister to keep her grounded. Luz didn't. Eda walked over to Luz and hugged the young girl. It hurt to see Luz go through hell time and time again in just a couple of weeks. Luz didn't know what to do. The only family she had was now gone. Every time she gets a little happy, something happens that makes her world stop turning. Eda let Luz grieve for a few minutes while she looked for whoever could have caused this. She had a theory but she needs something to know for sure. She found note on the table.
"I said I expected results from you, or else. You should've listened."- Alaric Bloodborne
After a few minutes Eda carries Luz back to the Boiling Isles. They head back to the Manor and Luz runs up to her room and gets in her coffin. She closes the lid and starts crying again. Amity, Boscha, Skara, and Lilith looked at Eda in hopes she could tell what happened.
"Her mother was murdered. I grabbed this." Eda said handing a note she found on the table of Luz's house.
Lilith looked at the note and her blood boiled.
"Alaric."
Lilith slammed the note on the table and looked at Eda.
"He's gone too far." Eda said, "First he killed our parents, then he plans to take over the Isles, then he kills hundreds of people, and on top of that... he hurt Luz, in several different ways. Lilith, I'm going to kill him."
"No, you're not... we are." Lilith said.
Eda couldn't help but let out a small laugh.
"It's been, what, 10 years?" Eda asked.
"15 years." Lilith said.
"Do you still have our old gear?"
"You really think I would get rid of it?"
"Good, we need to find him... after her mother's funeral. We need to be here for her until then."
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