Ambrose opened his eyes.
He was lying on the ground.
Barbara wasn’t there.
He sat up quickly and glanced around. “Barbara? Barbara!”
He looked at the gate.
It was open.
No.
He didn’t give it a thought – first, second, or third.
Ambrose ran through the gate.
She wasn’t anywhere in the yard.
The mansion’s front door stood open.
He ran inside into a narrow brick-lined hallway. “BARBARA!”
She stepped out of a side room. “What?”
He snarled. “What were you thinking? Why did you come in here? Why did you leave me alone? Why didn’t you tell me where you were going? Why…Why…Why…”
“My bottom was cold from sitting in the snow.”
“You could have told me. You could have waited for me. You could have…”
She hugged him.
His anger melted into her arms. “I hate this place. Can we please go?”
“Have you been here before?”
“No. But bad things have happened here.” He glanced around, finally noticing the all brick all the time interior. “Vampires have died here. They’ve been tortured here by a vampire hunter named Olessa.”
“Oh.” She released him to nervously twirl her hair. “Do you think there’s anyone still here?”
“I hope not. I have to get out of here. Please, Barbara. Let’s get out of here.”
She smiled brightly. “Okay!”
She took his hand and led him to the front door.
Something isn’t right about this.
It’s too easy.
Something’s wrong.
Something.
Something.
Some…
He stopped.
She looked back at him, all wide-eyed innocence. “What’s wrong, Ambrose?”
“You.”
“Me?”
“You have no scent.”
She blinked in rapid succession. “Oh. I…uhhh, took a shower this morning and—”
He growled. “Scent is bone, skin, and blood. No amount of showering can remove it.”
“Maybe I’m using a really good deodorant?”
He bared his fangs. “You think I’m stupid? Scent can’t be concealed by anything. It is.”
She nervously backed away from him. “You’re a vampire.”
“Where is she? What have you done to her?”
She transformed into a male fey with blond hair and black wings. “You can’t help me.” He disappeared.
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Uh oh.
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I was going to have them leave all nice and easy, but I was like, “Huh. That’s way too easy. It can’t be that easy. What if…” 😀
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😆😆
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I know. I’m bad. 😆
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It’s okay. You’re allowed to be. If a character says never, you’ll bet I’m going to do it anyway. 😆😆
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Haha! Absolutely! 🙂
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Did NOT see that coming.
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Thanks!
It kind of caught me by surprise too. 😀
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That’s how you know the Muse has hold of you. It’s coming out, and you’re kind of watching in shock.
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Whoa! You got me with that one! What a surprising and exciting chapter. I can’t wait to read what happens next, so let me shut up and move on 😉
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Thank you! 😀
I was going to have them escape and move on to whatever, but I thought “What if it isn’t her?” And it was just too surprising of an idea not to use it.
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I agree. What an excellent twist that was!
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Thank you!
And it had to be a male fey just because all of my fey up to this point have all been females. I was starting to wonder if there were any male fey. 😆
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