Nicolae: Is it love - The original story (Game walk through)

Chapter three part six

A nice warm bath will do me the world of good, as well as help take my mind off things. I let the water run until it covers my body. I close my eyes and try to relax but even after several minutes, I still feel tired and sad. That Nicolae is more interested in that other woman than in me hurts me more than I am willing to admit. I feel invisible in his eyes. He only sees her through me, whereas I only have eyes for him. I think I really need to chill. I'm really on edge... I feel lost in this new life. I'm falling for a man who belongs to the past. He's not from my time, he's no longer really human. What do I want from him, exactly?

I let myself slip under the water until my face is fully immersed. Everything seems so calm. I think back to Nicolae and Sarah. They were both very evasive, but I know they're hiding something deep. Maybe Sarah knows that Nicolae is a vampire, and so fears him? That might explain why she's constantly warning me about the Bartholys and why she seems so averse to the idea that I live with them. But Sarah would have told me. She wouldn't let me stay here if she knew I was putting myself in danger... Whatever it be, it's fishy and I'd like to get to the bottom of it! The possibility of there having been something between Sarah and Nicolae is not to be dismissed if I can find no other explanation. And one thing is sure, as long as I don't know the truth, I won't let it go...

I'm tired of staying in the dark! For now, the only thing that I'm really concerned about is the change that's taking place within me. This skill, this gift. This thing in me that connects me to the dead. Is both scary and intriguing. I can feel something's changed in me since I started helping Nicolae discover the truth of his past life. All these dreams that I have at night are like a doorway to another world. A world that's obsessing me. Perhaps even more so than that of the living... Was it my parent's death that triggered everything off? Did it shock me so much that I developed this ability to connect with the beyond? My dreams seem more related to my arrival here than to my parents' death. Some say that when you lose a loved one, you can acquire the ability to communicate with the dead. I think I read that somewhere, years ago. I don't know whether it's true or not, but one thing's for sure, ever since my parents died everything keeps going wrong. I had no idea that supernatural beings existed, I didn't know that people could communicate with the afterlife. And, to tell the truth, life seemed much easier!

With these thoughts, I get out of the bath and put on a clean t-shirt when suddenly, I'm startled by a small noise coming from behind the window. As if she was coming to wish me a good night, my owl alights on the window sill. She's come for me to confide. Gulli has always had this benevolent air about her as if she understood me.

> I tried dreaming again to help Nicolae but it didn't work. I'm frightened I disappointed him and that he'll lose interest in me. And then, there's this story with Sarah too...

Once again Gulli's kind eyes soothe me. Even though she never answers me, she still listens, twinkling her pretty golden eyes. It's as if my owl invited me to continue my story. She listens to me without ever judging me. Thanks to her gentle and kind gaze, I gradually feel the pressure release from me. Gulli's presence is so comforting. It feels almost magical... Does she have a special gift, too? Does she watch over me like a totem animal? In Mystery Spell everything's possible! Gulli lets out a little hoot and flies off. I thank her silently and close my window.

I slip into bed, trying not to think about Nicolae nor anything that happened these past few days. I let happy memories from my childhood cover over the image of him in my mind, just to feel better. I see my mother cooking dinner. The evenings we used to spend chatting in front of our favourite TV show, and my father coming home. It's a terribly painful image because I miss them both so much. But it's also pleasant because they're both still with me, deep in my heart...

It's the weekend. I go down for breakfast later than usual. It feels good to sleep in, especially after all the restless nights I've been having these past few weeks.