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Chapter Eight: The Lucky One

I opened my eyes and saw Vladimir on the floor while Jason was pointing a gun at him.

"Jason stop!" I cried as I noticed Vladimir was no longer moving.

Jason was about to shoot again when Bailey jumped in front of Vladimir and glared at Jason as he positioned himself between them.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" Jason raised his voice at Bailey.

"I told you to stop!"

"Stop?! He needs to be killed!! In case you forget! He almost drained your fucking blood!" Jason gritted his teeth in anger.

"Who the fuck sent you here by the way?" Vanessa frowned at Jason.

"Arjun, he told me Vladimir is here and I just had to check it out myself because I fucking killed him" Jason glared at Vanessa.

"I like him Jason" I cried.

"What?" Jason looked at me confused.

"He's changed Jason, he apologized" I cried.

"Apology won't cut it Bianca! I'm fucking traumatized!!" Jason raised his voice in frustration.

"He's a Vampire you idiot! It's natural for them to drink blood" Bailey frowned.

"You're defending him? He wanted to kill you"

"It took George 30 years to control his thirst for humans Jason... Vladimir was just turned last year, you can't just expect him to fucking learn it like it's fucking kindergarten" Bailey sighed.

"Please Jason" I begged.

"Fine" Jason took a deep breath.

He took his pocket knife and slit his wrist and fed it to Vladimir.

"Drink" Bailey said as Vladimir slowly drank from Jason's blood.

"Is he gonna be okay? Jason was using Silver" I cried at Vanessa.

"Jason is a doppelganger, his blood is powerful... Vladimir is gonna be fine"

Vladimir opened his eyes and Jason rolled his eyes as he sat at the couch next to me.

"There's a Werewolf in town and he attacked Bianca" Vladimir sighed.

"I'm okay" I looked at Vladimir and smile.

He smiled back at me and I looked at Vanessa and Bailey and smiled at them.

But Bailey didn't smile back but instead looked at the floor like he's trying to ignore me.

"I had a dream last night" Vanessa sighed.

"What dream?" I asked.

"It wasn't clear... I just saw Jason, Vladimir and you dead" Vanessa sighed.

"What?" I looked at her confused.

"It was a sacrifice... I don't know exactly how but the three of you are sacrifices" Vanessa sighed.

"Okay, sacrifice for what?" Bailey asked.

"A ritual" She sighed.

"Well... It's just a dream... I'm sure that's just nothing" I tried to smile.

"So... Let's talk about the elephant in the room, Mr. Psycho here doesn't remember anything" Vanessa looked at Vladimir and sighed.

"How is that possible?" Jason looked at Vlad and then Vanessa.

"First, Someone took his stake, and then, he can't remember anything" Vanessa shrugged as he looked at Vladimir.

"That is weird" Bailey sighed.

"Well... I have the spellbook... Do you wish to remember everything?" Vanessa asked.

Vladimir looked at Jason and then Bailey and then he looked at me and smiled.

"I don't wanna be that person anymore" Vladimir smiled.

"Good, because that Vladimir was a psychopath" Bailey smirked.

"Hey, I'm still a psychopath" Vladimir winked at Bailey.

"Only more tolerable" Jason smiled.

"Look, I don't expect the two of you to forgive me immediately, but please let me earn it" Vladimir tried to smile.

"No problem for me" Jason nodded as he extended his hand.

Vladimir reached for Jason's hand and they both shook each other's hands.

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"What was Arjun doing in here? How was he a Werewolf?" Bailey asked.

"I'm still confused about that... He said I'm in trouble" I sighed.

"Maybe cause you are?" Vanessa smirked.

"Whatever it was? It's not trying to kill you, because if a Werewolf wanted to kill you, they're not leaving this place until you're dead" Bailey sighed.

We heard Vladimir and Jason laughing loudly while playing a video game in their phones.

"Men" Vanessa chuckled.

"One minute they're on each other's necks, the next they're laughing like nothing happened" Bailey smirked.

"That is so correct" I chuckled.

"Your dreams Vanessa... How often was it?" Bailey asked.

"Very often" Vanessa replied.

"Shit, that's not good" Bailey sighed.

"Why?? What does that mean?" I asked.

"Vanessa" Bailey looked at her and Vanessa rolled her eyes.

"If a Witch dreams about something over and over again... it's a premonition" Vanessa sighed.

"So why am I a sacrifice??"

"That I don't know"

"So a ritual cannot be completed without a Witch because rituals are done with black magic... and rituals require a certain supernatural ingredients... Vladimir is a Vampire so it make sense, Jason is a doppelganger his blood is powerful... but why Bianca?" Bailey asked.

"Yeah... why me?"

"Okay, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know" Vanessa frowned.

I looked at Vanessa hoping for her to leave cause there's clearly things to talk about me and Bailey.

Vanessa understood and nodded her head as she slowly left.

"Bailey" I sighed.

"Yeah?" He looked at me confused.

"I'm sorry"

"For what?"

"There's nothing to apologize for"

"But I let you believe"

"Bianca... I know you wouldn't lie to me... and if you think Jason likes me is because he probably told you" He sighed.

"But I shouldn't have"

"You don't know better... You wanted me to feel good and it failed... But we're better than this... Our friendship is more valuable than some random boys in our lives" He smiled.

"I know... And thank you" I smiled back.

"For what?"

"For saving my life"

"Oh No,... That was all Vanessa"

"Yeah... But you selflessly put your trauma aside to assist Vladimir in order to help Vanessa save my life" I smiled with tears in my eyes.

"Well... Cause I love you" He smiled trying to keep himself from crying.

"Well... I love you too" I smiled back at him.

Bailey looked at Jason and shook his head as he kept himself from crying.

"It sucks when you're betrothed to someone who doesn't even care about you" Bailey sighed.

"His loss" I smirked.

"Damn right" Bailey smiled and we both chuckled as we hugged each other.