The Moonlight Waltz - Part 6

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The bonds between them had grown and became stronger. They had become friends and maybe even much more than that... The Vampire Council was on its way to the castle to force him to make a decision and he knew it. He had tried to distance himself from the girl these last few days, but she kept going after him.

"Are you... Are you avoiding me?" She had questioned with a look full of heartache. He couldn't answer, just hugged her, which seemed to scare her even more. All this time she was missing and no one seemed to miss her, not even her husband. It had made her sensitive, sentimental... Too much, 'cause she had fallen in love with that being she had feared and despised before.

But there was no more time to think. There was no time to avoid that decision that hurt his heart so badly. The Council was about to arrive and he needed to get the girl out if he wanted her to live for a few more years. He took her face in his hands and looked at her with seriousness and grief.

"I have something to tell you... You... You have to go away! I don't want you here anymore! You are no longer useful to me! Go away!" And with a wave of his hand he turned his back on her before he lost all courage again. She didn't seem to be shaken by his words. "You're not going to try to drink my blood? I don't believe what you're saying, I know I'm still useful here." Her response made him clench his fists and turn around again, trying to show anger and contempt. However...



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