Walking with the Vampire |COMPLETE|

32. Valentina in the middle

Valentina sat in bed stewing in her anger after his Lordship had left the room. She couldn't take sitting at one place and so she began to pace while she thought about what to say to him when he got back.
She stood in front of the mirror and began practicing.

She caught a reflection in the mirror and jumped back, startled by the sudden appearance.

'Valentina!' The child ran into her arms wrapping his arms tightly around her waist.

'I've missed you.'

Valentina didn't react as she was unsure of what to do.

'Niko?'
The boy stepped back with a massive grin on his face.

'You're Nicholae's son.'
She could see the resemblance. She saw that he had a puppy with him.

'You remember Rex? Well he looks different but it's him.'

Valentina scrutinized the boy who still held on to her.
'You are adorable.' She ruefully admitted.

'I know.'
The boy was cheeky. And a very happy child.
'You told me you'd return, it's been a while I thought you were lying.'

He pursed his lips when she said nothing.
'You're different.' He said. He didn't let her go even with the realization.

'I don't remember. I've lost all my memories and so Fauna is working on that.'

'I can help too.' He immediately cheered up. 'I can tell you about how we first met.'
After a few minutes Valentina was confused more than ever. The potion was looking better and better.

'So I was a spirit? Like a ghost?'
Niko nodded.
'Isn't that cool?'

'I guess.' Valentina replied.

'So since you're human again, you can be my babysitter for real.' He excitedly jumped on the bed making Rex wag his tail too.

Valentina grinned at the boy.
'So what would my responsibilities be?'

Niko rattled them off one at a time.
'But most importantly, you'll have to play with Rex and me.'

If she made the promise to the child why not. As a spirit she'd been in possession of her faculties, according to the boy, and she'd still found her way here.

'Papa's closet is like a maze, we can play hide and seek and after that you can tell me a story.'

Valentina pauses at the closet door, 'I don't know any.'

Niko tugged on her hand.
'Then I'll tell you one. Now come on, We have to hide, Rex is the seeker and we have thirty seconds left.'

They played four rounds of hide and seek, two rounds of a Ghanaian some guy called Osei had taught Rex. A game called 'piloloo'. The rules were simple, like hide and seek, but unlike the other game this one required a hider and seekers. The hider hides pieces of sticks or any chosen item in various locations and it was the seekers job to find them. Whoever found the most items won.

So after that Niko kept his promise and told her a story. He told of a girl called Cinderella and one called one called Rapunzel.
The former had been a lowly human girl while the other had been a witch stuck in a tower.
'Tell me another one.' Valentina requested.

'I got this one from my dad:' he said before beginning with once upon a time.
'There was a prince who lived in a big palace. All the way in the other side of the valley lived a pauper, her name was Victoria.'

'Like Cinderella.' Valentina interrupted.
'Just listen please. She really shouldn't really be called a pauper since she also lived in a palace and was treated alot like family, unlike Cinderella.' He added.