Walking with the Vampire |COMPLETE|

67. Two for Show

Valentina threw the phone across the room.
She wordlessly went out of the room leaving Semi and Fauna confused.

'What are you doing?' Semi grabbed her but she simply brushed her arm aside.
'I'm going to Niko. Alone. And I'll blast anyone who dares follow me into a pile of ash.'
'You're not doing that. We should wait for Nicholae.' Fauna suggested.

'He's alone! And he's asking for me!'
All she could think of was losing another child and the heartache it would cause her. She wouldn't survive another one like that.

'We're not letting you go alone.'
They really wouldn't let her go. Semi was too stubborn and so was Fauna.

That revelation made her decision easier to make. She knew where Lily wanted to meet with her. They didn't know.

'Jazeri apparetiz.' She spoke the spell before either of them could react or have the mind to follow her.

The dirty water made sloshing sounds as she trudged out of it onto dry land.
She was shivering and cold and wasn't so glad that she'd had to pull such a poorly planned move. The problem was even though she knew this, her heart bled when she heard Niko's cries for her.

The memory refueled her resolution. The retreating sun still provided her with the light she needed to make it through the canopy of thick elfin oak trees.
It wasn't long before she found a beautiful yellow house beyond the elfin oak trees.

'I knew you'd make the right choice.'
The feminine voice seemed to come from all around her.
And then like a ghost she was right in front of her.
Blond hair, blue eyes, and an innocent smile.
At first glance, Valentina would have never guessed this girl would be the witch wreaking this chaos.

'Two seconds, where is he?'
Valentina didn't just barge in there without a plan. She had one. She would not play their games.
'I'll do the talking please.' She said flying a burst of flame at her face.
Valentina didn't blink. This wasn't her first rodeo. Poor fools didn't know who exactly they'd chosen to pick a fight with.
Lily's two seconds were up.
With a handy spell on the tip of her tongue, she extinguished the flames and liquified the ground Lily stood on.
Edgar appeared attempting a counterspell. Fortunately, he couldn't do two things at once.
Valentina called an exposed root and wrapped it around his neck.
The girl was sinking and her accomplice was choking but she would only bask in the pleasure once Niko was safely in her arms.

'Niko!' She calked for him.
She went down into the basement where she felt signs of life.
There he was. Sleeping.
'Baby, wake up. I'm getting you out of here.'
She undid whatever spell Lily cast on him
'Mama?' His groggy voice calling to her.
'Yes. I'm here.'

Another presence stepped into the room.
'Mama!'
She tried to react quickly but whoever it was slammed her against the cage.
She gasped at the sharp pain of the needle stabbed into her neck.

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'My Lord, you have the wrong person in your custody.' Hilda sighed in a pitiful manner. And it would have worked if Nicholae didn't know better.
Nicholae deepened his claws in her shoulder blades.

'I'm taking my aunt for a little drive.' He told the receptionist.

'Osei, can you take care of any resistance?'
Hopefully, Osei heard him.

Osei burst inside the doors.
'Loki and Mal have us covered.'

A number of patients stood up to block their exit.
No doubt some of her minions Nicholae thought.
Fortunately, Osei was in his indestructible moods.