Chapter 5

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This chapter is quite longer than the rest, so please enjoy, comment, and vote.
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I snuck out of the house as I usually would when father falls asleep from coming home tired.
The night sky was breathtaking, the half-moon and stars Illuminating the forest as I walk by, the forest felt so alive with the silent sounds of crickets and owls. The dew off the wet leaves and grass moisten my small bare feet as they crunch under my weight.
I went to the quietest place on the territory, the cliff overviewing the lake below. The lake glistened from the reflection of the sky making it even more surreal, the forest stretched with trees passing out our border giving me a calming view.

"I wish I could stay here forever," I said looking up to the moon.
I used my hand to move the black strands of hair that got into my face, it was time to get back before father noticed that I'd gone wondering into the woods again.

Happily skipping through the forest and maneuvering around the trees, my steps halted when this ungodly foul scent entered my nostrils. Father warned me about them once that if I ever smelt it, it's because I would be in danger, he would describe the owner of the scent to have a dark pool for eyes and two shape fangs protruding out of their mouth.

I lifted my head and smelt the air, there was smoke.
Father I need to get to my father, I did my best to be stealthy as possible.
When I arrived near my house there were four vampires dressed in black surrounding someone in the middle, one of them moved.

I hid behind some nearby bushes, I peeked through the leaves I was frozen in my spot.
They had my Dad bonded by silver, with teary eyes I stayed hidden because there's nothing a 7-year-old could do against four fully grown vampires.

"Where is the pup?" the taller one out of the bunch said.

"We don't know sir" another replied.

"Find her now" the taller one shouted in frustration.

"We don't have time to search for a pup, we already have who we need Conrad" a shorter man said with both panic and agitation in his tone.

The taller man named Conrad hissed in response and turned to my father with a sinister smile on his face.
He went into a kneeling position so that he was face-to-face with my father.

"This is gonna be fun, Mr. Roman, a powerful man to die at the hand of a vampire," he said laughing like an insane mad scientist.

As if sensing me staring at him my father looked me straight in the eye and mouthed "I love you принцесса (princess), stay strong for daddy".

That one sentence brought tears to my eyes, I wanted to so bad jump out of my hiding spot to save him.

Right in front of my eyes, Conrad made four deep wounds into my father's chest, I quickly covered my mouth to prevent myself from screaming.
He fell forward onto his side howling in pain, the vampires took turns in slashing him with wounds until he was crimson red and soaked in his own blood and left for dead.
They all started to retreat to the opposite side of the forest, I ran to my bleeding father
I kneeled beside him as his body slowly bleed out, "Daddy! Daddy! Stay with me please" bawling with agitation in my voice.

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