Chapter 11: ...

Soraia and Amy were already at home, precisely in the kitchen, each one with a glass of juice and a sandwich in hand, talking about what had happened.

-You know, Soraia, I wanted to wake up and find out that it was all just a dream.

Soraia smiled.

- It doesn't make you, okay?

Amy laughed as she admitted it, "Okay, okay, I kind of liked being protected by that vampire.

-I knew it.

Okay, it wasn't just me, because I could see how much you enjoyed being in the arms of the big hot wolf.

They both burst out laughing, now, because when they found themselves in the middle of the bloody fight they were afraid they wouldn't make it out alive.

- Girls, are you home?- came Katrina's voice just after the door slammed.

-Here in the kitchen, Mom!

-Come over here, please, - she said, and immediately they both put down their sandwiches and went into the living room where they were called.

-"What's wrong, Mom?

-I'm asking: what is it?

Katrina walked to the window and opened the curtains, and then the girls looked at each other and swallowed.

-Explanations, Miss Soraia and Miss Amy- demanded

Katrina demanded, seeing that bunch of paparazzo standing guard in her garden.

-I wonder if I could call my parents, they'll want explanations too, - Amy said, and Katrina, loving those two too much, smiled and shook her head at any mischief they had done. If only she knew.

Half an hour later, away from the commotion outside, Amy's parents, Andre, light brown hair and emerald green eyes like their daughter's, and Valeria, chocolate hair and eyes, were staring at a very quiet daughter.

crossed.

-And so, which one of you is going to explain the reason for this bunch in front of my house?- demanded Adam as he pointed with his thumb to the side of the window where he could see outside, the paparazzo who had surrounded him when he arrived.

- Speak up, girls!" shouted Valeria as she looked from her daughter to Soraia at the other side of the sofa.

-Amy nodded and sat down on the arm of the couch, and there she began to relate what had happened, but of course some things she had left out. After all, her parents wouldn't be too happy to know that an unknown guy had hugged her, and worse, that he was very interested in her, if you know what I mean.

Oh, and let's not forget that Soraia had omitted the fact that they were not human, at least not entirely.

The parents didn't even know what to say or do, after all until then their daughters or even they themselves had not experienced a similar situation.

We should be furious with both of you," André declared, "but who could?" and hugged his smiling daughter and whispered in her ear how good it was that she was well and unharmed.

-Hey, Soraia, I should ground you, kiddo -said Adam as he got up and also hugged and kissed his daughter's forehead and apologized. The mothers looked at each other and smiled, because since they had married these men they knew that they would be more 'melted' by their daughters than they were by themselves, and this was proof that even if they deserved a scolding they would still be hugged. After the situation subsided, Adam made a speech about what had happened, and it was already circulating in the city's media.

In the living room of the house and Julio Cesar, who had already returned, now with Brenda, Lais and the rest of his group, except for Marcus, were watching the local news.

-You're stirring up a lethal hornet's nest, Augusto, my dear," murmured Julio Cesar as he drummed his fingers on the black leather sofa.

- Does this harm you, my lord?" asked Brenda, standing beside him, attentive to what was happening on the television.

-I know how to secure my territory, Brenda, and for Soraia's sake I'll kill them myself if I have to- he assured her as he got up from the sofa and walked out of there. Believe it or not, but Marcus, -no one knows how it happened- but this one was invited by Augustus -as a wolf invited a vampire to Sheila's tent. A miraculous and very, very rare exception. And now they are both staring at her, and from Marcus, who had his jaw dropped to the floor at the sight of Miranda standing there in front of him.

It's unbelievable!

-As unbelievable as my son bringing you here," returned Sheila, as nice as ever, because for her this war between wolves and vampires should never have started.

-I'm sorry for the intrusion, but how did you accomplish this feat," Marcus asked after hugging Miranda and realizing that she was flesh and blood, though also of smoke. Sheila smiled all proud of herself as she said it - white witchcraft and much experience in the field of life and mote - and whether she liked it or not she thought of her own experience and sacrifice of her inner she-wolf to transgress and ascend. to transgress and ascend her mystical gypsy.

Marcus was bewildered, but there was one question that itched even more than this.

-Miranda, why didn't you look for Julio Cesar?

Miranda was direct and straightforward in her answer.

-Because Julio Cesar has become your obsession. His gold mine and source of pleasure.

-He killed many people and his own,-Revealed Marcus, as his mind was invaded by the cruel scenes that Julius Cesar had played -the anger he had accumulated inside him, for having let Rachel kill you, was his gas for so much madness and

brutality.

Miranda crossed her arms in front of her body and bit her lips to avoid saying something that would seem unfair to the people present.

-Julio Cesar never loved me, Marcus," she said regretfully, for she had loved him at first, but after what she had seen him do, her love for him died, and what he said he felt for me was an obsessive passion, a need to possess something he wanted to command.

-And now, he wants to do the same to Sorai," Augusto gritted his teeth, because just imagining that creature taking possession of his beloved woman disgusted him.

Miranda nodded.

-I wish I could help you," Marcus said sincerely, "but before I even tried, it would kill me, and then," he swallowed dryly and clenched his fists, "it would kill Amy.

-I refuse your offer," angry glances were exchanged between the two, but a magic word changed the course of the conversation, "because I want to kill Julio Cesar myself.

Hum, I was already admiring this wolf.

-You have another problem, don't you, boy? -Sheila watched as she assessed Marcus' facial and body expressions, something that had always revealed more about the person than words.

Marcus nodded.

-May I give you some advice-of course-kill Lais, or she will kill Amy.

Sheila could have said kill Rachel-but it was better that Miranda didn't know her old rival was alive.

-With the lady knows about her.

-Forget why I know and accept what I said, or you won't live your love.

Marcus was quite puzzled, but he didn't question anything else, for all that mattered to him was the fact that he was protecting Amy.

The sun set on the horizon and night slowly embraced the city.

Marcus thanked the wolves for their hospitality, especially Augustus and Sheila, something he had never thought of doing since he had had to fight for his life against the lupine race countless times. Then he turned into a bat and disappeared into the blackness of the sky.

Brenda had opened the double-paned windows of her room and stood there waiting for the bat that came a few meters away.

-Where were you, boy? And why didn't you take advantage of this and leave town?

I wish Brenda had the chance to run away from all that damned life and never be found by Julio Cesar or whoever. Just to live her life.

-I came back for love.

Even immortals love, after all, there's a heart beating in their cold chests too.

-Brenda, if I were human I could say that I fear for my life - I said - but I haven't had it for a long time.

-And now, you want to take care of Amy's life, don't you?

Marcus smiled wryly.

Brenda smiled and shook her head.

-Well, leaving that aside, what are we going to do about Lais?

-Exorcism.

Marcus frowned, after all, he had always heard that exorcism was for casting demons out of human bodies, and Lais fit well into that category.

-Don't make that face, because Lais was possessed by Rachel's spirit, and now she needs to be cast out of there. After all, Rachel didn't accept death," he explained in a way that was less terrifying than the situation was, "so she became a wandering entity between the worlds without settling down in any of them.

Marcus snorted, not understanding much, but he knew one thing, she wouldn't get her hands on Amy.

Meanwhile in the neighboring town, lightning and thunder streaked the sky illuminating time and again, Julio Cesar and his gang in full attack on a group of people who were enjoying a rock concert outdoors.

Imagine the scene: running, screaming, the sky shaking, and the vampires attacking, all wrapped in the heavy sound of a rock concert.

Awesome!

Without mercy, moved only by their hunger and the will to tear necks and suck the last drop of blood from a body.

The screams of those who try in vain to escape only increase even more the pleasure of the vampires in killing them. Something very evident in the blood covered face still dripping also on his chin and clothes of Julio Cesar who howled with pleasure as if he had just come.