The excitement

**Marcelo**

If we entered the castle formally we would be safe and because we believed this, we slept free and happy and woke up trapped in a dark room that looked more like a…

“Ame, are you okay? I can feel you, I’m trapped too. We’ve been betrayed.” That voice in my head was Marcelo.

“I’m fine. And the others?”

“They’re all fine, trapped like us. We’re close to each other, but our magic doesn’t work here.”

“I think I know where we are.”

“They can’t kill us.”

So, this must be temporary. Soon my mother’s Coven will get suspicious because I didn’t make it to the castle.”

“I think, in a way, we did. We’re in tomb beds. I’ve already slept in one. Where would there be so many, except in the vampire castle.”

Now, I needed my cell phone… Oh, Goddess, if only they had left it with me. I wonder if there’s a signal here? Holy shit, the battery is running out… Dário or Valeska?

Vicky:

I'm trapped in a tomb, I think inside the castle, please Valeska help us. We can punish the king, I know you'd like that and he deserves it.

No! Shit! The battery died. What now?

"Ame, she's one of them, she won't help. Maybe she betrayed you and that's why we're here. Let's think about what to do calmly what to do". Marcelo said.

I trusted Valeska, but I could have been wrong. But I couldn't stay there doing nothing. I should have called Dário... If the Hell... James! He was there, wasn't he?

Veny! Veny! I need you, girl, please. See if you can feel Tunder. It's urgent, we're in danger here. Damn it! Why isn't she responding? I tried to transform, but nothing, on the contrary, I felt dizzy. I tried one last thing. Opening my communication channel with James.

"James... James... Damn it."

“Ame, he must be far away, get some rest, we’re going to need strength. We’re trying to unite mentally to…

“What the hell is this guy doing in your head?” - James said jealous.

“James! Please pay attention: we’re trapped in tombs, I think inside Nosferatu’s castle. We need help fast. We have a way to defeat them and, don’t trust anyone, James, especially Jean. Be careful, please.”

“I love you and I’m going to get you out of there.”

“Oh, love is beautiful, but be quick.” Marcelo joked.

“Marcelo!” - I warned. James wasn’t playful when he was jealous. He growled and I had to remind him..

“Please, James, focus on what matters.”

James

She was the only one who mattered to me now. I was going to ignore this man. My focus was on rescuing my mate. I knew I couldn’t do it alone. I called Caspian, Dário and Edy.

The Tasmanian Devils were coming in force and, this time, we would only leave once the mission was complete. I used the time I was waiting for reinforcements to restock and watch the area, I was very close to the castle.

Unlike the others, their entrances and exits were made from above, they flew. However, I could see that some humans worked in the castle. We could blend in with them to get in. During the day, surveillance was done by humans. At night, it would be a waste of strength. There was no point, I had experienced this during training with the lycans. Now I could only wait.

“Are you okay?” — I asked her.

“Yes. A little sleepy, sorry.”

“Reinforcement is coming, it’s night now, we’ll go in tomorrow during the day.”

“Sorry for putting you through this again.”

“Hey! I would do it anyway, anyone who threatens you doesn’t deserve to live. Now sleep, I’ll be here on standby if you need me, baby.”

“James, some witches who are inside the castle are from the murdered Queen’s Coven. They need to know that we’re trapped here, Marcelo is the prince of the witches, legitimate heir to the throne. There’s a blonde vampire with blue eyes, her name is Valeska. She helped me before, she’s Dimitri’s sister — I felt a deep growl — and she hates her father. Maybe she can help, I don’t know…”

“Just don’t talk about him. I’m going to kill him, Vicky.”

“James, he’s dead. His own father killed him.”

“I won’t deny that I’m happy about this. Now sleep.”

“James, I can’t connect with Veny, is she okay?”

“I’ll ask Tunder to try to find out about her.”

“Thank you.”

…

Marcelo

I knew that she, despite also having a connection with me, didn't see me as a companion. She was one of my soulmates, I had many, I didn't need her physical love, but I would like to have her as a sister, an ally. She loved the wolf and he loved her. And if she was happy, I was. But if he made her suffer, I would know and I would take her away to my kingdom, whether she wanted it or not.

My way of loving was free and it was for everyone. But, my hatred was also very concentrated and you wouldn't want to have me as an enemy. At the moment, my focus was on my mother's true killer: Jean. He was going to suffer a lot. And I was very close to achieving that.

We only failed for one night, we were euphoric with the proximity of victory and we let our guard down. Probably, the vampire Diana talked to on the cell phone gave away our location. She would be next on my list of slow deaths.

We were supposed to be trapped inside a magic circle that didn't allow our powers to be used, but it would soon weaken.

Jean

I was in the room where I was staying in the castle, waiting for that idiot to show up. I wanted to know where Wladimir and I were at so I could continue with the plan. I felt the vampire's fetid presence.

"You took a while."

"I was feeding myself. I wanted to make sure I wouldn't attack you if I was hungry."

"I'm not afraid of you, Wladimir, and you know that our blood is poison to you."

"Oh, but it's worth the fun."

"We're not playing around here."

"No? Oh, what a shame, what would your pathetic game of tricking me by offering me the sun be, then, huh?"

"It's possible, I've seen it happen in another life."

"Oh, yes, in the Middle Ages, when an erupting volcano in Finland threw so much ash into the atmosphere that the sky became cloudy. Dimitri told me about it, I checked, and it did happen." - And that's why you killed him?

" Family matters, none of your business. Take care of your daughter, by the way, where is she?"

"If you do something to her…"

" Oh, I don't know anything about her, it seems that Dimitri hid her well."

"They were supposed to arrive here yesterday, Marcelo and Diana, where are they?"

"I have no idea…"

"Don't make me angry! "- I threw him against the wall with just the lift of a finger. I think he got the message.

" If I wanted to fight…"

"Do you see what you did? Everything was perfect, the lycans would take the blame for the queen's death…"

"I made a deal with you to support you for a place on the Council. We prefer to deal with men, women are temperamental. I never told you that I would cover up the death of a queen. You are not of royal blood. You are too ambitious for a mortal."

"And now you have made them believe that your son may have done it."

" What matters to me is that he no longer exists, he has already been punished."

" You!"

"You have until tomorrow night to get out of here alive. Convince your people and leave. Don't provoke me."

"We will have to have an audience with the royal covens or you will become the target of the wrath of the witches linked to the queen."

"You have until tomorrow night to get out of here alive. Convince your people and leave. Don't provoke me."

"I have prepared something better for tomorrow. We will have an audience with the Supernatural Council and your witches will be able to watch."

" What do you want from me, Wladimir?"

" Nothing now. But wait tomorrow and you will see the price of trying to deceive me. And don't you dare run away. All the doors are sealed from the inside now, no one leaves, only the council enters."

He disappeared into thin air and I had a few hours to try to turn the tables.