Nightingale's point of view167Please respect copyright.PENANA4bDTEhU3go
I burst through the library doors and run to mom.167Please respect copyright.PENANAOsgDoOQcxA
"MOM!" I hug her.167Please respect copyright.PENANAqrZXyCKldc
"Nightingale! Oh, my baby!" She pulls me close. "Where's your father?"167Please respect copyright.PENANAmKOu58b7lL
"Right here."167Please respect copyright.PENANABWfFR4zzTE
Mom looks up. "Dracula. I have something to tell you. You also, Nightingale." She lets go and walks over to dad. I turn around and watch as she puts her hand on his cheek. "Oh, Vlad."167Please respect copyright.PENANAuIXGqQRYep
"Elisabeta? Oh my God. How are you even—"167Please respect copyright.PENANATgTYANTbE9
"Alive?" She smiles. "You saved my soul. Really, you did. Me being who I am is actually the real reason why you got a child. Not because you had been drinking my blood."167Please respect copyright.PENANALEZB7nTsYW
"I lied when I said that I couldn't drink your blood because you reminded me too much of yourself. It's the effect your blood had on me. I felt like I was being healed or something."167Please respect copyright.PENANA3mPFWzno1q
"It's because of who I am. It's also because when you saved my soul, I got powers of healing. So if someone came in contact with my blood, all of their sins would go away and they'd feel like they're healing. But I tried to keep it contained for you. Lucifer told me you'd be different, but I didn't think you'd be this different."167Please respect copyright.PENANAB3o3YEpMsg
"What all did Lucifer tell you?"167Please respect copyright.PENANAkxMT9vcziN
"Many things. He also gave me three locks with a key."167Please respect copyright.PENANAfxhlcSZdPe
"Why? What are they for?"167Please respect copyright.PENANAwPsGrXN4AO
"One contains your soul, one your shadow, and the other contains your reflection. If I unlock them, you'll get back all three."167Please respect copyright.PENANADQ5kareO9d
He pulls her close. "I don't need any of them. All I need is you. You are my everything. You are more than any of the three of those things could ever be. You are my missing piece. Not anything else."167Please respect copyright.PENANANvzfTvOzcq
She steps onto his feet and stands on her tippy toes. She kisses him. "I love you, Vlad."
"I love you more."167Please respect copyright.PENANAGWWE0TYH0d
"I love you most." She wraps her arms around his neck and he wraps his arms around her waist.167Please respect copyright.PENANAY1U4QI6qZL
"My beloved Elisabeta."167Please respect copyright.PENANAfyEbcmJzDp
She smiles.167Please respect copyright.PENANArjSRi77i6u
"What about me?"167Please respect copyright.PENANAlIHkunSNXH
I turn around and see a woman. "Who are you?"167Please respect copyright.PENANAUR8AnMahGP
She walks closer and puts her hands on my shoulders. "I'm your older sister."167Please respect copyright.PENANAvuPxSEQVFd
I turn around and hug her. She hugs me back. Mom and dad come over and next thing you know, we're all hugging each other. One happy family. Best family ever!167Please respect copyright.PENANA5vOF4QA2Qd