"YOU DID WHAT!?" Dracula couldn't believe it.
"Count, it wasn't my fault! That girl is outrageous! I never imagined humans can be this evil! And let me remark, that it was all the painting of your sister's fault! She called her!" Gilbert crossed his hands.
"So the painting ha?" Dracula was being sarcastic.
"Yes, my Count! Your sister was calling her!"
"Really.."
"Yes."
"That means she wasn't in her room otherwise my sister wouldn't have been able to sense her presence in the castle and wouldn't have called her! I had her room completely cleansed with the special herbs, there could be no way that my sister would have known she was here if YN was in her room! Now Gilbert.... tell me how did that happen when I ordered you to watch her!"
"This human girl is very smart and evil my dear Count, she has managed to deceive me!" Dracula rolled his eyes.
"Evil? This helpless, weak, tender girl evil?"
"Yes, count, EVIL!" Dracula raised his eyebrow wondering how Gilbert could say this, when the only evil creatures around were him and Gilbert. But he couldn't blame him for saying that, after all, Gilbert has spent so many centuries isolated from the human race.
"Whatever."
"Just whatever, count? What if she touched the painting.. she would have known about you and-"
"She will find out eventually!" Dracula raised his voice.
"Are you serious? Do you mean it's ok if she knew?"
"Yes."
"Well, you're right... after all, she'll leave this place dead so it doesn't matter if she knows about us." Dracula didn't reply. "Count? Am I right?" no answer again. "Don't tell me we're not killing her!"
"We're not..." Gilbert didn't believe him.
"Count, look me in the eyes!" he did "Oh no... we're not killing her, are we?"
"No, Gilbert. We're not killing anyone this time.."
"But Count.. why?" Gilbert was disappointed.
"Oh Gilbert.. aren't you tired of killing humans!"
"No."
"Well, I am. I'm also tired of living here... with you! All you're interested in is murdering. I've spent 2000 years behind those walls alone it's time I've changed my life! And besides, YN is a very pleasant human. I have the feeling fate sent her to me.."
"Oh heavens..."
"You should give her a chance!"
"But Count, every morning when she sees me, she has the weirdest look on her face.. she, she doesn't like me and-"
"Of course she will look at you in that way, Gilbert! You're sniffing around her room every morning, what do you expect!"
"But-"
"That is weird to humans and on top of it, you growl at her! I've told you many times, humans don't growl so you shouldn't do it!" he growled "See what I mean! You have to control your werewolf instincts!"
"When you say werewolf..."
"What?"
"She might have seen me.."
"WHAT?"
"When the wolves attacked me, they ripped off a piece of my clothes, my claws were visible too. But I gave her from the powder so I suppose everything will be a blur to her." the Count sighed.
"I think I'll have to tell her the truth very soon. We won't be able to hide it for a long time..."

You opened your eyes and God, you had the feeling your head was going to explode any time soon! You had such a terrible headache. What did you do last night? You didn't remember anything.. weird. You looked at the clock to see it was pretty late - 3pm. You've slept so long...

Anyway, you tried getting up from bed but were dizzy. Last night was a blur, you don't remember anything.. but why?

You slowly went to the bathroom to take a shower and remembered that today was the day when Mr. Dracula was supposed to return to the castle. You were gonna meet him tonight and didn't want him to see you in this condition - tired, dizzy, confused and with messy hair, therefore, you decided to remain in your room until dinner to rest little longer and then make yourself beautiful.

Time flew by without you noticing. You got a nice rest, felt and looked better. You decided to apply little make up this time and do your hair. You felt little embarrassed because you were trying to impress Mr. Dracula... But who could blame you? The man was hot like hell! Well, he was little older than you but that was just a number.

However, you went downstairs and entered the enormously big dining room to find him with his back against you, looking through the window.

"Good evening." he turned around.
"Good evening." you saw his eyes travel up and down your body, examining every detail. "Please, do come in!" you did as told. "Miss YN, may I say, you look marvelous tonight!" you blushed.
"Thank you Mr. Dracula..."
"I was thinking... you can call me Michael. After all, we're spending the whole summer together, there is no need of formalities, now, is there?" he smiled.
"No, Mr. Dra- .. I-I mean Michael. You can call me YN too."
"Well, YN, I was told you've skipped breakfast today. You must be hungry, so please!" he raised his hand and brought it to the already set table to invite you. You walked over to your usual seat next to the fire place and he pulled the chair for you to sit down.
"Thank you." he smiled in reply. He was even more handsome when he smiled. Michael poured whine into your glasses and sat down on his usual place, which was on the edge of the table because from there you could see each other very well while dining.

You begun eating while Michael only stood there drinking whine from a different bottle, as usual.

"Not hungry, Mr. ahh I mean Michael?"
"No. I ate already." now that you think about it, you've never seen him eat before, only to drink and only whine and only from this particular bottle. After you've finished dining he suggested to take you out in the gardens for a stroll.

He was very talkative and enjoyed your company a lot. Sometimes he would speak so strangely as if he was coming from another century but you didn't really mind it. You enjoyed talking to him too. He was very intelligent man and a gentleman, courteous, kind, mild-tempered, definitely knew how to treat a lady.

After the walk, he escorted you to your room. It was around 2am. Time flies by so fast when you're with him.

You took a shower, put your night wear, turned off the lights and went to bed. Just as you were about to relax you heard wolves howling. This caused you to jump in bed. You got off the bed, walked over to the window and looked through.

You froze in fear when you saw a big pack of wolves in front of the castle, howling at the moon, that was brightly shining. All of a sudden, a paralyzing pain hit you in the head. You couldn't move for a few seconds.

You saw a pack of wolves around you in a circle. They looked hungry and ready to attack any minute. You were gonna die tonight for sure but then, then someone from behind you came or rather jumped in front of you for protection. It was a man, dressed in black but it wasn't a man because he was growling just like the wolves! And then, they begun fighting and.... that was Gilbert! The painting in the corridor.. the voice that was calling you... now you remembered everything! From the card and flower that Mr. Dracula left for you in the morning, to the horrible wolf-accident with Gilbert! Afterwards, you remembered that he took you in his arms and you saw fur sticking out from the torn clothes and he didn't have hands but claws! Claws with big sharp nails! And the way he carried you into the room... he was jumping up and running so fast.. he took few floors at a time!!

Was that all real? Or was it all just a dream?

You tried to think about it again but it was real! What was Gilbert then? A wolf? No.. He was way too big for a wolf.. oh no! He must be a werewolf! He's tall, big, very warm, has sharp claws, fur, growls like a wolf, acts like a dog, sniffs around a lot and and..... during night he's always covered from head to toe, you can't even see his eyes! And now that you think about it... his body seems somehow bigger during night! That's probably because he transforms and werewolves are bigger than humans.

It sounded crazy but it was very logical. Gilbert was not a human! And what about Mr. Dracula? He didn't act like Gilbert so he must be normal? But why haven't you seen him eat or drink anything else than his wine... his wine, what was inside that bottle? You had to know! You just couldn't sleep now. You decided to go to the kitchen, find the bottle and see what was inside! But what if you ran into Gilbert! You looked through the window again and saw him disappear inside the forests. Was he going hunting? Oh God... You had to pull yourself together, this was no time for panic, instead, you should use the situation to go to the kitchen while Gilbert was gone. As for Mr. Dracula he was probably sleeping in his room up on the last floor. No one would hear you, now was your chance to see what was really going on in this strange castle.

You very silently opened the door. You didn't want to make noises because if Mr. Dracula was a werewolf too, he had super hearing abilities like Gilbert, and was going to ruin your plan or worse - eat you. Share your flesh with Gilbert. But.. if they wanted to eat you, they would have probably done it by now, right?

You went in the kitchen, trying to be as silent as possible and begun looking. You searched everywhere only to find the bottles from which you drunk wine. Why would he hide his wine? Because it wasn't a real wine and where would he hide it? If it wasn't a real wine he would keep it somewhere where you won't be able to find it. You had his permission to go everywhere inside the castle but his room... His room! That's where it was! But you couldn't go there... and why would he forbid you anyways?

You had to go to his room and see what he was hiding. You couldn't do it now because he was probably there sleeping. He's always gone during the day so maybe tomorrow but Gilbert was in the castle every morning, you had to be careful, he mustn't know!

Wait a minute... if Mr. Dracula was a werewolf, he must be out hunting right now, right? Which means, his room must be empty. You didn't know for sure but decided to give it a try.

You got in the elevator and hit the last floor. After a few minutes, you were there.

The doors of the elevator opened and you stepped out of it to find yourself in a very dark, long corridor. It was very cold, colder than downstairs.. How was this possible? Something very weird and suspicious was going on here and you had to find out what! The only light was the one from the silver moon, penetrating through the small windows. You put your arms on your shoulders and begun rubbing them to warm up a little but it didn't help. You looked around. There were no doors. Only the corridor that was in one direction so there was nothing else you could do but walk and see where it leads.

While walking, you begun thinking, is his room really here?

There were no paintings on the walls only the heads of wild animals. You tried to not look at them because they were scary with sharp teeth and gleaming eyes. They also seemed to be so ... real. As if they were real animals but not moving. You decided to pick up speed in order to get away as fast as possible from these "statues".

You noticed the walls were scratched too. As if something stuck its nails in the wall and scratched with all strength!

The air was cold, the aura scary.

You stopped. There was a big, heavy, black door in front of you. So this is where the corridor leads to... to his room. You tip toed to the door, placed your ear on the door and listened.

No noises. Seemed like the room was empty, no Mr. Dracula inside. You grabbed the door to see it was ice cold. You pushed the door open but since it was so heavy, you had to try again with all your strength. You managed to open it and went inside.

You found yourself in a huuuuuuge hall without even a single window. There were candles burning on the floor for light. In the middle of the hall was spiral staircase leading up.

Is this his room?

You looked around. There was no furniture, only the stairs and candles.

As you went further in the room, you noticed there was a bed with long, thick curtains hanging from above the ceiling. Who puts thick curtains around a bed in a room without windows?

There was nothing else in the room so you decided to go upstairs and see what you'll find there. You found yourself in the most beautiful hall ever.

It had round form and instead of walls - big windows, from ceiling to floor. The silver light of the moon filled the room, making it look blue. It was so beautiful. Then all of a sudden, you noticed how far away the Earth is. It was the last floor of the castle so the height was great! Then you saw another staircase and quickly climbed it. It didn't lead to a room but to an open round, terrace of the castle. You were on the very top, highest point of the castle. It took your breath away. You could see the whole castle from here, the gardens, the forests that seemed endless... Wow... And the moon, It seemed very close and big to you. What a wonderful view! But scary too so you decided to carefully head back before you fall down!

You turned around to head to the staircase but stopped as you thought your eye saw something red. You looked again. It was in the far distance so it wasn't very clear but soon you figured it out.

It was Mr. Dracula crawling on the stone wall like a lizard. His red, long cape didn't fall direction earth as it should but stood behind him as if there was wind coming from the earth.

You didn't know how to react, you just stood there. Was it real, was it not? 

He looked like he usually does... like a human so this meant he wasn't a werewolf like Gilbert but wasn't a human either! What was he? Wait.. a vampire? Could he be a vampire?

Fear paralyzed you as you saw him raise his hand and look at you. His eyes glistened like the ones of a cat. You quickly turned around and took the stairs down as fast as you could. You left his room, run to the elevator, got in, and got off on the first floor.

Without much hesitation, you left the castle, determined to run away from this place. Gilbert was a werewolf, Dracula a vampire and you the prey? Did Jane know about this? You didn't have time to think, you focused on running! Soon you left the gardens and got into the woods. As far as you could remember, Gilbert was driving in one direction, so you only had to run straight and maybe in a few hours reach the road. Once you've reached it, things will get very easy. You'll follow the road and sooner or later, someone will stop and take you. Anything was better than ending up as the food of a vampire and a werewolf! Dracula was gonna drink your blood and Gilbert eat your body up? What a team...

It was cold and dark, the moon light could hardly penetrate through the thick trees. You felt your body being scratched by brunches, you felt blood too but didn't stop. You kept running and running.. until you noticed the forest got even thicker. Would you be able to pass through? You didn't know but had to try.

"I wouldn't try this." you heard Dracula's voice, turned around and saw him standing up in a tree. You screamed and felt your body become weak. He followed you all the way here? You looked up again and he was gone. Where did he go? You just blinked... how fast was he?

"The forest gets very thick here, it will tear your little flesh to pieces." you turned around and he was behind you on the ground, like a statue, looking at you. "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." he must have noticed your trembling body and terrified face. "Your heart beats very fast, you should calm down." your heart? How did he know, there was a distance betw- oh no... he heard it! "Now you know the truth. You know what I am, you know what Gilbert is."
"You-ou rr a v-vampire!" he nodded his head "And he he's a w-werewolf!"
"Yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you but I believe you understand why I couldn't..."
"I wanna leave!!"
"Alright, if you want to leave this place I won't stop you YN, but you should know that running in the forest won't get you anywhere. It will only bring trouble. You must be happy I followed you all the way otherwise the wolves would have devoured you by now."
"Will you kill me? Or worse... give me to Gilbert?"
"Noo! Of course not! I told you I won't hurt you although I must confess you smell amazing!"
"I smell?"
"Your blood, your flesh... they are very tempting to me."
"Oh I feel a lot better knowing that!"
"Hahahaha! Even in this kind of situations you're funny! Come" he reached out his hand for you to grab it "Don't be afraid! If I wanted to kill, trust me, I would have done it by now. You can't stay here any longer, the cold will freeze your body!" he was right. There was nothing you could do so you took his hand.

He pulled you closer, removed his long red cape and placed it around your body.

"It will keep you warm." he smiled. "Now I want you to hold onto me tightly!"
"Why?" you asked.
"Because.." he picked you up bridal style and you wrapped your hands around his neck. You noticed he wasn't warm like Gilbert. "We're going back in the castle." then he jumped off the ground and in less than a few seconds, you were so high you could see the trees that looked like ants now.
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