Chapter 62

"Don't fight back," Ellie said softly as she took my hand in hers. All of my rage was instantly suppressed. "I'm sorry; I had to put my skills to the test on you; it'd been a long time since I fought," Nicholas explained. "Did you also beat me to death?" I screamed. "I didn't mean to kill you, and I'm going to pay for it. I can't let you perish, "He responded.

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Mr. Fred's living room was where we were. Because Mr. Fred was upstairs, we were all spread out on different couches. "Will you need a ring to walk around in public?" I inquired. "I don't require a daylight ring." "I can walk around without a ring," he replied. 

"When did you intend to begin your vengeance?" I inquired. "I can't begin until I have a dagger in my possession," he replied. 

I'm wondering if he's referring to the Orcus dagger. "What can you do with the dagger you just mentioned?" I inquired. He cracked a grin. I reasoned that he didn't want to tell me. 

"Do you know where the dagger of Orcus is?" I inquired. He was surprised that I was familiar with the dagger. Telling him the name of the dagger was a signal to him that I recognized the dagger he was referring to. 

"The dark possesses a dark power that can end the immortality of first blood vampires and first blood hybrids," he revealed. 

I'm a first-blood hybrid, which means the dagger has the power to kill me. That's probably why Miss Lisa told me to look for it. 

"We have to have the dagger before we can attack him," he explained. "How about Alaric?" "What if he's no longer alive?" Lydia inquired. "Raphael told me he wasn't in his coffin any longer, which means he's alive and well." "He also informed me that Robert appears to be unaware of his whereabouts," he said. 

Going out into the city does not seem safe to me. Robert vampires can be found all over the city. If he finds out you're still alive, he'll want to hunt you down. Let the appropriate time come for you to inform them that you are still alive," I said.

As he walked down the stairs, Mr. Fred interrupted our conversation. We were all staring at him. He came to a halt when he noticed how we were looking at him. Nicholas charged at him with the speed of a vampire. 

He was directly in front of him. I was curious as to what he intended to do. "What exactly do you want?" Mr. Fred inquired. "To make you my soldier," Nicholas replied, biting his neck before I could stand up and stop him. 

I morphed into a hybrid and dashed over to Nicholas, releasing Mr. Fred from his grip and placing him on the wall. "Wait a minute, what the fuck did you just do?" yelling, I inquired, "He's going to call the cops after you leave. I don't want to murder him. Instead, I turned him into one of my soldiers "Giggling, he said.