Thirty-seven

"That's not the problem either!" - he said understanding.

doctor Scott- No, it's not. She even had these symptoms even after she killed the nurse and the two boys in the palace. It's worth remembering that she also fed on you... -she pointed out, pointing to Piter.

"Does that mean she's dying?"

His uncle looks at him, enraged.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'm going to punch you this time!"

"I just want to understand what the hell is going on!"

doctor Scott- We ran every possible test and analyzed every possibility. We zeroed all the samples we had of her blood and even yours -

- Wait! - blocks it. -They used my blood?

"Why would they need his blood if the problem is with her?"

doctor Scott- Your bond is stronger than anyone can imagine! -revealed. -This hospital has served vampires for many, many years, no files, not even the oldest mention that offspring can feed on their creators.

“What the fuck are you saying?

Jealousy begins to take over the security guard, while for the first time in the universe, Benjamin is at a loss for words, not knowing how to react.

doctor Scott- That's right you heard! - reinforced. -When her cells come into contact with Benjamin's blood, they begin to move unbalancedly, consuming everything they have received. But when we insert the blood of a stranger, her organism is not interested, absorbing a very small amount, which leads her to have symptoms of dehydration in a few days.

"You mean now she's going to have to feed on him?" - Asked pissed off.

doctor Scott- It's the only way for her to stay alive!

"But what if I die?" -he finally manifests.

"You're fucking immortal!"

doctor Scott- If you die, she dies too!

— Alright, so let's store his blood and then it's all over!

doctor Scott- Sir, you don't understand! - she corrected. -They are linked, linked by life. She was already dead when he brutally turned her. It was his blood that made her heart come back just so she could finish the transformation. There was no longer a Queen, there was no possibility of this working out, until his blood took over her heart.

"Then she woke up and...

doctor Scott- She woke up with her blood on her chest and after injecting her poison to complete the transformation-

- Her heart stopped again, only this time with my blood inside!

doctor Scott- Exactly! - he said. -And since there was no more evidence of her, there was also no chance of bringing her back, that way, if you hadn't done what you did, she wouldn't be here today!

"God..." he whispered, returning to sit on the couch.

- And the girls? -he questioned. -Iris, Kaila and Julie, do they also die if he dies?

doctor Scott - No. They remain as they are. Since they haven't gone through the same transformation as the Queen, they don't take that risk.

"What if it's the other way around?"

doctor Scott- Contrary?

"She dies and then he dies too!"

"Are you stupid, or what?"

The doctor starts to laugh.

doctor Scott- It's not her blood that's inside him, Piter!

- Idiot!

"But anyway, why are we worried?" she asked. -At least she's bonded to a vampire who never dies, not even with that plant.

The doctor and Benjamin begin to look at each other in a strange way, raising suspicions.

"What is it, what are you hiding from me?" - she noted.

doctor Scott- I tell, or do you tell?

"That's my thing, he doesn't have to get involved!"

"Tell me!"

doctor Scott- He's the only family you have!

Those words touched him making him think better.

“Benjamin!” she insisted. -I know we hate each other, but if you're planning something I need to know, dammit. You're my uncle, the only family I have in the damn world.

The vampire takes his blue eyes into the boy's sights and shaken turns to the doctor giving permission.

doctor Scott- Falkor is alive! -told in riddles.

“Falkor? she repeated trying to remember the name. -Falkor the dragon?

- Yes!

- CUM! she yelled, making me squirm on the bed.

"Speak down, dammit!"

“You've spent centuries slaying dragons, spent half your life extinguishing that race. Now you tell me you left the most powerful dragon in the world alive?

"You know very well the power of that creature!" - She recalled getting up from the couch. -I may have killed everyone that existed, but none of the others was like Falkor!

- Exactly! - agreed. -You killed his children, dragons that didn't even have powers and that couldn't hurt you either. Now when it comes time to get the main one -

doctor Scott- It's not his fault, Piter! -interfered. -He had no way of knowing that during his mission he was going to find the only creature in the world that could kill him!

The fact is that there were more than seven hundred dragons spread across the world, but of those seven hundred, only one had the weapon that could kill the world's first vampire.

"And where is he, Benjamin?"

"I don't know, I have no idea!"

"Hector can't help you?"

Hector Datto, a nearly three thousand year old immortal wizard with surreal power. The only magical being in the world who knows everything about dragons, the only one who has ever studied them and had the chance to come face to face with the most brutal, and powerful, Falkor!

"Hector doesn't like to be bothered!"

doctor Scott- But in that case he-

- No! -the block. -First we need to deal with this...with this mess...Mila!

There are so many things to sort out that putting a witch in the middle of it is just going to make everything explode at once.

— To help Mila, we need to help you!

"I need that book..."

The book the Queen was so fond of that belonged to me.

"The Tale of Dragons..." said the title. -This is one of my master's favorite books! he revealed.

— I understand why he likes it so much, I barely started reading it and I'm already falling in love too!

"Do you believe in dragons?"

The Tale of the Dragons, was Hector's first work, there he put part of their history and also of the experiences he made over the centuries.

“That old book? she snapped. -You've read that crap a thousand times!

"I may have missed some important information!"

"Does it say where that bastard lives?"

— If I had his location I would have killed him already, don't you think Piter?

"What the fuck are you looking for then?"

"Anything, any detail, anything that leads me to him, a sign!"

- Signal?

The three of us jumped, turning to the Queen, who had gotten up without us noticing.

doctor Scott - Majesty! - ran towards her.

— Mila!

“Are you crazy? - she questioned touching her.

doctor Scott- Shouldn't be standing!

- I am fine! -She shows that she is bothered by the crowd above her.

"Go back to bed, please!"

doctor Scott - Come on! - He takes her arm.

— Mila!

“P-stop! she whispered.

She's not fine, not completely. She may have gotten up too quickly, or be confused by the unfamiliar surroundings. It's also possible that her organism is crazy, for finally feeding on the only thing that would be able to quench her hunger for real.

doctor Scott - Majest -

"Get away from her!" -order.

They both look at me confused, making way for me to reach her.

— Mila...

She doesn't look me in the eyes, she was using her two arms to hug her own body, while staring at the hospital gown she was wearing.

- It's okay... -he explained taking my hands to her icy arms. - You're safe...

Touching her cool skin, I notice how her temperature had suddenly changed, when hours ago in the bathroom, this woman was on fire.

- Cold... - I murmur.

doctor Scott- What did you say?

We were three men trying to get close to what should have been a sensitive woman, but who was actually a cunning vampire, who had just fed the demon that dwelt inside her.

"She's so cold!" -Notice. -This is normal?

Nothing with Mila was normal. Everything is always new when it comes to her.

doctor Scott- I'll check! He takes three steps towards her.

But then, that sweet, gentle woman immediately shakes her head, raising her eyes from death to the doctor.

—Oops!

— STAY THERE!

My nephew realizes the danger by grabbing the doctor's wrist, in the same second that I stretch my arm between the Queen and him, creating a barrier so that she does not catch him.

doctor Scott- What's going on? -he is quick with the question.

— Mila! - I look at her.

She remains still, her gaze riveted on Scott.

"How much of my blood did you give her?"

doctor Scott - Everything!

- ALL? she repeated with wide eyes.

"Are you crazy, Doctor?"

doctor Scott- I said I had zeroed the stock but I didn't know it would cause this!

"You've worked with vampires for years and you don't know how they get stronger with blood?"

"Get out!"

doctor Scott- But what about her temperature?

"You won't take any temperatures if she manages to kill you first!"

- Let's go! He pulled it open the door.

doctor Scott - Alright!

They leave and I slowly pull away to try to create a safe connection with her.

— Mila... - I call her. -Can you tell me what's going on?

Silence.

"I didn't mean to say this out loud, but you're starting to worry me!"

She moves, moves her neck, laying it slightly to one side, then to the other and then stretches her spine in a strange way, as if she was waking up from a very, very deep sleep.

"If this were a horror movie, I'd call it an exorcist!"

She remains silent.

"Are you feeling anything?" - I ask again. -I want to help you, but I need to-

- Yes! - she replied turning her eyes to me.

"Cum!"

- How did I get here?

"You fainted, don't you remember?"

—Y-yes... -he stuttered walking through his memories. -Thomas...

"Wh... what about him?"

“He was with me when I blacked out. Why isn't he here?

"What I speak?"

"Thomas doesn't know I brought you to the hospital!" - I answer.

"How not?" she snapped. -You were there, we were all together, even Piter.

I may even be good at lying, but for that I always prepared myself beforehand so that I could be convincing. Now, without an ounce of training, anyone can spot my hoaxes.

"Mila, I...I needed to-"

- No! -her feet move towards me and those fucking eyes remain fixed on me. -I think you better not say what I'm thinking!

"I-I didn't kill him!" -I lie. -But I knocked him unconscious!

“Oo what?” -she said in surprise.

— You stopped arguing, an agonizing silence took over the place and I couldn't hear you!

"I asked you not to speak out, Benjamin!"

— There was no way!

- Like this? she debated in a loud voice. -Thomas and I always fought, at some point things would settle down. You had no right to interfere and even hit him!

"You don't know what you're talking about!" I turn my back on her, walking towards the door.

I need to get out of here, if only for a few minutes.

"You're not going anywhere!" -she said pulling my shirt. -What is your problem? -she stands in front of me. -Whenever I put you on the wall you run away!

— It's better than being close to you and end up doing something stupid!

“I'm not afraid, Benjamin. I'm married to your friend, remember?

“So that's it, you're used to it, you're telling me it's okay to get spanked?

“No, it's not okay. But what do you want me to do?

"Don't you know how to fight back?" - I warn.

"Taking revenge would only make him angrier." Whenever I disobey, or step out of line, he gets mad.

— And you say it like that, with that naturalness?

"I don't understand what you want from me!"

— Kill him! - I say that grabbing both his shoulders with my hands. -That I make him suffer for all the times he touched you when he didn't want to, that I torture him for hurting his skin when anger spoke louder.

"I can't do this, Benjamin...

"He killed you, dammit!"

"But he also saved me when I needed it most...

- Are you serious? - I squeeze it. -It's not because he helped you since he can do whatever he wants to you!

- I know! she said. -But it's not that simple to kill a person!

- For me it is! - I say letting go.

"What the hell!"

She doesn't move from where I leave her, she just sits there not saying anything, just thinking and thinking.

"I want you to take me back to the Palace!"

- Like this?

"Never!"

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