ミ★✫彡
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑
- 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄-
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𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐆𝐎..

I helped Rylie (Rhea's mother) with the pot of roast. I carried it towards the dining table- placing it down.

"Mak can you get the greens please."

I nodded my head and grabbed the pot of greens. "Thanks for helping us out for the past couple of weeks." She smiles

"Anytime Ms.Rylie."

My brothers sat in the living room watching TV. Ms. Rylie welcomed us inside her home ever since Rhea's memorial.

"Mak, can we play football outside?" Rafe asked from the couch

"I don't see Why not?"

Ms. Rylie chuckled before speaking "Make sure you guys come back before dinner, be careful."

"Of course, thanks Mom" Rafe exclaimed as he ran out the door

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Rafe threw the football high in the air traveling towards me, I caught it without flinching. "Nice throw bud," I told the younger male.

"I wasn't even trying." He smirked as he caught the ball back.

"So, how have the couple of weeks been for you?" I asked

Rafe facial expression drops, "Uh, fine I guess." He threw the football back.

I catch the ball without flinching again, "You can tell me."

"It just doesn't make sense, how does she die from a heart attack!? That doesn't run in our family." Rafe spat as he caught the ball.

"Heart attacks can happen to anyone Rafe."

"Not in our family."

"Okay," I mumbled

"What about you?" He throws the football in the air.

I watched the football pausing our game. "Not so good I miss her so much."

"What were you to my sister?" he eyes me

"Who's asking?"

"Me."

I chuckled before continuing. "Friend, partner, lover, enemies."

"So-The whole book huh?" Rafe throws the football back.

"Sure." I laughed

"What about your brothers? What were they to my sister?" he questions.

"Same thing that I was to her," I replied nonchalantly

"And you were okay with that?"

"I didn't mind."

"Interesting."

I look at the sky before turning back to Rafe. "Let's go in."

"A little more longer?" he begs

"Rafe-

"Please."

"How could I say no?" I sighed rolling my eyes annoyingly.

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We sat at the dinner table with our full plates in front of us, Rafe and Ms. Rylie began digging in their plates happily and my brothers weren't eating.

"Is something wrong with the food?" Ms. Rylie sips her lemonade

"No not at all," Milo said smiling.

I watched as he cut up the roast with his butter knife and fork. "Yum." He said taking a bite.

He hurried and grabbed the napkin to wipe his mouth but obviously, he spit it out. Human food doesn't taste good when you're dead and a '100-year-old vampire.

"What do you guys like to do for fun?"

"Wrestle!"
Malachi gave Rafe a noggin but all he got in return was a side eye from the younger male. "Sorry," Malachi whispered

"Honestly anything, I love hanging out," I replied

"Nice." She put a spoonful of greens in her mouth.

"You guys have been so much help, how can I repay y'all?"

"No no, me and my brothers are fine," I reassured her with a soft smile

She turned to look at my brothers who nodded their heads- agreeing with what I just said. "Alright If you say so."

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𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐄'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕.

I turned my TV on, putting on good boys. Mak and his brothers recently left to go to their homes. And now it was just me and my mother in this big home. The home we moved into with Rhea.

My mother was asleep in her master bedroom. She said the food made her sleepy.

I laughed at the commentary on the TV until I heard...

"Rafe?" A voice called from a distance.

I scrunched up my face from the familiar voice. "Rhea?" I said standing up from my bed- and walking towards the hallway.

"Rhea?" I called again

Silence...

Silence.

"Rafe! Help!" The voice sounds louder.

I ran down the hallway following my sister's voice. I stopped in front of the door as the voice was muffled from the other side.

"Hello?" I called leaning my ears on the door

"In here." A voice said

"I can't the door is locked-

Right when I said that, the door opened. Revealing a bed and a large bookcase. "Rhea!?" I called out in the empty room.

Silence...

I sighed in disappointment making my way towards the door to leave "The bookcase." The voice spoke again

I turned around heading straight to the bookcase. "What about it? Who are you? Is this my sister?" I called out

"No-
The voice said

"Who are you?! And what do you want." I said slightly irritated

"Are you afraid?"

"No?"

"Oh."

"This is a waste of time," I said trying to leave.

"Wait!" The voice said

"I know how to bring your sister back."

"She's cremated, she's dead, is this some type of joke?!"

"What if I told you that I knew a couple of people?"

"Like who?"

"People that can do crazy things."

"Like Serial killers!?"

"No."

"Okay-Why can't I see you?!!"

"Because I'm underground, behind the library case." The mysterious woman's voice said

"What the hell do you want me to do?!"

"Pull a book that says venator."

"Venator what!?"

"Venator means hunter in English, everything on this bookcase is Latin, now listen to me boy, and pull the book."

I gazed around the shelf looking for a book that had a sharp carving on it with 'Venator'

My eyes focused on a big book with that word. "Got it."

"Okay before you pull it, go find me a dead rabbit or something." The voice said

"A dead rabbit!? For what!"

"Because I'm hungry?" She said

"Ew."

"Do you want me to eat you instead?"

"No."

"Then go! And you better come back or I won't help you bring back your sister." The voice sounded harsh.

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I held the dead bunny in my left hand disgusted. "I can smell it." the voice said

"Such a Weirdo," I mumbled shaking my head

I pulled the book, "Uh nothing is happening-

The library case slid open on its own revealing an open passageway, like a dungeon with torch lights hanging on the walls.

"Oh hell to the fucking no, what is down there."

"If I told you, you wouldn't want to come down here so stop being a punk and bring down the rabbit." The mysterious voice said

I took a deep breath holding on to the rabbit, "It's just you and me now rabbit." I whispered

"Are you fucking talking to the dead bunny?"

"No!"

I closed my eyes as I made my way down the steps. "There should be lanterns on the ground, look around." She said

I grabbed a lantern that was on the last step and the first thing I did was close my nostrils. "It smells like a rotten corpse in here!"

"Well.."
the voice replied

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