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00:05I am the only vegetarian in a family of vampires.
00:09While my brother debates the most elegant way to open an artery, I'm pulling weeds in the garden.
00:15While my sister sharpens her teeth for the next hunt, I'm watering the plants.
00:20While the whole family counts down to the next blood moon, I'm picking tomatoes.
00:25Everyone in my family has a favorite blood type. I have a favorite tomato.
00:32Blood makes me gag. Fresh vegetables don't.
00:36I converted our old cellar into a climate-controlled grow room,
00:40and even trained our centuries-old familiar bats to eat fruit and pollinate my plants at night.
00:45My parents took one look at the ancient vampire courtyard disappearing beneath rows of tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs, and gave
00:52up.
00:54Eventually, they took the whole family on a long trip just so they wouldn't have to watch me garden.
01:01I had the castle to myself.
01:05It was perfect.
01:09Until one afternoon, while I was picking beetles off my cucumbers,
01:13a black supercar screeched to a stop outside the gate.
01:17Moving trucks followed behind it.
01:20A young woman in a lace dress stepped out and pointed at my castle.
01:24This one! I'm turning it into my Barbie dream castle!
01:27I recognized her as Paisley, the youngest daughter of the Prescott family.
01:32Her four brothers climbed out behind her.
01:34Before I could speak, workers started carrying pink furniture through my front door.
01:43Ew!
01:44She smells like dirt and fertilizer.
01:46Keep her away from me. I'm sweet and soft, like a little strawberry.
01:55Someone had crushed my tomatoes beneath their shoes.
01:58I stared at them for a long moment.
02:00Then I pulled out my phone and called my parents overseas.
02:03Mom. Dad. The buffet just arrived. Strawberry flavor.
02:06I looked at my tomatoes for a long moment.
02:09They weren't ordinary tomatoes.
02:11They were rare, experimental heirloams I'd spent three seasons breeding.
02:16Each one the size of a cereal bowl.
02:19Now they were pulp beneath a mover's boots.
02:22Hey, dirt girl!
02:23Are you deaf?
02:28I'm talking to you.
02:30Clean up this disgusting dirt patch.
02:32Do I have to spell it out for you?
02:37That dirt patch was my garden.
02:39Eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, herbs, all at their peak.
02:43Ruined produce attracts pests,
02:45so I spread wood ash over the crushed tomatoes and began sweeping.
02:49Ew! It stinks!
02:52Clutching her doll, she stamped her feet and buried herself against her oldest brother.
02:58Marcus, I can't breathe!
03:00And look at all this mud!
03:01My poor little feet can't walk through that!
03:04Her oldest brother, Marcus, gently soothed her,
03:08then flicked a matte black card at my face.
03:11We're buying this estate.
03:13Name your price.
03:18The black card landed in the crushed tomatoes at my feet.
03:22That card can keep you comfortable for the rest of your life.
03:24Take it and leave.
03:28Behind him, Paisley's second oldest brother folded his arms.
03:35Paisley wants a castle for her birthday,
03:36and she refuses to wait for one to be built.
03:40Count yourself lucky she chose this place.
03:42Take the money and disappear.
03:45They were so certain,
03:47as if there were nothing on Earth money couldn't fix.
03:49I didn't even look at the card.
03:51I picked it up, shoved it back into Marcus's suit pocket,
03:54and brushed the wood ash off my hands.
03:56Not for sale.
03:58Forget the years I'd spent on my garden.
04:00This castle had belonged to House Vesper for centuries.
04:03Every room was filled with antiques.
04:05His black card wouldn't cover a single floor tile.
04:11Tristan, the third brother, rounded on the workers.
04:14Stop wasting time.
04:15Rip out this ugly garden
04:16and cover it with Paisley's favorite pink carpet.
04:17And you strawberry-scented weed killer.
04:19I love strawberries.
04:21The workers charged my vegetable beds.
04:24One tore down a tomato trellis.
04:27Another ripped out a row of peppers
04:29and threw them across the flagstones.
04:32My heart clenched.
04:34But the afternoon sun was brutal.
04:37Even beneath the eaves,
04:38my skin had begun to sting.
04:41I couldn't use my powers at all.
04:44I could only watch as months of work
04:47was crushed under their boots.
04:48These walls are so ugly.
04:51Cover them in pink crystals.
04:52And replace that door with a giant gold bow.
04:59Dust burst from stone
05:01older than the Prescott name.
05:04Then a dense flutter rose from inside the castle.
05:20Get those filthy things away from me!
05:23Her four brothers threw themselves in front of her on reflex.
05:27Fabric tore.
05:28A few thin red lines opened across their cheeks.
05:31It looked ferocious.
05:32It wasn't.
05:33Years ago, these bats would have swarmed anyone bleeding
05:36and drunk them dry.
05:37But I'd spent years sending them into the flower beds
05:40to feed on fruit and pollinate.
05:42They'd lost all interest in human blood.
05:44So the crew netted them easily.
05:46Three swings and done.
05:55Those disgusting rats got my dress dirty!
05:58This is couture!
06:00Useless!
06:01You can't catch a few rats?
06:02Get a lighter.
06:04Burn them.
06:09Touch a single one of those bats
06:11and my parents will make you regret it.
06:14My parents had raised those bats for decades.
06:17They were family.
06:18Aw, don't kill them.
06:19Princesses have pets.
06:21Cinderella had little mice friends.
06:23I want mice friends too.
06:25But they're so, so ugly.
06:29All black.
06:30That does notch my aesthetic.
06:33We have to make them cute.
06:35Give them all nice little baths.
06:40She waved a hand.
06:42A worker rushed over with a basin of bright pink bleach.
06:47I'm gonna dye them pretty in pink!
06:50No!
06:50I lunged.
06:52A bodyguard pinned me.
06:55I could only watch as they dropped my bats into the bleach,
06:59one by one.
07:00Their wings beat desperately against the liquid,
07:03each struggle weaker than the last.
07:08I wanted to strangle her with my bare hands.
07:11Just like that,
07:13the bats that had been with me for decades
07:14were murdered by toxic pink chemicals.
07:17Aw!
07:18And I didn't even get to be their friend.
07:21So fragile, these little mice.
07:23Then her eyes slid to me and lit up.
07:28A castle princess needs a maid too.
07:32You'll do.
07:33Kinda dirty, but usable.
07:42The guards forced a cheap pink apron over my head,
07:45then clamped a rhinestone-covered dog collar around my neck.
07:52Pasley stared at my flawless skin,
07:54and jealousy flashed across her face.
07:56Then she pulled out a marker.
07:59Now it's my turn to draw.
08:01Let's play red light, green light.
08:04If you move, you're a rotten egg.
08:07She scrawled two crooked circles for eyes,
08:09and a pig snout across my face.
08:13Ha ha ha!
08:14So ugly!
08:16Ha ha ha!
08:17Ha ha ha!
08:18Her four brothers didn't stop her.
08:20They watched, indulgent,
08:22like she'd done something adorable.
08:26I memorized every smiling face.
08:29My family would be home soon.
08:31Ha ha ha!
08:36Keep it.
08:36You made Paisley happy.
08:38Consider it earned.
08:40My hands were bound behind my back,
08:42and being dragged out underneath the blazing sun
08:44had pushed my body to the brink.
08:45I couldn't move,
08:46and I no longer had the strength to argue with them.
08:48Because I stopped fighting,
08:50Pasley got bored.
08:51She flicked the Marco away and yawned.
08:54Ooh!
08:56I'm so, so tired.
08:58I need my beauty sleep.
09:00She went down the line,
09:02puckering up for a nap-time kiss
09:04from each of her four brothers.
09:05Then she turned around
09:06and kicked me hard in the shin.
09:09Where's my room, maid?
09:11Lead the way.
09:18I counted down the hours
09:19until my family came home,
09:21took a breath,
09:22and led her toward the guest wing.
09:25What is this dump?
09:27I need a pink princess bed,
09:29not some ancient plank.
09:30What if it hurts my back?
09:33I'll find my own room.
09:35This castle definitely has one just for me.
09:38Don't wander off.
09:40Paisley stuck out her tongue,
09:42then skipped toward a staircase marked private.
09:45Too late.
09:45The castle has seven floors,
09:47and Pasley tore through them
09:48like she'd found a theme park.
09:50She kicked over a suit of armor.
09:52She ripped an oil painting off the wall.
09:55The torn canvas lay scattered across the floor.
09:57I hurried over.
09:59The ancestor inside glared
10:01as if this were my fault.
10:02Next,
10:03she barged into my father's private wine cellar.
10:05My dad, Vincent,
10:06had spent centuries collecting those wines
10:08from around the world.
10:09Every bottle was priceless.
10:10Her eyes gleamed at the wall of racks.
10:12She poured a little into her palm and licked it.
10:15Ugh, yuck.
10:16That's disgusting.
10:17She flung the bottle.
10:18A fortune shattered across the floor.
10:21Then she went down the racks like a tornado.
10:23This bottle's ugly.
10:25Toss it.
10:25This one's not pink.
10:26Toss it.
10:27This one's too heavy for me.
10:28Toss it too.
10:31I stared at the mess,
10:32not knowing what to do.
10:35Then a scream came from the next room.
10:44I got there and nearly laughed.
10:46I saw something all sparkly and thought it was Jules.
10:49But it was blood.
10:51It's so, so gross.
10:53And I cut my hand.
10:55This was not a normal room.
10:57It was my sister Lenora's collection.
10:59Lenora had one obsession.
11:01She kept a vial of blood
11:02from every human she had ever fed on.
11:05No one was allowed to touch her collection.
11:07Ever.
11:08Now they were all over the floor.
11:10And my sister is famously,
11:13deeply,
11:14vindictive.
11:15Marcus saw Paisley's tears and his eyes went red.
11:18Smash everything in this room, now!
11:24I ducked into a corner,
11:25pretended to cower,
11:27and settled in for the show.
11:28Paisley kept tearing through the castle
11:30until she threw open
11:31the grandest set of double doors
11:32at the end of the hall,
11:34my parents' bedroom.
11:40I officially claim this as my princess room!
11:43Then she spotted the jewelry box,
11:45gasped,
11:46and began holding its egg-sized gemstones
11:48against her dress.
11:49You'd better not touch those,
11:51or you're gonna die horribly.
11:53I wasn't lying.
11:54My mother treats her jewelry like her own blood.
11:57Centuries of Vesper heirlooms.
11:58But Paisley was used to everyone
12:00giving her whatever she wanted.
12:02My warning meant nothing to her.
12:06Who do you think you are
12:07telling princess what to do?
12:09You're just a filthy gardener!
12:13Don't be scared, Paisley.
12:15If you want it, it's yours.
12:17If you asked,
12:18I'd buy you the moon.
12:20Play with whatever you want.
12:21I'll handle the owner.
12:24These colors are so old lady.
12:26I want them painted pink.
12:27Bring me paint!
12:28Just to prove how spoiled you are,
12:31stolen jewels won't turn an ugly duckling
12:32into a real princess.
12:34She studied her thick,
12:35cakey foundation in the vanity mirror,
12:36then stared at my nearly white skin.
12:38She no longer bothered to hide her jealousy.
12:41Tie that dirt girl outside.
12:43Princess is treating her
12:44to a nice, long tanning session.
12:49Leave her there until she's extra crispy.
12:54My skin still hadn't recovered
12:56from the few seconds outside earlier,
12:58thrown into full sun,
12:59I'd be roasted to ash.
13:01Let go of me!
13:02This is kidnapping!
13:03You'll go to prison for this!
13:06In my castle,
13:08I am the law.
13:09At Paisley's command,
13:10they dragged me through the front doors
13:12and into the blazing sun.
13:14The instant the sunlight hit me,
13:15it felt as if I had been thrown
13:17straight into hell.
13:18Every inch of my body burned.
13:20Somehow,
13:20I found the strength
13:21to tear myself free
13:22and scramble my hands and knees
13:24into the nearest patch of shade.
13:28I had been exposed
13:28for only a few seconds,
13:30but black scorch marks
13:31were already spreading
13:32across both arms.
13:34Ooh!
13:35What happened to her skin?
13:36It looks so gross
13:37and scary!
13:38Probably some kind
13:39of skin condition.
13:40I've heard of it.
13:41Sunlight makes the skin
13:42blister and break down.
13:44At least her oldest brother
13:46had some sense.
13:47Now that he knew
13:48more sunlight could kill me,
13:49surely Paisley would back off.
13:52So she's just a freak
13:53who can't handle daylight?
13:54Before I could recover
13:55from the burning pain
13:56in my arms,
13:57Paisley's syrupy voice
13:59rang out again.
14:00Yay!
14:00Bring me a cross
14:01and tire to it!
14:02Princess wants to play
14:03vampire hunter!
14:05This will kill me!
14:07Are you insane?!
14:11So what?
14:12I want to play.
14:13If it gets bad,
14:14we'll just put her
14:15in a nice hospital.
14:16And Marcus actually dragged
14:17over a heavy wooden cross.
14:19Two bodyguards
14:20yanked me off the ground,
14:21hauled me back
14:22into the sunlight
14:22and pinsed me
14:23against the cross.
14:24Paisley was now wearing
14:26a Halloween witch hat,
14:27waving both arms
14:28in the air.
14:29Look, look!
14:30The black spots
14:31are coming out!
14:31Ah!
14:33I'm a genius!
14:34I can do magic!
14:36The minutes dragged by
14:37beneath the blazing sun.
14:39Thin wisps of white smoke
14:41began curling
14:41from my scourged skin
14:43and my vision
14:44started to blur.
14:45Finally,
14:46bored with her exorcism game,
14:47Paisley pulled
14:48a sharper wooden stick
14:49from her belt
14:50and aimed it
14:50at my heart
14:51with a giggle.
14:52Bye-bye,
14:53little monster.
14:54Today,
14:54the vampire hunter princess
14:56is going to
14:57save this castle.
14:58I shut my eyes,
14:59waiting for an absurd death.
15:01But just as the
15:01sharpened wooden stick
15:02was about to
15:03pierce my chest,
15:05then the sky
15:05split open
15:06with wind and rain.
15:07The stake was ripped
15:08from her hand
15:09by an unseen force.
15:10And four silhouettes
15:11appeared at the
15:12castle entrance.
15:23Paisley went flying
15:24like a snapped kite
15:26and slammed
15:26into the ground.
15:27Marcus,
15:28it hurts!
15:30I think my back
15:31is broken!
15:33Marcus rushed over
15:34to check on her.
15:36Sure enough,
15:36the fabric at
15:37Palsley's waist
15:38had torn,
15:39revealing a dark
15:40purple bruise
15:41along her side.
15:43From the panic
15:44on her brother's faces,
15:45I guessed pain
15:47was a new
15:47experience for her.
15:50Palsley had been
15:51pampered and protected
15:52her entire life.
15:53No one had ever
15:54dared harm a hair
15:55on her head,
15:56let alone
15:57hurt her this badly.
15:58You hurt a Prescott?
16:01You want to die?
16:04The four brothers
16:05rounded on the
16:06four figures
16:07in the doorway,
16:08roaring,
16:08but the four figures
16:10complete-nored
16:11their fury.
16:13One of them
16:14raised a hand,
16:15lazily,
16:16and the rope
16:17and cross
16:18holding me
16:19crumbled to dust.
16:20In the gray storm
16:21light,
16:21I finally saw
16:22them clearly.
16:23My mother,
16:25my father,
16:26my sister,
16:28my brother,
16:29home early
16:29from their trip.
16:30You idiot.
16:32This is what happens
16:33when you're too soft.
16:34I'd have drained
16:35them an hour ago.
16:36If you drink blood
16:38like a normal vampire,
16:39these burns
16:40would have healed
16:40by now.
16:41But no,
16:43you insist
16:44on being a vegetarian.
16:46Now you can't
16:47even handle
16:47a little sunlight?
16:49I let her yell
16:50at me.
16:51Underneath all of it,
16:52she was terrified.
16:55It was the warmest
16:56I'd felt all day.
17:00Behind her,
17:01my sister Lenora
17:02was absently
17:03touching up her clipstick
17:04with a compact mirror
17:06in hand.
17:07She suddenly froze.
17:10Her nose twickled.
17:12A faint scent of blood
17:13drifted through the air,
17:14but it carried traces
17:15of many different humans,
17:17all mixed together.
17:18No!
17:19She was gone
17:20before I finished blinking.
17:23Streaking up
17:24to the third floor
17:24collection room,
17:25she trembled
17:26with rage.
17:29Every vial she'd
17:30hoarded over centuries
17:31lay shattered,
17:32blood and glass
17:33ground into a single
17:35ruined smear
17:35across the floor.
17:36Lenora is the most
17:38vindictive creature
17:38in a family
17:39of vindictive creatures.
17:41She stood there,
17:42shaking,
17:43and did not
17:44make a sound.
17:46That was so much
17:47worse than screaming.
17:50Who?
17:54Just the one word,
17:56very quiet.
17:59Downstairs,
18:00pastly was still
18:01whimpering over her
18:02bruise,
18:03completely unaware
18:04of what was coming.
18:09My parents followed
18:11close behind
18:12and discovered
18:13that their treasured
18:15possessions had been
18:16ruined too.
18:18My dad,
18:19Vincent,
18:19crouched over the
18:20wreckage of his
18:21wine room
18:21and picked up
18:22a shard of glass.
18:23His fangs slid out
18:24on their own.
18:26Three hundred years.
18:27I collected these
18:29for three hundred years.
18:31I never even let
18:33myself drink them!
18:34Inside the bedroom,
18:35my mother Carmela
18:36said nothing.
18:38She walked to the
18:39vanity
18:39and lifted a gemstone
18:41someone had
18:41spray-pinted pink.
18:47The stone crushed
18:48to powder
18:48and sifted through
18:50her hand like sand.
18:51That's when I knew
18:53she was past
18:54furious.
18:55Seeing what had
18:56happened to
18:56everyone else's
18:57treasures,
18:58my brother Sebastian
18:59bolted for his
19:00library,
19:02dread all over
19:02his face.
19:03He froze in
19:04the doorway.
19:05The books were
19:06all still there,
19:08neatly shelved.
19:10He exhaled,
19:11then he opened
19:12one.
19:13Every page was
19:14scribbled over
19:14in marker.
19:15Some had been
19:16torn out entirely.
19:18These are
19:19one of a kind.
19:20There are no
19:21other copies.
19:22There will never
19:23be other copies!
19:25Four voices
19:25rose at once,
19:27loud enough to
19:28rattle the
19:28chandeliers.
19:29For one beat,
19:31none of us
19:31moved.
19:32Broken glass
19:33kept settling
19:34through the silence,
19:35piece by piece.
19:38Who did this?
19:43I did,
19:45obviously.
19:47She popped
19:48her head out
19:48from behind
19:49her brothers.
19:50giggling,
19:51completely missing
19:52the fact that
19:53death had just
19:54walked into the
19:54building.
19:55All those tiny
19:56letters were so
19:57ugly.
19:58I gave the books
19:59an artistic
20:00upgrade,
20:01and the pages
20:02I tore out
20:02were boring,
20:03so I flushed
20:04them.
20:05Aren't I helpful?
20:06The four brothers
20:07who had been
20:08throwing their
20:09weight around
20:09moments ago
20:10fell silent.
20:13Their swagger
20:14vanished,
20:14and they
20:15instinctively
20:16backed away.
20:16By now,
20:18they had
20:18clearly realized
20:19that my family
20:20wasn't exactly
20:21human.
20:22Pasley did
20:23not get the
20:23memo.
20:24She was still
20:25smiling.
20:26Behind her,
20:27Marcus shifted
20:28one careful
20:28step away.
20:30Graham caught
20:30Tristan's sleeve
20:31before he could
20:32speak.
20:34For the first
20:35time since
20:36arriving,
20:37the brothers
20:37looked less
20:38like bodyguards
20:39and more like
20:40men deciding
20:40whether the
20:41nearest window
20:42was survivable.
20:44watching her
20:45cheerfully list
20:46every irreplaceable
20:47thing she'd
20:47destroyed to
20:48the faces of
20:49the four ancient
20:50vampires who
20:51owned them.
20:55I felt something
20:56almost like
20:57sympathy.
20:58I almost felt
20:59sorry for her.
21:00Almost.
21:01I genuinely
21:02hoped,
21:03for her sake,
21:06that she was
21:06harder to kill
21:07than she looked.
21:12So you're the
21:13sweet,
21:13soft little
21:14strawberry Flora
21:15mentioned on
21:16the phone.
21:16My mother
21:17walked toward
21:17her at an
21:18unherring pace,
21:20her heels
21:20clicking sharply
21:21against the
21:21flagstones.
21:22At the word
21:23strawberry,
21:24Paisley lifted
21:25her chin,
21:25delighted.
21:26It was me.
21:28You must be
21:29that mud girl's
21:29family.
21:30Since you're
21:31being so nice,
21:32I'll be a
21:33generous princess
21:34and forgive you
21:34for shoving me
21:35earlier.
21:36Something dangerous
21:37flashed in
21:38Carmela's eyes.
21:40I knew that
21:41look.
21:42She was holding
21:43back enough
21:44rage to level
21:45the entire
21:45estate.
21:46But Paisley
21:47was foolish
21:48enough to
21:48mistake her
21:49silence for
21:50approval.
21:51But didn't
21:51that gardener
21:52tell you?
21:53This is my
21:54castle now.
21:56You nobodies
21:57don't get to
21:57walk in.
21:58Your castle?
22:01My mother
22:02said it like
22:03the funniest
22:03joke she'd
22:04heard in a
22:04century.
22:05Big words.
22:07Go on
22:07then.
22:08Call to it.
22:09See if it
22:10answers.
22:15The moment
22:16she finished
22:16speaking,
22:17the dead
22:18castle came
22:19alive.
22:23The moment
22:31she finished
22:32speaking,
22:33was, when
22:34were we
22:34ever yours?
22:40The sound
22:41came from
22:41everywhere and
22:42nowhere,
22:43layered over
22:44itself until
22:44the stone
22:45itself seemed
22:46to breathe.
22:50Her mouth
22:51kept opening,
22:52but no order
22:53came out.
22:54From where I
22:54stood, her
22:55strawberry perfume
22:56could no longer
22:57cover the sharp
22:58smell of fear.
23:00she turned
23:01to run for
23:01the door.
23:02She made
23:03it three
23:03steps before
23:04my mother
23:04caught her
23:05by the back
23:05of the neck
23:06and lifted
23:07her, dangling,
23:08off the
23:08floor.
23:11Her brothers
23:12surged forward,
23:13then stopped
23:14together when
23:15Lycar Mila
23:15looked at
23:16them.
23:18four billionaire
23:19heirs, all
23:20suddenly unwilling
23:21to be first.
23:24Marcus, tell
23:25her to put me
23:26down, right
23:27now!
23:28Marcus's face
23:29tightened.
23:30He forced
23:31his voice to
23:31stay firm, but
23:32he didn't dare
23:33take a single
23:33step closer.
23:35Put my
23:36sister down!
23:38You'd better
23:39think carefully
23:39before making
23:40an enemy of
23:41the Prescott
23:41family!
23:42My mother
23:43tilted Paisley's
23:44chin toward
23:44the light and
23:45studied the
23:45bead of
23:46blood at
23:46her throat.
23:56Strawberry?
23:58That's the
23:59cheapest,
23:59sourest blood
24:00I've ever
24:00tasted.
24:01A sewer rat
24:02would go down
24:03easier.
24:04Paisley's face
24:05dissolved into
24:06tears and
24:06snot.
24:07She shot a
24:08desperate look
24:08at her four
24:09brothers.
24:10The brothers
24:10were terrified,
24:11but when they
24:12realized,
24:13Paisley's life
24:13might be in
24:14danger.
24:15They had
24:16no choice
24:17but to
24:17order the
24:17bodyguards
24:18to attack.
24:21Get them!
24:23They laid
24:23hands on
24:24Miss Prescott.
24:25Take them
24:25all down!
24:26A dozen
24:27trained guards
24:27rushed in.
24:44My sister smiled
24:46for the first time
24:47all evening.
24:48She grabbed two
24:48of the stiffened
24:49men by the
24:50collar and
24:51started dragging
24:51them toward the
24:52dark end of the
24:53hall.
24:54I'll take
24:54these.
24:55I'm hungry
24:56anyway,
24:56and I need
24:57to start
24:58rebuilding my
24:58collection.
25:01A moment
25:02later,
25:03screams echoed
25:04up from
25:04somewhere deep
25:05in the castle,
25:06each one
25:07worse than
25:07the last.
25:12Whatever
25:13denial the
25:14four brothers
25:14had been
25:14clinging to
25:15vanished from
25:16their faces.
25:23You have
25:24beautiful
25:25muscle
25:25definition.
25:27Really
25:27excellent
25:28proportions.
25:29You'd be
25:30perfect for
25:30studying how
25:31to separate
25:32flesh from
25:32bone.
25:33Elegantly,
25:34of course.
25:37A force
25:38no one could
25:39see flipped
25:39Marcus off
25:40his feet.
25:46Sebastian
25:47dragged the
25:47oldest Prescott
25:48son toward
25:49the laboratory
25:49at the end
25:50of the hall
25:50like a bag
25:51of trash.
25:55At the
25:56other end
25:56of the
25:56great hall,
25:57my parents
25:58calmly tied
25:59Paisley to
26:00a cross.
26:02They intended
26:03to make her
26:04suffer everything
26:05she had just
26:05put me
26:06through.
26:08Sunlight
26:09could not
26:09burn her,
26:10but the
26:11ropes made
26:11her feel
26:12the same
26:12helplessness
26:13she had
26:14treated as
26:15a game.
26:19The other
26:19three brothers
26:20were cornered
26:21by a swarm
26:21of bats
26:22pouring out
26:23out of the
26:23tower.
26:25Sebastian
26:25was still
26:26dragging Marcus
26:26toward the
26:27laboratory by
26:27one leg.
26:29Marcus'
26:29back scraped
26:30across the
26:31flagstones as
26:31he clawed
26:32uselessly at
26:32the floor.
26:34Marcus finally
26:35realized that
26:35if he didn't
26:36fight back,
26:37he wasn't
26:37leaving the
26:38castle alive.
26:46you want
26:47a war
26:47with the
26:47Prescott
26:48family?
26:49Fine!
26:50You're
26:50all dead!
26:52When my
26:52grandpa gets
26:53here,
26:53he's gonna
26:54destroy you
26:55monsters!
26:57But the
26:58panic they
26:58were expectant
26:59never came.
27:05Sure,
27:06let's wait
27:07and see
27:07what he
27:07thinks he
27:07can do
27:08to me.
27:10The
27:10minutes
27:10crawled
27:11by.
27:15Ten
27:16minutes
27:16later,
27:17an
27:17off-road
27:17vehicle
27:18smashed
27:18through the
27:18outer gate
27:19and
27:19suspended
27:19to a
27:20stop
27:20in the
27:20courtyard.
27:32Who
27:33dares
27:33lay a
27:34hand
27:34on my
27:34family?
27:37Grandpa!
27:38It's them!
27:39Arrest
27:40these
27:40monsters!
27:42One look
27:43and Edmund
27:45Prescott's
27:45knees hit
27:46the floor
27:46before he
27:47could stop
27:47them.
27:48My...
27:49my queen.
27:56Grandpa,
27:56are you
27:57insane?
27:58She's the
27:59one who
27:59hurt me!
28:00How can
28:01you
28:01bow
28:01to her?
28:03Silence!
28:04Do you
28:05have any
28:06idea
28:06who this
28:07is,
28:08you
28:08reckless
28:09little
28:09fool?
28:16Behind
28:17him,
28:17the brothers
28:18stared from
28:18the old
28:19end to
28:19Carmela,
28:19waiting for
28:20the punch
28:21line.
28:21None
28:22came.
28:23This is
28:24the queen
28:25of House
28:25Vespa.
28:27Centuries
28:28ago,
28:29when war
28:29scattered our
28:30ancestors and
28:31the Prescott
28:31line was
28:32nearly wiped
28:33out,
28:33it was her
28:34majesty who
28:35took pity
28:35on us.
28:36She bound
28:37our family
28:38to hers
28:38with an
28:39ancestral
28:39blood
28:40oath.
28:40That
28:41oath
28:42is the
28:43only reason
28:43any
28:44Prescott
28:44is alive
28:45today.
28:46Her
28:47majesty has
28:47lived for
28:48centuries.
28:50Her
28:50holdings are
28:51beyond
28:51counting.
28:53The Prescott
28:53dynasty is
28:54nothing but
28:55the loose
28:55change she
28:56once handed
28:57her stewards
28:58to manage.
29:00What?
29:13You used
29:14to tell
29:14us the
29:14Prescott
29:15name was
29:15a gift,
29:17that we
29:17owed
29:17everything to
29:18someone we
29:18could never
29:19offend.
29:21I thought
29:21it was just
29:22a story to
29:22keep us
29:23in line.
29:45you're
29:45saying the
29:46true heir to
29:47everything the
29:48Prescotts own
29:49is her?
29:56So you
29:56do still
29:57remember
29:57your
29:57queen,
29:58and yet
29:59your
29:59granddaughter
30:00did all
30:00of this
30:01to my
30:01daughter.
30:05You'd
30:06better thank
30:06God that
30:07Flora is a
30:08vegetarian.
30:09If it had
30:10been anyone
30:10else in
30:11our family,
30:12your
30:12grandsons
30:13would already
30:13be lying
30:14dead on
30:15the floor,
30:16drained
30:17dry.
30:20Edmund
30:21looked at
30:21Paisley,
30:22still
30:22sniffling
30:23on the
30:23cross,
30:24and rage
30:24twisted his
30:25face.
30:26He limped
30:26over and
30:27struck her
30:28across the
30:28knee.
30:30You little
30:31monster,
30:32get down
30:33and apologize
30:33to the
30:34young
30:34mistress,
30:35now!
30:36But Paisley's
30:36princess act
30:37snapped right
30:38back into
30:38place.
30:39She jerked
30:40her chin
30:40up.
30:41No,
30:43you always
30:43said I was
30:44the most
30:44precious
30:45princess in
30:45the family.
30:46Princess
30:47does not
30:47bow to
30:48anyone.
30:49Crack.
30:50Edwin's
30:50hand caught
30:51her across
30:51the face.
30:53Blood
30:53welled at
30:53the corner
30:54of her
30:54mouth.
30:55The slap
30:55silenced
30:56even the
30:56guards
30:57waiting by
30:57the door.
31:00I
31:00spoiled you
31:01into this.
31:02Do you
31:03want the
31:03rest of
31:04the Prescott
31:04family wiped
31:05out because
31:05of you?
31:06Paisley's
31:07cheek quickly
31:07turned red.
31:08She bit
31:09down hard
31:09on her
31:09lip but
31:10kept her
31:10chin
31:11raised
31:11defiantly,
31:12refusing
31:12to back
31:13down.
31:13The
31:14brothers
31:14stared at
31:14the floor.
31:15Not
31:16one stepped
31:16forward
31:16this time.
31:17Paisley
31:18desperately
31:18searched her
31:19brother's
31:19faces before
31:20looking toward
31:20Marcus who
31:21was still
31:22being dragged
31:22away by
31:23Sebastian.
31:23She expected
31:24him to save
31:25her like he
31:25always did but
31:26even Marcus
31:27was trembling
31:27with fear
31:28now.
31:32Enough.
31:33Spare me
31:34the sob
31:34story.
31:35My mother
31:36watched the
31:37whole scene
31:37with icy
31:38contempt.
31:39A mistake
31:40this big
31:40needs real
31:41consequences.
31:49She looked
31:50down at
31:51Edmund
31:51like a judge
31:52reading a
31:52sentence.
31:53First,
31:54Paisley
31:55is cut
31:55off from
31:56this
31:56family
31:56effective
31:57now.
31:58From
31:58today,
31:59she doesn't
31:59touch a
31:59single dollar
32:00of Prescott
32:01money.
32:03Yes,
32:04my queen.
32:04Second,
32:05I know the
32:06Prescots have
32:07built plenty
32:07of their own
32:08ventures over
32:09the years.
32:10You'll sign
32:11over three
32:11quarters of
32:12everything in
32:13your name
32:13as restitution
32:14to my
32:15daughter.
32:16Edmund
32:16flinched at
32:17the number
32:17but he did
32:18not argue.
32:19Then my
32:20mother pointed
32:20at the
32:21four brothers
32:21slumped on
32:22the floor.
32:23Third,
32:23all of them
32:24swear a
32:24binding
32:25blood oath
32:25of restitution
32:26to my
32:26daughter
32:27until every
32:27debt is
32:27repaid.
32:28No
32:28loopholes,
32:29no buying
32:30their way
32:30out.
32:30The oath
32:31would compel
32:31them to
32:32repair what
32:32they had
32:32destroyed
32:33and work
32:34off every
32:34dollar of
32:35restitution.
32:36They could
32:36not abandon
32:37the debt
32:37or order
32:38someone else
32:38to serve
32:39it for
32:39them.
32:41My mother
32:42turned to
32:42me.
32:46Flora,
32:47how does
32:48that sound?
32:49I nodded.
32:50No objections
32:51here.
32:52They'd killed
32:52my pollinators.
32:55Now they
32:56could rebuild
32:57my garden
32:57and work
32:58in the sun
32:59until the
33:00oath judged
33:00their debt
33:01paid.
33:05Edmund's
33:05face went
33:06gray.
33:06I remembered
33:07Edmund spending
33:08years at our
33:09castle when I
33:09was younger,
33:10personally fulfilling
33:11the old
33:12family oath.
33:12The shame
33:13in his
33:14expression
33:14told me
33:14he remembered
33:15every day
33:15of it.
33:16He looked
33:16at Carmela,
33:17then at his
33:18grandsons.
33:19His shoulders
33:19sagged.
33:20He drew
33:20a long
33:21breath.
33:21I agree.
33:22Grandpa,
33:23Paisley's
33:23never suffered
33:24a day
33:24in her
33:25life.
33:25Casting
33:26her out
33:26is a
33:26death
33:26sentence.
33:27Marcus's
33:28eyes were
33:28bloodshot.
33:29Graham jumped
33:29in beside
33:30him.
33:30If she
33:31goes,
33:31we all
33:32go.
33:32We won't
33:33leave her
33:33behind.
33:34The other
33:34two brothers
33:35stood
33:35too,
33:36faces
33:36set.
33:37We stay
33:38together or
33:38we leave
33:39together.
33:39Mom made
33:40us promise
33:41to protect
33:41her before
33:41she died.
33:42We won't
33:43abandon
33:43our sister.
33:45Marcus glared
33:46at his
33:46kneeling
33:47grandfather.
33:48We're not
33:48shameless like
33:49you,
33:50serving someone
33:51for decades,
33:52swallowing the
33:53humiliation,
33:54and getting
33:54nothing out of
33:55it.
33:55It was a
33:55stirring little
33:56speech about
33:57family loyalty.
33:59Standing off
33:59to the side,
34:00I rolled my
34:01eyes so hard
34:02it hurt.
34:03They had
34:03watched Paisley
34:04leach my
34:05bats,
34:06collar me,
34:06and leave me
34:07burning in the
34:07sun.
34:09Apparently,
34:10family loyalty
34:10only became
34:11sacred when
34:11consequences
34:12reached them.
34:16Nothing out
34:16of it?
34:17Everything you
34:18wear,
34:18everything you
34:19eat,
34:19where do you
34:20think it
34:20comes from?
34:21I stepped
34:21forward,
34:22ticking them
34:22off one
34:22by one.
34:23Marcus,
34:24that custom
34:25suit?
34:25The family
34:26tailored it
34:26for you
34:26last month.
34:27Graham,
34:28that limited
34:28edition
34:29attack on
34:29your wrist,
34:30charged to
34:30a Prescott
34:31account.
34:31The rest
34:32of you,
34:33the super
34:34cars,
34:36the pro
34:36basketball
34:37franchipes you
34:37keep pouring
34:38money into,
34:39hundreds of
34:40millions every
34:41year,
34:42all on the
34:42family's tab.
34:43And you're
34:44standing here
34:45telling me you've
34:45got nothing?
34:46I let a slow,
34:48knocking smile
34:48spread.
34:49Oh, and one
34:50more thing,
34:50that black card
34:51you flashed to
34:52buy my castle,
34:53also Prescott
34:54money,
34:54so you used
34:55your benefactor's
34:55fortune to
34:56perform your
34:56touching brotherly
34:57devotion.
34:58Have you no
34:58shame?
34:59The four brothers
35:00flushed dark
35:01red,
35:01like they'd all
35:02been slapped
35:02at once.
35:03Their mouths
35:04opened,
35:05nothing came
35:05out.
35:06I waited.
35:09For men who
35:10had arrived
35:10with an answer
35:11for everything,
35:12the silence
35:13was almost
35:13refreshing.
35:14You don't
35:15get to talk
35:15to my brothers
35:16like that!
35:17Paisney,
35:17still roped
35:18to the cross,
35:18sobbed in
35:19their defense.
35:21They're good
35:22people.
35:23Nobody wants
35:23your stupid
35:24money.
35:25Brothers?
35:26I laughed
35:27so hard
35:28my eyes
35:28watered.
35:29But they're
35:30not your
35:31brothers at
35:32all.
35:36I don't
35:37drink human
35:37blood,
35:38but my
35:39sense for
35:39it is
35:40hundreds of
35:40times sharper
35:41than any
35:41mortals.
35:43And there
35:43was nothing,
35:45nothing of
35:45the Prescott
35:46bloodline
35:46in Paisley's
35:47veins.
35:48I had
35:48noticed it
35:49the moment
35:49she brushed
35:50past me
35:50in the
35:50garden.
35:51Instinct
35:51was not
35:52proof,
35:52though,
35:52and four
35:53armed men
35:53would never
35:54have accepted
35:55my nose
35:55as evidence.
35:56So I
35:57had kept
35:57it to
35:57myself and
35:58waited for
35:59Carmela,
35:59who had
36:00records to
36:00back it
36:01up.
36:02What is
36:02that supposed
36:03to mean?
36:04The four
36:04brothers looked
36:05at each
36:05other.
36:06It means
36:07you've been
36:07played.
36:08My mother
36:08smiled coldly
36:09and snapped
36:10her fingers.
36:11A huge
36:12screen of
36:13light unfolded
36:14out of thin
36:14air, and
36:15the investigator's
36:16files bloomed
36:16across it.
36:18Your succession
36:19reports looked
36:19wrong months
36:20ago, so I
36:20had them
36:21audited.
36:24Meeting
36:25her only
36:25confirmed it.
36:27Open your
36:28eyes and look
36:29at what your
36:30precious little
36:30sister really
36:31is.
36:33The screen
36:34filled with
36:34documents.
36:36Hospital
36:36records,
36:37birth
36:37certificates,
36:38DNA
36:38reports.
36:41Marcus
36:41leaned toward
36:42it despite
36:42himself.
36:44Graham shook
36:44his head
36:45before he
36:45had even
36:45read the
36:46first line.
36:47Gaisley
36:48stopped
36:48crying.
36:49For the
36:49first time
36:50all day,
36:50she looked
36:51as if she
36:52understood
36:52exactly what
36:53she was
36:53seeing.
36:57My mother
36:57walked us
36:58through it,
36:58file by
36:59file.
36:59Archived
37:00records from
37:00your own
37:01Prescott
37:01hospital.
37:02Birth
37:02records that
37:03were altered
37:0318 years
37:04ago.
37:05DNA
37:05results.
37:06Employment
37:06files putting
37:07Nora Reed
37:07and Ray
37:08Reed,
37:08your former
37:08nanny and
37:09your former
37:09driver,
37:10on the
37:10payroll the
37:11exact month
37:11it happened.
37:13The images
37:14shifted.
37:15Grainy
37:16hospital
37:16footage,
37:17a newborn
37:17Prescott
37:18heiress
37:18carried out
37:19of the
37:19maternity
37:20wild and
37:20swapped
37:21for another
37:21infant.
37:22It was
37:23not the
37:23only proof,
37:24but it
37:25showed how
37:25the altered
37:26records had
37:26begun.
37:27Then
37:27recent
37:28footage,
37:28Paisley
37:29curled
37:29against an
37:30older woman
37:30calling her
37:31mom,
37:31bragging.
37:32Those Prescott
37:32idiots believe
37:33anything I tell
37:34them.
37:35So easy.
37:36The screen
37:37changed again.
37:38A thin young
37:38woman tied to
37:39a chair,
37:40a bowl of
37:40spoiled slub
37:41shoved in
37:41front of
37:42her.
37:42Paisley crouched
37:43down and
37:43forced her
37:44mouth open.
37:45Eat it.
37:46You said you
37:47were hungry.
37:48I saved this
37:49just for you.
37:50The castle
37:50went dead
37:51silent.
37:52The four
37:52brothers' faces
37:53went from
37:53white to a
37:55sick,
37:55bloodless
37:56green.
37:56queen.
37:57Their whole
37:57lives,
37:58their proud
37:59bond with
37:59their little
38:00sister,
38:00had been a
38:01joke from
38:02the very
38:02first day.
38:06Nora switched
38:07her own
38:07daughter for
38:08the real
38:08Prescott
38:08heiress at
38:09birth.
38:10That girl
38:10on the
38:10screen,
38:11starving,
38:12tied to a
38:13chair,
38:13is Audrey
38:13Prescott,
38:14the true
38:15heir.
38:15And
38:16Paisley has
38:16known the
38:17whole time.
38:17She's been
38:18helping her
38:18parents keep
38:19Audrey locked
38:19up for
38:20years.
38:22That's
38:23fake.
38:24Paisley
38:25scratched
38:25against
38:26the
38:26ropes,
38:27shaking
38:27her
38:27head.
38:33The
38:33footage is
38:34doctored!
38:35You're
38:35framing me!
38:37Then
38:37take a
38:38DNA test.
38:39Right
38:39now.
38:44Her
38:44mouth
38:45opened.
38:46Nothing
38:46came out.
38:47We
38:47treated
38:47you like
38:48our
38:48blood.
38:49And
38:50you
38:50played
38:50us
38:50for
38:50fools.
38:51The
38:52brothers
38:52were
38:52shaking
38:52with
38:53fury.
38:53One
38:54of
38:54her
38:54brothers
38:54launched
38:54toward
38:55the
38:55cross,
38:55but
38:56another
38:56grabbed
38:56him
38:57before
38:57he
38:57could
38:57reach
38:57Paisley.
38:58The
38:58other
38:58brother
38:59cursed
38:59at
38:59her,
39:00looking
39:00ready
39:00to
39:00rush
39:00forward
39:01and
39:01teach
39:01her
39:01a
39:02lesson
39:02himself.
39:03Still
39:03bound
39:03to
39:03the
39:03cross,
39:04Paisley
39:05shrunk
39:05back
39:05and
39:05lowered
39:06her
39:06head.
39:06Edmund
39:07clutched
39:07his
39:07chest,
39:08nearly
39:08fainting.
39:09The
39:10girl
39:10he
39:10had
39:10raised
39:10for
39:1118
39:11years.
39:12Every
39:12birthday,
39:13every
39:13indulgence,
39:14every
39:15time he
39:15had
39:15treated
39:15her
39:16like
39:16something
39:16too
39:16precious
39:17to
39:17touch,
39:18it
39:18all
39:18crossed
39:18his
39:19face
39:19before
39:19the
39:19grief
39:20hardened
39:20into
39:20disgust.
39:21Take
39:21her.
39:22She
39:23is
39:23exiled
39:23from
39:23the
39:23Prescott
39:24family.
39:25She
39:25never
39:25comes
39:26back.
39:29Two
39:30guards
39:30stepped
39:31forward
39:31and
39:31untud
39:32Paisley
39:32from
39:32the
39:33cross.
39:34Then
39:34they
39:34seized
39:35her
39:35by
39:35the
39:35arms
39:36and
39:36hauled
39:36her
39:36away
39:37between
39:37them.
39:38When
39:38begging
39:39and
39:39crying
39:39got
39:40her
39:40nowhere,
39:41Peasley
39:41suddenly
39:42went
39:42still,
39:43her
39:43face
39:43twisted
39:44with
39:44rage.
39:45Fine,
39:46if you're
39:47all going
39:47to be
39:47this
39:47cruel,
39:48don't
39:48blame
39:48me
39:49for
39:49what
39:49happens
39:49next.
39:50She
39:50screamed
39:50toward
39:51the
39:51dark
39:51landing
39:52on
39:52the
39:52second
39:52floor.
39:53Mom,
39:54do
39:54it,
39:54stick
39:54to
39:54the
39:55plan.
39:55Suddenly,
39:56the
39:56sharp
39:56reach
39:57of
39:57gasoline
39:57flooded
39:58air
39:58the
39:58air.
39:59Nora
39:59stepped
39:59out
40:00on
40:00the
40:00landing
40:00above
40:01us.
40:01A
40:02lighter
40:02trembled
40:02in
40:02her
40:02hand.
40:03Behind
40:04her,
40:04a
40:04wet
40:04track
40:04ran
40:05down
40:05the
40:05stairs
40:05and
40:05across
40:06the
40:06first
40:06floor
40:06rugs.
40:10My
40:11blood
40:11went
40:11cold.
40:15She's
40:16going
40:16to burn
40:16down
40:16the
40:16castle.
40:19That's
40:20right.
40:20The
40:21tears
40:21on her
40:22cheeks
40:22weren't
40:22even
40:22dry,
40:23but
40:23her
40:23smile
40:24had
40:24gone
40:24crooked
40:24and
40:25wrong.
40:25I
40:25let all
40:26four of
40:26you
40:26idiots
40:27to this
40:27castle
40:27in the
40:28middle
40:28of
40:28nowhere
40:28so I
40:28could
40:29burn
40:29you
40:29alive.
40:29The
40:30pink
40:30makeover,
40:30the
40:31trucks,
40:31the
40:31workers,
40:32it
40:32was
40:32all
40:32part
40:32of
40:32the
40:33setup.
40:33Her
40:33face
40:34twisted
40:34with
40:35rage
40:35as
40:35she
40:35looked
40:35at
40:36me.
40:36Everyone
40:36would
40:36call
40:37it
40:37an
40:37accident
40:37and
40:38I
40:38get
40:38every
40:38dollar
40:38in
40:39grandpa's
40:39trust.
40:40I
40:40planned
40:40everything
40:41until
40:41that
40:41mud
40:42girl
40:42ruined
40:42it.
40:43Her
40:43eyes
40:44filled
40:44with
40:45open
40:45hatred.
40:46But
40:46vampires
40:47burned
40:47too,
40:47so I'll
40:48just
40:48torch
40:49all of
40:49you
40:49instead.
40:50Same
40:50result!
40:51Paisley
40:51looked up
40:52at
40:52Nora
40:52and
40:52nodded.
40:53Nora
40:54struck
40:54the
40:54lighter
40:54and
40:55dropped
40:55it
40:55onto
40:55the
40:55gasoline
40:56soaked
40:56runner.
41:00Flames
41:00roared
41:01up and
41:01swallowed
41:02the
41:02entire
41:02first
41:03floor
41:03in
41:03seconds.
41:04In
41:05the
41:05chaos,
41:06Paisley's
41:06loyal
41:06bodyguards
41:07helped
41:07her
41:07and
41:08Nora
41:08escape
41:08through
41:08a
41:08side
41:11heavy
41:11steel
41:11door
41:11behind
41:12them.
41:18Run!
41:21The
41:22four
41:22brothers
41:22threw
41:23themselves
41:23at
41:23the
41:24main
41:24doors.
41:25Heavy
41:25chains
41:25rattled
41:26on
41:26the
41:26other
41:26side.
41:27Through
41:27a
41:28narrow
41:28window,
41:28I
41:29saw
41:29Ray
41:29checking
41:30the
41:30last
41:30lock.
41:31They
41:32must
41:32have
41:32sealed
41:33the
41:33exits
41:33while
41:34everyone
41:34watched
41:34Edmund
41:35kneel.
41:38Beyond
41:38the
41:39windows,
41:39Paisley
41:40watched
41:40the
41:40inferno
41:41gloating.
41:42Since
41:43you all
41:43love me
41:43so much,
41:44don't
41:44worry,
41:45I'll
41:45collect
41:45your
41:46ashes
41:46when
41:46you're
41:46done
41:46cooking.
41:47And
41:48your
41:48precious
41:48real
41:48heiress,
41:49she'll
41:49be joining
41:49you soon
41:50enough.
41:51After
41:5118
41:52years
41:52of
41:52loving
41:52me,
41:53you
41:53picked
41:53some
41:53gross
41:54stranger
41:54just
41:55because
41:55she
41:55shares
41:55your
41:55blood.
41:56Worst
41:56brothers
41:57ever.
42:00Inside,
42:00the fire
42:01was too
42:01much even
42:01for my
42:02family.
42:04My
42:05brother
42:05and
42:05sister
42:05were
42:06fading.
42:07My
42:07parents
42:08were weakening.
42:09Flora,
42:09what do
42:10we do?
42:13I
42:13crossed
42:14to an
42:14unremarkable
42:15slab of
42:15stone in
42:16the corner
42:16and shoved
42:17it aside,
42:17revealing a
42:18low opening,
42:19just wide
42:19enough for
42:20one person.
42:26years
42:28ago,
42:28to move
42:29soil and
42:29supplies
42:30without my
42:30parents noticing
42:31my growing
42:32garden habit,
42:33I'd
42:33secretly
42:33restored
42:34an old
42:34castle
42:34service
42:35tunnel
42:35and
42:36extended
42:36it.
42:37Tonight,
42:38it finally
42:38paid off.
42:45One
42:46by one,
42:46we
42:47scrambled
42:47into
42:48the
42:48tunnel.
42:51in the
42:52last
42:52seconds
42:53before
42:53the
42:53castle
42:53collapsed
42:54in a
42:54roar
42:54of
42:55fire
42:55and
42:55stone,
42:56we
42:56came
42:56out
42:56into
42:57the
42:57open
42:57night
42:57air.
42:58Outside,
42:59Paisley
42:59was still
43:00barking
43:00orders
43:00at her
43:01nanny
43:01mother.
43:02Call
43:02the
43:02reporters.
43:03Tell
43:03them
43:04the
43:04four
43:04Prescott
43:04heirs
43:05killed
43:05each
43:05other
43:05fighting
43:06over
43:06the
43:06inheritance.
43:07A
43:08little
43:08late
43:08for
43:08that,
43:09don't
43:09you
43:09think?
43:09A
43:10cold
43:10voice
43:10spoke
43:11directly
43:11behind
43:11her.
43:12Before
43:12she
43:13could
43:13turn,
43:13my
43:14father's
43:14hand
43:22eyes
43:25bulging.
43:26She
43:27never
43:27got
43:27the
43:27chance
43:28to
43:28talk
43:28her
43:28way
43:28out
43:28again.
43:29Vincent
43:29moved
43:30one
43:30finger
43:31and
43:31a
43:31thread
43:31of
43:31mist
43:32slid
43:32into
43:33the
43:33space
43:33between
43:33her
43:33brows.
43:34love
43:35your
43:35little
43:35performances
43:36so
43:36much.
43:36Then
43:37perform
43:37your
43:37worst
43:38nightmare
43:38every
43:39single
43:39night.
43:40Paisley's
43:41gaze
43:41went
43:41glassy.
43:42She
43:42clawed
43:43at
43:43her
43:43own
43:43face,
43:44shrieking
43:44at
43:44something
43:44only
43:45she
43:45could
43:45see.
43:48In
43:49the
43:49end,
43:49Paisley
43:49was
43:50committed
43:50to a
43:50psychiatric
43:50hospital
43:51where
43:51endless
43:52hallucinations
43:52tormented
43:53her day
43:53after
43:54day.
43:54Nora
43:54and
43:54Ray
43:55Reed
43:55were
43:55arrested.
43:56Kidnapping,
43:56unlawful
43:57imprisonment,
43:58fraud,
43:58arson,
43:59attempted
43:59murder.
43:59The
44:00list ran
44:00long.
44:01We
44:01didn't
44:01forget
44:01Audrey.
44:02The
44:02team
44:03already
44:03tracing
44:03Paisley's
44:04recovered
44:04video
44:05located
44:05the
44:05basement
44:06before
44:06dawn.
44:07The
44:07real
44:07Prescott
44:08Harris
44:08came
44:08out
44:09malnourished,
44:10terrified,
44:11but
44:11alive.
44:12Edmund
44:13wept when
44:13he saw
44:13her,
44:14and this
44:14time I
44:15understood
44:15why.
44:15Rebuilding
44:16the castle
44:17took months.
44:17We saved
44:18the original
44:19stone shell,
44:20restored the
44:20damaged rooms,
44:21and replaced
44:21what could be
44:22replaced.
44:22The collections
44:23Painsley destroyed
44:24were gone
44:25forever,
44:25but House
44:26Vesper had
44:26survived worse
44:27than one
44:28pink arsonist.
44:29Once the dust
44:30settled,
44:30I broke ground
44:31on a brand
44:32new kitchen
44:33garden,
44:34twice the
44:34size of
44:35the old
44:35one,
44:36with a
44:37proper
44:37climate-controlled
44:38greenhouse.
44:39This time
44:40my parents
44:40didn't complain,
44:41they helped.
44:42My mother
44:42even threw
44:43herself into
44:44organizing a
44:44campy,
44:45flood-lit
44:45midnight harvest
44:46competition.
44:47Vampires
44:48versus
44:48vegetables.
44:49I won.
44:50Obviously.
44:51My prize
44:52heirloom
44:52tomato was
44:52bigger than
44:53a dinner
44:53plate,
44:54perfectly
44:54round,
44:55and red
44:55enough to
44:55make half
44:56the audience
44:56hungry.
44:57I held
44:57up the
44:58trophy and
44:58looked out
44:59at the
44:59crowd,
44:59my family
45:00clapping,
45:01and the
45:01four Prescott
45:01brothers sweating
45:02miserably in
45:03the beds,
45:03bound by
45:04oath to
45:04weed my
45:05rose until
45:05their debt
45:05was paid.
45:06Everyone in
45:07my family
45:08has a
45:08favorite
45:08blood type.
45:09My favorite
45:10tomato finally
45:11has a
45:11trophy.
45:13I looked at
45:13my restored
45:14home,
45:15my greenhouse,
45:16and my
45:16strange family
45:17cheering from
45:18the lawn.
45:19This is
45:19exactly the
45:20life I
45:20wanted.