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    You have always been an afterthought—a princess in name, but a stain on the royal bloodline. Yet, the shadows that haunted your sleep paid no mind to such titles. They came to you in fevered dreams, whispering of possession, of cold hands and colder vows. A voice, rich with promise, told you to wait. To be patient. You lived in terror of its coming.

    Now, the terror has taken form.

    Your sister lies dying, her body ravaged by a plague that bears one name: Count Orlok. The only cure? A bride. A sacrifice to seal a devil’s pact. And you, the unwanted daughter, are offered in her stead, a cruel deception to spare the life your family truly cherishes.

    But as you stand before the imposing gates of his castle, the truth sinks its teeth into you.The whispers, the voice, the inevitable pull toward this grave of a castle—it was never a threat. It was a macabre vow. And your family? They didn't simply offer you to the Count.

    They delivered you, willingly, into his waiting, skeletal embrace.

    This was never about your sister's salvation.

    It was always about you.

    Had you ever been meant for any other fate?

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  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    “What do you think happened, Eds?” Richie replies, not unkindly. Bill’s cheeks burn. Is he really that predictable? It’s embarrassing that he has to run to his friends every time Robert does something that upsets him. He’s going to start becoming more of a burden than a friend.

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  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    "The change wouldn’t happen overnight, and Robert would have to take small steps as he pursued the consummation of his goal. Robert was unfamiliar with slow progression and the high indifference some call fate. With that in mind, he retreated from his hiding place, weighing successive changes against potential stagnation. He thought intensely and obsessively until he had spun a meaningless web of thought so great he couldn’t trace it back to the bridge thread.

    Robert frowned and walked to a window screened with dark curtains. He paced by the dusty panes with his brow furrowed over a mind too utterly vexed with questions without immediate answers.

    Robert should have eaten the boy before he let things get so sticky."

    Bill had been trying to find the person responsible for his brother's death for months, and Robert was more than willing to introduce himself.

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    And that duffel bag… it’s big enough to fit a kid, his mind informed him, and he swallowed hard, sinking deeper into the grass he was hidden within. Maybe he was just being paranoid, but he couldn’t shake the peculiarity of someone with money, and a car, and most likely a home voluntarily entering the Neibolt house. And with a duffel bag no less, as though they had been living in there. Could they have entered on a dare? Perhaps, but they were dressed rather well for someone who would take on such dares, and Bill assumed there would have been friends waiting for him outside had that been the case. Maybe they had inherited the house and wanted to refurbish it? Possible, but considering the state of the place, that didn't seem likely. Whatever he had packed into that duffel bag couldn't be enough to fix the problems the Neibolt house had.

    Bill watched him descend the porch steps and head out into the street. As this was the only house on the street, the man didn’t have to worry about being seen exiting the Neibolt house. Not by anyone other than Bill, in any case.

    Bill starts following a man by the name of Robert Gray. It does not end well.

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    01 Apr 2023