His lust for power had become more after seeing Jane. After a thousand years, he found a doppelganger. It was like a dream come true. “So I have heard you have found my doppelganger. When are you planning to capture her for our little experiment?” , his partner Annabel asked sarcastically. He choked her neck tightly and said with firm voice, “Ssshhh my love. Our plan will work as per my directions. You don’t have to worry about the ill circumstances. I am there. Hence nothing can go wrong.”
Jane was delighted about Augustus’s proposal. He had asked her to marry him. She was going to have her own family. She was impatient to tell her brother about it. She had mixed feelings of her brother’s reaction. She was on her way home when he said he would accompany her. “You didn’t have to do this. I wanted to do this alone. You don’t know what he will do if he sees you. “ , she said. “ Jane, everything will be fine. I am always there for you. I will make sure that this gets into his thick skull.” , he said.
As they walked towards the woods, something passed them. “What was that?”, she asked. “It must be some animal. Come, let’s walk fast.” he assured her. They held hands and walked faster. Suddenly a woman from nowhere blocked their way and said in a husky voice, “Not so fast, my doppelganger. We have work to do.” They were stunned as the woman did resemble Jane. Augustus held her tight in her arms. They were trying their best to find way to move away from her. Unfortunately, they were not alone with the woman. The demon was standing behind them.
“Hi Jane! I missed you so much. Now we don’t have to wait any longer. “, he said , pulling her from Augustus’s arms. She stretched her hands to hold her lover’s hand. But she couldn’t do it and cried his name loud. He tried to fight the demon. But the demon was powerful. “Kill him, Ana. He will be a menace to our ritual.”, the demon said. Anabel did as she was told. She grabbed him by neck and took a huge bite of him. Her venom was already inside his blood cells. He lay half dead on the ground. He stared helplessly at the whole ritual. He felt guilty about not able to help her.
The bite didn’t kill him instantly. His heartbeat had increased rapidly. The venom had converted the blood cells. They regenerated into special cells that made him immortal. The pain accelerated. His heart beat stopped and vision blurred for some time. He got his new life after few minutes later. He rose up from his death bed and became one of them. His power was multiplied and rushed towards the demon who was sacrificing his love. He tore his (demon) neck apart with all his ‘new’ strength. The next target was Anabel who had given him the new power. He killed her instantly. Sadly he couldn’t save Jane. She lay dead on his arms. He had lost everything-his love , family and life. He cried miserably that night.
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(Present day)
That night remained hidden in his heart for a century. “Hey! What happened?” Claudia asked, nudging his hand. “Nothing. Some old memories. Let’s go.” ,he said. She felt strange that she was spending her day with complete stranger who was not ready to dwell anything about him.
(To be continued)
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