Chapter 13 - disguise -

12 march - Witch mansion

It was already dawn when the three women returned. Weeya and Rita were powerless while Teresa was still unconscious.

The mansion was in chaos without precedents, the master was on the rampage, and his plan had failed so miserably. He had punished all those who had been on the mission; some of them even though they were already injured were badly beaten.

Weeya felt a strange feeling in her chest at the sight of that scene, it was just too much to foresee but she had to protect her sisters, the women who grew up with her and shared with her all the pain and suffering.

In that chaos, the master saw Weeya and the girls that have returned and immediately walked toward them.

"What the hell is this!" shouted angrily at the wounded woman standing before him.

"The lord was protected by a disproportionate amount of vampires" Weeya tried to explain to her master what happened in a brief sentence. A longer one would put them all on a bad site; there was still Teresa unconscious. That moment was too dangerous.

"Why were there so many?" continued the master stroking his forehead to calm down.

"I guess there is a spy between us, "Weeya said while looking him in the eyes, "a spy" he somehow was convinced about it, and that seemed to be the only explication.

"What about her" pointed the master at Teresa "why is she like that?" the woman looked at her and then looked back to the master, who was looking at them frowning.

"Teresa tried to accomplish the mission till the end as we back her up" she started to feel heavy on their hurt shoulder "she used too much of her powers and..." the master nodded when understating the situation.

"Go to treat her" after saying that, he returned to the mansion and shouted the door behind him.

Everyone took a deep breath; it finally was over and could go and treat the wounds.

"Weeya we have to go" Rita was at her limit, she could not carry Teresa anymore, and it was understandable she also had been injured. The women moved to their quarters in the back of the mansion and once in there put Teresa in the bed.

Rita sat on the floor she was done for, so tired that she couldn't move anymore any inch of her body, and neither was Weeya too.

However, she knew that she had to medicate Teresa until it was too late. On the trunk in the corner were many medicinal herbs that they usually took from the woods and they tried to use the healing properties by drying them.

They were Witches so using their powers they were able to create potions using those plants to cure wounds. However, it was different for the damaged magic core.

"Weeya is she alright," asked Rita in tears, she saw Teresa breaking her limits in past but not until this point.

"She will be" she did not know for sure but she hoped so.

The woman after giving her potions stood there together hugging while looking at their friend on that bed standing unconscious.

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"Father, what happened?" asked Leticia disappointed.

"We probably have a rat over here" the man was sighing heavily while sitting at the desk.

Leticia looked at her father frowning "it is possible?" mumble her.

"I am not sure, but that can be the only explanation" yes it was impossible only he and his hunting group knew about this plan, so how this the vampire found out?

"What should we do?" Leticia sat down on the sofa puffing insistently like a spoiled child. Her father stood up from his chair and went to sit near his daughter.

"It will be fine, we will proceed as planned with our plan" they still had a card in their hands, the ritual.

She was in her father arms shouting while he was comforting her without knowing that she was angry with him for being useless. Her eyes became dark, they were strangely cold and her teeth grit in angriness.

"How can I help you father," said still gritting her teeth nervously.

"Don't worry I will solve it all" by now she no longer believes his words but she had no choice but to obey at that moment.

"Okay father," said getting up from the chair "then I will go to monitor the ritual preparations" her father nodded in approbation.

The woman gets out of her father's study closing the doors behind her, "this damn fool ruined it," she said in a low tone and with a look that would make anyone's blood freeze.

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"My lord, there was sighted a woman in the EST woods," said Riccardo while sitting on the chair trying to catch his breath.

The lord immediately went up from his chair at those words, "Where did you say?" he finally had a trace of her.

"The sentries saw a woman in a hood in the forest to the east" the two vampires looked at each other, they both knew who that woman was.

"My lord" Riccardo tried for a moment to curb his curiosity without success "do you want to go and look for her?" asked him in one breath.

"Breath Riccardo" the lord was so amused by the sight in front of him. Riccardo was always like that from when they were children. However, lately, he had created social barriers to help his lord maintain a proper position of control over the clan.

"I'm sorry, I got carried away by impatience" he was blushing while saying so and that made the lord laugh even harder.

"Go and prepare for our departure" Riccardo immediately jumped down his seat and threw himself out of the room to hurry up as soon as possible.

He was impatient to help his lord because that was the first time after a long time that he had shown up interest in something or better for someone. When they knew each other, the lord was standing alone almost all the time.

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It was the year 1815

"Riccardo he is my son Christopher" that was the first time I met the lord.

The young lord turned to them with an inexpressive face, it was not curious nor happy, or angry, it was, as he did not care.

His son was born a little different from the other vampires; he had bloody-thirsty eyes, pale porcelain skin, and silver hair. He was standing in front of a big window looking somewhere far, it was always like that and his father was worried about him.

He was like an empty shell.

"Christopher, this young man will stand by your side from today as a bodyguard, his name is Riccardo" the vampire lord had chosen a young companion for his son.

He did not say a word that time but I remember that I was speechless in front of his appearance, he was as magnificent as a fairy.

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Back to the present.

"My lord everything is ready for our departure!" Riccardo called for his lord to go out.

"Alright, let's go" the lord put on ordinary clothes and wore a wig to hide her silver hair.

The two of them were ready to go out and explore the woods.