Nikki's point of view
I can feel myself slipping away from everyone else. I'm dying. Suddenly, I hear a familiar voice say,
"I'm not too late, am I?"
I groan and for some reason, I swear I'm dreaming.
"Nikki?" I feel the bed sag under someone's weight. "Oh, please tell me you're not gone yet."
I moan and my eyes open briefly. They close again. I feel a hand on my cheek. A cold but warm hand. I open my eyes again and this time am able to keep them open.
I gasp. "D-racula?"
He smiles. "How are you?"
"I'm dying. I can barely....."
"Shh."
"My heart's failing. I'm not going to survive."
"Well, if you do die, at least you'll have the vampire curse in you."
"What do you mean?"
He leans in close to me and drapes my hair over my right shoulder.
"Dracula, what are you doing?"
"The only thing I know to do."
I watch as he leans in and puts his mouth on the left side of my throat. I feel his teeth pierce my flesh and I whimper from the pain. I feel my heart faltering even more. I close my eyes and everything goes black.
*****
My eyes fly open and I hear a two babies cry out at the same time. I immediately get up and find them in a crib in some room. I look around, taking in my surroundings. That's when I remember. I'm in my bedroom. In Romania. I turn back to the crib. That means....
"....You're my little ones." I smile at them and, to my surprise, they smile back. They reach out their little hands and whimper. I carefully pick them up and hold them close. "Midnight Starr Dracula and Vladislav VI Dracula. Where's your daddy?"
A voice answers my question.
"Well, it's nice to see someone's up and walking."
I turn around and gasp. "Dracula."
He smiles and walks over. The twins squeal and reach out as he comes over.
He chuckles. "They must love me a lot."
"You're their father. Why wouldn't they?"
"Midnight and Vladislav. My precious children."
"They're beautiful."
"I have some news, you two."
I look at the door. "Aunt."
She smiles. "Well, first of all, you won't believe this, but their umbilical cords were connected at birth and they are very, very close. Also, I found out something VERY, VERY shocking."
"What?"
"Well..." She sighs. "You sure you want to hear this?"
"Yes," Dracula and I say at the same time. He wraps his arm around me protectively.
She sighs again. "So, you two obviously know that the Van Helsing bloodline and the Dracula bloodline are already kind of connected partially. Well, now they are completely combined. No one outdoes the other. It's almost like they cancel each other out. One bloodline is not more dominant than the other. You two have basically put an end to both bloodlines, even by having kids."
I look at Dracula. He's got a look of disbelief on his face.
"How?" he asks.
Aunt shrugs. "I have not a clue how. That's why it's so shocking and unbelievable, but it's true."
"Well, I guess that doesn't really matter. As long as I have these three, I'll be perfectly fine."
I smile and place a kiss on Midnight's forehead and Vladislav's forehead. They both look up at me. Then, they reach up and kiss me on either side of my face.
"Oh, that was sweet," Aunt says.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolBTJfKTEI
The twins giggle at the same time.
"It's amazing how they do everything in sync."
"Well, Dracula, they're twins, so they're going to." Aunt smiles. "Also, they're the very first identical twins that are born with both genders. And with their umbilical cords connected. That's why they're so amazing."265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbaPmgfdh4
"And they combine two completely different bloodlines equally. Fifty-fifty." I smile.
"Yep. And they're vampires."
"Of course they are. Because bimbo here is a vampire." I look up at Dracula.
He rolls his eyes and chuckles.
I lean my head back a little farther and smile at him. He leans down and kisses me.
MY PERFECT FAMILY.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlFxTjEFFW
