Tainted Souls

Bulgaria, Present Day

        I gap at my brother in shock. "How?" I ask. "How is this even...how?" He leans against the wall and crosses his arms.
"Your lover, Dylan, didn't kill me quite like he thought," he says flatly. I stare at him in confusion. "He bit me yes, but it didn't kill me. I'm sure he thought it did, though." He paces back in forth in front of my cell.
"You've been alive this whole time?" I ask, my voice getting louder. "You let me think you were dead this entire time? What the fuck is wrong with you?" I shout. "I thought you were dead! I cried for you for years! How could you do this?" He stops pacing and glares at me.
"How could I?" he shouts. "How could I? How could you be with him? He turned you! He killed our parents and our entire village. He tried to kill me, and until now you thought he did! How could you be with the monster who ruined your entire life?" he shouts. I look down. "I did come back. I had no idea where you were, so it took me a few years to find you. And when I did, I saw you with him." He says the word him in complete disgust. "I saw how you were with him, with all of them. They were your new family." He's looking at me like I'm a disgusting monster. "I've been watching you this whole time, Alexandra. All these years I've been checking up on you, spying on you. And if I wasn't, I had some of my men do it. I saw your affection for him grow. I knew I had lost you for good. So, I vowed to get my revenge on him, on all of them for turning you, for turning me, for killing everyone we ever loved, and for brainwashing you into loving them. And that's exactly what I plan on doing," he says.
      I feel my anger spike. I get up and rush towards the cell door, struggling against the chains. I glare at him in hatred, pulling against the chains.
      The vervain starts coming from the air vent again, and I start to cough. Yulian and his accomplices cover their noses and mouths with their hands. I cough and wheeze and start to get tipsy on my feet. I fall back down on the floor, slumped over and wheezing. "That's enough," Yulian says through his hand. "Turn it off." The valve turns off and the vervain stops coming from the air vent.
     Yulian crouches down in front of my cell. "I will get my revenge, Alexandra." I cough softly, wheezing.
"I...will...kill you...if...you...even think...about touching...them," I gasp, coughing. He raises his eyebrow, smirking.
"Now now, little sister. Do you really think you can do anything to me with all that vervain in your system?"
"Yulian," I say hoarsely. "Please. Please don't. I love him." He stares at me for a few seconds.
"That's precisely the problem." He gets up and starts to walk away.
      I crawl over to the cell door. "Yulian," I say louder. He stops, but doesn't turn to face me. "Brother, please." I cough before continuing. "Please." He doesn't look back, just keeps walking after a second. "Yulian!" I shout. "I'm begging you, please! He will kill you! He's stronger! Please!" I start to cry.
"Shut up!" the guard standing against the wall shouts at me.
"Fucking make me, dickbag," I suddenly growl. I stand up and glare at him.
"What did you just say?" he says slowly, giving me a hard look.
"Fucking. Make. Me," I emphasize. He walks over to cell and grabs me through the bars, slamming me against them.
"I'll do more than that, bitch," he growls.
"Jonathan," Yulian snaps, suddenly standing in the doorway. "Let her go. Now." He glares at me and let's me go, pushing me back roughly. I stare at Yulian.
"Please don't do this," I whisper. "He will kill you. And if not..." I trail off.
"Then I'll kill him," he finishes for me. I look down.
"Please, Yulian. Revenge never solves anything. I love him, please don't kill him. They're my family." 
       Suddenly he's standing right in front my cell. "I'M your family!" he shouts, enraged. He slams his hand against the cell bars, making me jump. "The monsters that turned you? They're nothing but imposters. I helped raise you. I was there for you every time you needed me."
"I know," I say softly. "I know. You were my best friend. You were all I had. But I thought you were dead. It took me a long time before I even would consider opening myself up to them. I had to move on, Yulian. It's been five hundred years, and I thought you were dead the whole time. I just wanted to be happy. I never stopped missing you. But I found people who loved me. They took care of me. I needed that. I was all alone." He looks down, shaking his head. "Brother, please. Look at me." He raises his head to look at me. "I love you. I always have and always will. I miss Mamochka and Papochka, and I missed you. I missed all of you. You were my family. You still are. But that doesn't mean I can't have another family. Please don't hurt them. I love them. Please, Yulian." I stare at him, hoping my words will get through to him.
      I almost think they do, but then his eyes narrow. "No," he says. My heart sinks. "They need to pay for what they did. They brainwashed you into loving them. They're monsters."
"So are we, Yulian!" I exclaim.
"Not like them." He shakes his head in disgust and starts to walk off.
"Yulian," I say, a hint of warning in my tone. He turns his head to the side, letting me know he's listening. "If you do this, I will never forgive you. Is it really worth losing me over?" He turns his head forward, and looks down at the ground.
"I've already lost you," he says quietly. My heart sinks even more, if that's even possible.
"Don't do this, brother. Don't make me kill you. Because if you do this, I will. I promise you that." He turns around and looks at me.
"Give me your best shot," he says softly, turning and walking away.
      I slump back down against the wall, sighing. The guard against the wall gives me a sideways look. "We will win, you know. So just give up trying to fight him. He's had this plan planned out for centuries," he says. I glare at him sideways.
"Shut the fuck up, or I'll reach through these bars and rip your fucking heart out," I growl. I see him smirk.
"Oh please. Like you could," he shakes his head and laughs. I turn my head, looking away from him and clenching my jaw. How much longer until Dylan, Sam, and everyone else I love walk into their death?

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This is getting so serious omg. I wonder what'll happen?? *wink wink* I'm so stupid smh. But anyways, enjoy guys. Love ya

~K