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00:32Blood makes me gag. Fresh vegetables don't.
00:36I converted our old cellar into a climate-controlled grow room
00:40and even trained our centuries-old familiar bats to eat fruit and pollinate my plants at night.
00:45My parents took one look at the ancient vampire courtyard disappearing beneath rows of tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs and gave
00:52up.
00:53Eventually, they took the whole family on a long trip just so they wouldn't have to watch me garden.
01:01I had the castle to myself.
01:05It was perfect.
01:08Until one afternoon, while I was picking beetles off my cucumbers, a black supercar screeched to a stop outside the
01:15gate.
01:17Moving trucks followed behind it.
01:20A young woman in a lace dress stepped out and pointed at my castle.
01:24This one! I'm turning it into my Barbie dream castle!
01:27I recognized her as Paisley, the youngest daughter of the Prescott family.
01:32Her four brothers climbed out behind her.
01:34Before I could speak, workers started carrying pink furniture through my front door.
01:43Ew!
01:44She smells like dirt and fertilizer.
01:46Keep her away from me.
01:47I'm sweet and soft, like a little strawberry.
01:55Someone had crushed my tomatoes beneath their shoes.
01:58I stared at them for a long moment.
02:00Then I pulled out my phone and called my parents overseas.
02:03Mom? Dad?
02:04Dad. The buffet just arrived. Strawberry flavor.
02:06I looked at my tomatoes for a long moment.
02:09They weren't ordinary tomatoes.
02:11They were rare, experimental heirloams I'd spent three seasons breeding.
02:16Each one the size of a cereal bowl.
02:19Now they were pulp beneath a mover's boots.
02:22Hey, dirt girl!
02:23Are you deaf?
02:28I'm talking to you.
02:30Clean up this disgusting dirt patch.
02:32Do I have to spell it out for you?
02:37That dirt patch was my garden.
02:39Eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, herbs, all at their peak.
02:43Ruined produce attracts pests, so I spread wood ash over the crushed tomatoes and began sweeping.
02:49Ew! It stinks!
02:52Clutching her doll, she stamped her feet and buried herself against her oldest brother.
02:58Marcus, I can't breathe!
03:00And look at all this mud!
03:01My poor little feet can't walk through that!
03:04Her oldest brother, Marcus, gently soothed her,
03:08then flicked a matte black card at my face.
03:11We're buying this estate.
03:13Name your price.
03:18The black card landed in the crushed tomatoes at my feet.
03:21That card can keep you comfortable for the rest of your life.
03:24Take it and leave.
03:28Behind him, Paisley's second oldest brother folded his arms.
03:34Paisley wants a castle for her birthday, and she refuses to wait for one to be built.
03:39Count yourself lucky she chose this place.
03:42Take the money, and disappear.
03:45They were so certain, as if there were nothing on Earth money couldn't fix.
03:49I didn't even look at the card.
03:51I picked it up, shoved it back into Marcus's suit pocket, and brushed the wood ash off my hands.
03:56Not for sale.
03:58Forget the years I'd spent on my garden.
03:59This castle had belonged to House Vesper for centuries.
04:03Every room was filled with antiques.
04:05His black card wouldn't cover a single floor tile.
04:11Tristan, the third brother, rounded on the workers.
04:14Stop wasting time.
04:15Rip out this ugly garden and cover it with Paisley's favorite pink carpet.
04:17And you strawberry-scented weed killer.
04:19I love strawberries.
04:20The workers charged my vegetable beds.
04:24One tore down a tomato trellis.
04:27Another ripped out a row of peppers and threw them across the flagstones.
04:32My heart clenched.
04:34But the afternoon sun was brutal.
04:36Even beneath the eaves, my skin had begun to sting.
04:41I couldn't use my powers at all.
04:44I could only watch as months of work was crushed under their boots.
04:48These walls are so ugly.
04:51Cover them in pink crystals.
04:52And replace that door with a giant gold bow.
04:59Dust burst from stone older than the Prescott name.
05:04Then a dense flutter rose from inside the castle.
05:19Get those building things away from me!
05:23Her four brothers threw themselves in front of her on reflex.
05:27Fabric tore.
05:28A few thin red lines opened across their cheeks.
05:31It looked ferocious.
05:32It wasn't.
05:33Years ago, these bats would have swarmed anyone bleeding and drunk them dry.
05:37But I'd spent years sending them into the flower beds to feed on fruit and pollinate.
05:42They'd lost all interest in human blood.
05:44So the crew netted them easily.
05:46Three swings and done.
05:55Those disgusting rats got my dress dirty!
05:58This is couture!
06:00Useless!
06:00You can't catch a few rats!
06:02Get a lighter!
06:03Burn them!
06:09Touch a single one of those bats and my parents will make you regret it.
06:14My parents had raised those bats for decades.
06:17They were family.
06:18Aw, don't kill them.
06:19Princesses have pets.
06:21Cinderella had little mice friends.
06:23I want mice friends too.
06:25But they're so, so ugly.
06:28All black.
06:30That does notch my aesthetic.
06:33We have to make them cute.
06:35We have to make them cute.
06:36Give them all nice little baths.
06:40She waved a hand.
06:42A worker rushed over with a basin of bright pink bleach.
06:47I'm gonna dye them pretty in pink!
06:49No!
06:51No!
06:51I lunged.
06:52A bodyguard pinned me.
06:55I could only watch as they dropped my bats into the bleach, one by one.
07:00Their wings beat desperately against the liquid, each struggle weaker than the last.
07:08I wanted to strangle her with my bare hands.
07:11Just like that, the bats that had been with me for decades were murdered by toxic pink chemicals.
07:17Aw, and I didn't even get to be their friend.
07:21So fragile, these little mice.
07:23Then her eyes slid to me and lit up.
07:28A castle princess needs a maid too.
07:32You'll do.
07:33Kinda dirty, but usable.
07:42The guards forced a cheap pink apron over my head, then clamped a rhinestone-covered dog collar around my neck.
07:52Pasley stared at my flawless skin, and jealousy flashed across her face.
07:56Then she pulled out a marker.
07:59Now it's my turn to draw.
08:01Let's play red light, green light.
08:03If you move, you're a rotten egg.
08:07She scrawled two crooked circles for eyes and a pig snout across my face.
08:14So ugly!
08:18Her four brothers didn't stop her.
08:20They watched, indulgent, like she'd done something adorable.
08:25I memorized every smiling face.
08:28My family would be home soon.
08:35Keep it.
08:36You made Paisley happy.
08:38Consider it earned.
08:40My hands were bound behind my back, and being dragged out underneath the blazing sun had pushed my body to
08:44the brink.
08:45I couldn't move, and I no longer had the strength to argue with them.
08:48Because I stopped fighting, Pasley got bored.
08:51She flicked the Marco away and yawned.
08:56I'm so, so tired.
08:58I need my beauty sleep.
09:00She went down the line, puckering up for a naptime kiss from each of her four brothers.
09:05Then she turned around and kicked me hard in the shin.
09:09Where's my room, maid?
09:11Lead the way.
09:18I counted down the hours until my family came home, took a breath, and led her toward the guest wing.
09:25What is this dump?
09:27I need a pink princess bed, not some ancient plank.
09:30What if it hurts my back?
09:33I'll find my own room.
09:34This castle definitely has one just for me.
09:37Don't wander off.
09:40Paisley stuck out her tongue, then skipped toward a staircase marked private.
09:44Too late.
09:45The castle has seven floors, and Pasley tore through them like she'd found a theme park.
09:50She kicked over a suit of armor.
09:52She ripped an oil paint across the wall.
09:55The torn canvas lay scattered across the floor.
09:57I hurried over.
09:59The ancestor inside glared as if this were my fault.
10:02Next, she barged into my father's private wine cellar.
10:05My dad, Vincent, had spent centuries collecting those wines from around the world.
10:09Every bottle was priceless.
10:10Her eyes gleamed at the wall of racks.
10:12She poured a little into her palm and licked it.
10:15Ugh, yuck.
10:16That's disgusting.
10:17She flung the bottle.
10:18A fortune shattered across the floor.
10:21Then she went down the racks like a tornado.
10:23This bottle's ugly.
10:25Toss it.
10:25This one's not pink.
10:26Toss it.
10:27This one's too heavy for me.
10:28Toss it too.
10:30I stared at the mess, not knowing what to do.
10:35Then a scream came from the next room.
10:44I got there and nearly laughed.
10:46I saw something all sparkly and thought it was jewels.
10:49But it was blood.
10:51It's so, so gross.
10:53And I cut my hand.
10:55This was not a normal room.
10:57It was my sister Lenora's collection.
10:59Lenora had one obsession.
11:01She kept a vial of blood from every human she had ever fed on.
11:05No one was allowed to touch her collection.
11:07Ever.
11:08Now they were all over the floor.
11:10And my sister is famously, deeply vindictive.
11:15Marcus saw Paisley's tears and his eyes went red.
11:18Smash everything in this room, now!
11:24I ducked into a corner, pretended to cower, and settled in for the show.
11:28Paisley kept tearing through the castle until she threw open the grandest set of double doors at the end of
11:33the hall.
11:33My parents' bedroom.
11:39I officially claim this as my princess room!
11:43Then she spotted the jewelry box, gasped, and began holding its egg-sized gemstones against her dress.
11:49You'd better not touch those, or you're gonna die horribly.
11:53I wasn't lying.
11:54My mother treats her jewelry like her own blood.
11:57Centuries of Vesper heirlooms.
11:58But Paisley was used to everyone giving her whatever she wanted.
12:01My warning meant nothing to her.
12:06Who do you think you are telling Princess what to do?
12:09You're just a filthy gardener!
12:13Don't be scared, Paisley.
12:15If you want it, it's yours.
12:17If you asked, I'd buy you the moon.
12:20Play with whatever you want.
12:21I'll handle the owner.
12:23These colors are so old lady.
12:26I want them painted pink.
12:27Bring me paint!
12:28Just to prove how spoiled you are,
12:30stolen jewels won't turn an ugly duckling into a real princess.
12:34She studied her thick, cakey foundation in the vanity mirror,
12:36then stared at my nearly white skin.
12:38She no longer bothered to hide her jealousy.
12:41Tie that dirt girl outside.
12:42Princess is treating her to a nice, long tanning session.
12:49Leave her there until she's extra crispy.
12:54My skin still hadn't recovered from the few seconds outside earlier.
12:58Thrown into full sun, I'd be roasted to ash.
13:00Let go of me!
13:02This is kidnapping!
13:03You'll go to prison for this!
13:06In my castle, I am the law.
13:09At Paisley's command, they dragged me through the front doors
13:12and into the blazing sun.
13:13The instant the sunlight hit me,
13:15it felt as if I had been thrown straight into hell.
13:18Every inch of my body burned.
13:20Somehow, I found the strength to tear myself free
13:22and scramble my hands and knees into the nearest patch of shade.
13:27I had been exposed for only a few seconds,
13:30but black scorch marks were already spreading across both arms.
13:34Ooh! What happened to her skin?
13:36It looks so gross and scary!
13:38Probably some kind of skin condition.
13:40I've heard of it.
13:41Sunlight makes the skin blister and break down.
13:44At least her oldest brother had some sense.
13:47Now that he knew more sunlight could kill me,
13:49surely Paisley would back off.
13:51So she's just a freak who can't handle daylight?
13:54Before I could recover from the burning pain in my arms,
13:57Paisley's syrupy voice rang out again.
14:00Yay! Bring me across and tire to it!
14:02Princess wants to play vampire hunter!
14:05This will kill me!
14:07Are you insane?!
14:11So what? I want to play.
14:13If it gets bad, we'll just put her in a nice hospital.
14:16And Marcus actually dragged over a heavy wooden cross.
14:19Two bodyguards yanked me off the ground,
14:21hauled me back into the sunlight,
14:22and pinsed me against the cross.
14:25Paisley was now wearing a Halloween witch hat,
14:27waving both arms in the air.
14:29Look, look! The black spots are coming out!
14:33I'm a genius! I can do magic!
14:36The minutes dragged by beneath the blazing sun.
14:39Thin wisps of white smoke began curling from my scourged skin,
14:43and my vision started to blur.
14:45Finally, bored with her exorcism game,
14:47Paisley pulled a sharper wooden stick from her belt
14:50and aimed it at my heart with a giggle.
14:52Bye-bye, little monster.
14:54Today, the vampire hunter princess is going to save this castle.
14:58I shut my eyes, waiting for an absurd death.
15:01But just as the sharpened wooden stick was about to pierce my chest,
15:05then the sky split open with wind and rain.
15:07The stake was ripped from her hand by an unseen force,
15:10and four silhouettes appeared at the castle entrance.
15:16What happened?
15:20Before the brothers could react,
15:23Paisley went flying like a snapped kite and slammed into the ground.
15:27Marcus! It hurts!
15:30I think my back is broken!
15:33Marcus rushed over to check on her.
15:35Sure enough, the fabric at Paisley's waist had torn,
15:39revealing a dark purple bruise along her side.
15:43From the panic on her brother's faces,
15:45I guessed pain was a new experience for her.
15:49Paisley had been pampered and protected her entire life.
15:53No one had ever dared harm a hair on her head,
15:56let alone hurt her this badly.
15:58You hurt a Prescott?
16:01You want to die?
16:04The four brothers rounded on the four figures in the doorway,
16:08roaring!
16:08But the four figures complete ignored their fury.
16:13One of them raised a hand, lazily,
16:16and the rope and cross holding me crumbled to dust.
16:20In the gray storm light, I finally saw them clearly.
16:23My mother.
16:25My father.
16:26My sister.
16:28My brother.
16:29Home early from their trip.
16:30You idiot.
16:32This is what happens when you're too soft.
16:34I'd have drained them an hour ago.
16:36If you'd drink blood like a normal vampire,
16:39these burns would have healed by now.
16:41But no.
16:43You insist on being a vegetarian.
16:46Now you can't even handle a little sunlight?
16:49I let her yell at me.
16:51Underneath all of it, she was terrified.
16:55It was the warmest I'd felt all day.
17:00Behind her, my sister Lenora was absently touching up her clipstick with a compact mirror in hand.
17:07She suddenly froze.
17:10Her nose twickled.
17:12A faint scent of blood drifted through the air,
17:14but it carried traces of many different humans,
17:16all mixed together.
17:18No!
17:18She was gone before I finished blinking.
17:23Streaking up to the third floor collection room,
17:25she trembled with rage.
17:29Every vial she'd hoarded over centuries lay shattered,
17:32blood and glass ground into a single ruined smear across the floor.
17:36Lenora is the most vindictive creature in a family of vindictive creatures.
17:41She stood there,
17:42shaking,
17:43and did not make a sound.
17:45That was so much worse than screaming.
17:50Who?
17:54Just the one word,
17:56very quiet.
17:59Downstairs,
18:00Pasley was still whimpering over her bruise,
18:04completely unaware of what was coming.
18:09My parents followed close behind,
18:12and discovered
18:13that their treasured
18:15possessions had been ruined, too.
18:18My dad,
18:19Vincent,
18:19crouched over the wreckage of his wine room
18:21and picked up a shard of glass.
18:23His fangs slid out on their own.
18:26Three hundred years.
18:28I collected these for three hundred years.
18:31I never even let myself drink them!
18:34Inside the bedroom,
18:35my mother,
18:36Carmela,
18:36said nothing.
18:38She walked to the vanity
18:39and lifted a gemstone
18:41someone had spray-pinted pink.
18:47The stone crushed to powder
18:48and sifted through her hand like sand.
18:51That's when I knew
18:53she was past furious.
18:55Seeing what had happened
18:56to everyone else's treasures,
18:58my brother,
18:58Sebastian,
19:00bolted for his library,
19:02dread all over his face.
19:03He froze in the doorway.
19:05The books were all still there,
19:07neatly shelved.
19:10He exhaled.
19:11Then he opened one.
19:13Every page was scribbled over
19:14in marker.
19:15Some had been torn out entirely.
19:18These are one of a kind.
19:21There are no other copies.
19:22There will never be other copies!
19:24Four voices rose at once,
19:27loud enough to rattle the chandeliers.
19:29For one beat,
19:30none of us moved.
19:32Broken glass kept settling
19:34through the silence,
19:35piece by piece.
19:38Who did this?
19:43I did, obviously.
19:47She popped her head out
19:48from behind her brothers,
19:50giggling,
19:51completely missing the fact
19:53that death had just
19:54walked into the building.
19:55All those tiny letters
19:57were so ugly.
19:59I gave the books
19:59an artistic upgrade.
20:01And the pages I tore out
20:02were boring,
20:03so I flushed them.
20:05Aren't I helpful?
20:06The four brothers
20:07who had been throwing
20:08their weight around
20:09moments ago
20:10fell silent.
20:13Their swagger vanished,
20:14and they instinctively
20:16backed away.
20:17By now,
20:18they had clearly realized
20:19that my family
20:20wasn't exactly human.
20:22Pasley did not get the memo.
20:24She was still smiling.
20:26Behind her,
20:27Marcus shifted
20:28one careful step away.
20:29Graham caught Tristan's sleeve
20:31before he could speak.
20:34For the first time
20:35since arriving,
20:37the brothers
20:37looked less like bodyguards
20:39and more like men
20:40deciding whether
20:41the nearest window
20:42was survivable.
20:44Watching her cheerfully list
20:46every irreplaceable thing
20:47she'd destroyed
20:48to the faces
20:49of the four ancient vampires
20:51who owned them,
20:55I felt something
20:56almost like sympathy.
20:58I almost felt sorry for her.
21:00Almost.
21:01I genuinely hoped,
21:03for her sake,
21:06that she was harder to kill
21:07than she looked.
21:12So you're the sweet,
21:13soft little strawberry
21:14Flora mentioned
21:15on the phone.
21:16My mother walked toward her
21:18at an unherring pace,
21:20her heels clicking sharply
21:21against the flagstones.
21:22At the word strawberry,
21:24Paisley lifted her chin,
21:25delighted.
21:26It was me.
21:28You must be that
21:29mud girl's family.
21:30Since you're being so nice,
21:32I'll be a generous princess
21:34and forgive you
21:34for shoving me earlier.
21:36Something dangerous
21:37flashed in Carmela's eyes.
21:40I knew that look.
21:42She was holding back
21:43enough rage
21:44to level the entire estate.
21:46But Paisley was foolish enough
21:48to mistake her silence
21:49for approval.
21:51But didn't that gardener
21:52tell you?
21:53This is my castle now.
21:56You nobodies
21:57don't get to walk in.
21:58Your castle?
22:01My mother said it
22:03like the funniest joke
22:04she'd heard in a century.
22:05Big words.
22:06Go on then.
22:08call to it.
22:09See if it answers.
22:15The moment she finished speaking,
22:17the dead castle came alive.
22:30When were we ever yours?
22:33When were we ever yours?
22:40The sound came from everywhere
22:42and nowhere,
22:43layered over itself
22:44until the stone itself
22:45seemed to breathe.
22:50Her mouth kept opening,
22:52but no order came out.
22:54From where I stood,
22:55her strawberry perfume
22:56could no longer cover
22:58the sharp smell of fear.
23:00She turned to run for the door.
23:01She made it three steps
23:03before my mother caught her
23:05by the back of the neck
23:06and lifted her,
23:07dangling,
23:08off the floor.
23:11Her brothers surged forward,
23:13then stopped together
23:14when La Caramila looked at them.
23:18Four billionaire heirs,
23:19all suddenly unwilling to be first.
23:23Marcus!
23:25Tell her to put me down!
23:27Right now!
23:28Marcus's face tightened.
23:30He forced his voice
23:31to stay firm,
23:32but he didn't dare
23:33take a single step closer.
23:35Put my sister down!
23:38You'd better think carefully
23:39before making an enemy
23:40of the Prescott family!
23:42My mother tilted Paisley's chin
23:44toward the light
23:45and studied the bead of blood
23:46at her throat.
23:56Strawberry?
23:58That's the cheapest,
23:59sourest blood I've ever tasted.
24:01A sewer rat would go down easier.
24:04Paisley's face dissolved
24:05into tears and snot.
24:07She shot a desperate look
24:08at her four brothers.
24:09The brothers were terrified,
24:11but when they realized
24:12Paisley's life
24:13might be in danger,
24:15they had no choice
24:16but to order the bodyguards
24:18to attack.
24:21Get them!
24:22They laid hands on Miss Prescott.
24:24Take them all down!
24:26A dozen trained guards
24:27rushed in.
24:44My sister smiled
24:46for the first time
24:46all evening.
24:47She grabbed two
24:48of the stiffened men
24:49by the collar
24:50and started dragging them
24:52toward the dark end
24:52of the hall.
24:54I'll take these.
24:55I'm hungry anyway
24:56and I need to start
24:58rebuilding my collection.
25:01A moment later,
25:03screams echoed up
25:04from somewhere deep
25:04in the castle,
25:06each one worse
25:07than the last.
25:12Whatever denial
25:13the four brothers
25:14had been clinging to
25:15vanished from their faces.
25:23You have beautiful
25:24muscle definition.
25:26Really excellent proportions.
25:29You'd be perfect
25:30for studying
25:31how to separate
25:31flesh from bone.
25:33Elegantly, of course.
25:37A force no one
25:38could see
25:39flipped Marcus
25:40off his feet.
25:46Sebastian dragged
25:47the oldest Prescott son
25:48toward the laboratory
25:49at the end of the hall
25:50like a bag of trash.
25:55At the other end
25:56of the great hall,
25:57my parents calmly
25:59tied Paisley
26:00to a cross.
26:02They intended
26:03to make her suffer
26:04everything she had
26:05just put me through.
26:08Sunlight could not
26:09burn her,
26:10but the ropes
26:11made her feel
26:12the same helplessness
26:13she had treated
26:14as a game.
26:19The other three brothers
26:20were cornered
26:21by a swarm of bats
26:22pouring out
26:23out of the tower.
26:24Sebastian was still
26:25dragging Marcus
26:26toward the laboratory
26:27by one leg.
26:29Marcus' back
26:30scraped across
26:30the flagstones
26:31as he clawed
26:32uselessly at the floor.
26:33Marcus finally realized
26:35that if he didn't
26:36fight back,
26:37he wasn't leaving
26:38the castle alive.
26:46You want a war
26:47with the Prescott family?
26:49Fine!
26:50You're all dead!
26:52When my grandpa
26:53gets here,
26:53he's gonna destroy
26:55you monsters!
26:57But the panic
26:58they were expecting
26:59never came.
27:05Sure,
27:06let's wait and see
27:07what he thinks
27:07he can do to me.
27:10The minutes
27:10crawled by.
27:15Ten minutes later,
27:17an off-road vehicle
27:18smashed through
27:18the outer gate
27:19and suspended
27:19to a stop
27:20in the courtyard.
27:32Who dares
27:33lay a hand
27:34on my family?
27:37Grandpa!
27:38It's them!
27:39Arrest these monsters!
27:42One look,
27:44and Edmund Prescott's
27:45knees hit the floor
27:46before he could
27:47stop them.
27:48My...
27:49my queen.
27:55Grandpa,
27:56are you
27:57insane?
27:58She's the one
27:59who hurt me!
28:00How can you
28:01bow to her?
28:03Silence!
28:04Do you have
28:05any idea
28:06who this is,
28:08you reckless
28:08little fool?
28:16Behind him,
28:17the brothers
28:18stared from the
28:18O.N. to Carmela,
28:20waiting for the
28:20punchline.
28:21None came.
28:23This is the
28:24Queen of House
28:25Vespa.
28:27Centuries ago,
28:29when war
28:29scattered our
28:30ancestors and
28:31the Prescott
28:31line was nearly
28:32wiped out,
28:33it was Her
28:34Majesty who
28:35took pity on
28:36us.
28:36She bound
28:37our family to
28:38hers with an
28:39ancestral blood
28:40oath.
28:40That oath
28:42is the only
28:43reason any
28:44Prescott is
28:44alive today.
28:46Her Majesty
28:47has lived for
28:48centuries.
28:49Her holdings
28:50are beyond
28:51counting.
28:52The Prescott
28:53dynasty is
28:54nothing but
28:55the loose
28:55change she
28:56once handed
28:57her stewards
28:58to manage.
29:00What?
29:13You used to
29:14tell us the
29:14Prescott name
29:15was a gift,
29:16that we
29:17owed everything
29:18to someone we
29:18could never
29:19offend.
29:21I thought it
29:21was just a
29:22story to keep
29:23us in line.
29:45You're saying
29:46the true heir
29:47to everything
29:47the Prescotts
29:48own is her?
29:55So you do
29:56still remember
29:57your queen,
29:58and yet your
29:59granddaughter did
30:00all of this
30:01to my daughter.
30:05You'd better
30:06thank God
30:07that Flora
30:07is a vegetarian.
30:09If it had
30:10been anyone
30:10else in our
30:11family,
30:12your grandsons
30:13would already
30:13be lying dead
30:14on the floor,
30:16drained dry.
30:20Edmund looked
30:21at Paisley,
30:22still sniffling
30:23on the cross,
30:24and rage
30:24twisted his
30:25face.
30:26He limped
30:26over and
30:27struck her
30:28across the
30:28knee.
30:30You little
30:31monster.
30:32Get down
30:33and apologize
30:33to the young
30:34mistress.
30:35Now!
30:36But Paisley's
30:36princess act
30:37snapped right
30:38back into
30:38place.
30:39She jerked
30:40her chin
30:40up.
30:41No.
30:43You always
30:43said I was
30:44the most
30:44precious princess
30:45in the family.
30:46princess does
30:47not bow to
30:48anyone.
30:49Crack.
30:50Edwin's
30:50hand caught
30:51her across
30:51the face.
30:52Blood welled
30:53at the corner
30:54of her mouth.
30:55The slap
30:55silenced
30:56even the
30:56guards
30:57waiting by
30:57the door.
31:00I spoiled
31:01you into
31:01this.
31:02Do you
31:03want the
31:03rest of
31:04the Prescott
31:04family wiped
31:05out because
31:05of you?
31:06Paisley's
31:07cheek quickly
31:07turned red.
31:08She bit
31:09down hard
31:09on her
31:09lip but
31:10kept her
31:10chin raised
31:11defiantly,
31:12refusing to
31:13back down.
31:13The brothers
31:14stared at
31:14the floor.
31:15Not one
31:16stepped forward
31:16this time.
31:17Paisley
31:18desperately
31:18searched her
31:19brother's
31:19faces before
31:20looking toward
31:20Marcus,
31:21who was still
31:22being dragged
31:22away by
31:23Sebastian.
31:23She expected
31:24him to save
31:25her like he
31:25always did,
31:26but even
31:26Marcus was
31:27trembling with
31:28fear now.
31:32Enough.
31:33Spare me
31:34the sob story.
31:35My mother
31:36watched the
31:37whole scene
31:37with icy
31:38contempt.
31:39A mistake
31:40this big
31:40needs real
31:41consequences.
31:49She looked
31:50down at
31:51Edmund
31:51like a judge
31:52reading a
31:52sentence.
31:53First,
31:54Paisley,
31:55Paisley is
31:55cut off
31:55from this
31:56family,
31:56effective
31:57now.
31:57From today,
31:59she doesn't
31:59touch a
31:59single dollar
32:00of Prescott
32:01money.
32:03Yes,
32:04my queen.
32:04Second,
32:05I know the
32:06Prescots have
32:07built plenty
32:07of their own
32:08ventures over
32:09the years.
32:10You'll sign
32:11over three
32:11quarters of
32:12everything in
32:13your name
32:13as restitution
32:14to my
32:15daughter.
32:15Edmund
32:16flinched at
32:17the number,
32:17but he did
32:18not argue.
32:19Then my
32:20mother pointed
32:20at the four
32:21brothers slumped
32:22on the floor.
32:23Third,
32:23all of them
32:24swear a
32:24binding blood
32:25oath of
32:25restitution to
32:26my daughter
32:27until every
32:27debt is
32:27repaid.
32:28No
32:28loopholes,
32:29no buying
32:30their way
32:30out.
32:30The oath
32:31would compel
32:31them to
32:32repair what
32:32they had
32:32destroyed and
32:33work off
32:34every dollar
32:35of restitution.
32:35They could
32:36not abandon
32:37the debt or
32:37order someone
32:38else to serve
32:39it for them.
32:41My mother
32:42turned to
32:42me.
32:46Flora,
32:47how does
32:48that sound?
32:49I nodded.
32:50No objections
32:51here.
32:52They'd killed
32:52my pollinators.
32:55Now they
32:56could rebuild
32:57my garden
32:57and work
32:58in the sun
32:59until the
33:00oath judged
33:00their debt
33:01paid.
33:05Edmund's
33:05face went
33:06gray.
33:06I remembered
33:07Edmund spending
33:08years at our
33:09castle when I
33:09was younger,
33:10personally fulfilling
33:11the old
33:11family oath.
33:12The shame
33:13in his
33:13expression told
33:14me he
33:15remembered
33:15every day
33:15of it.
33:16He looked
33:16at Carmela,
33:17then at his
33:18grandsons.
33:18His shoulders
33:19sagged.
33:20He drew
33:20a long
33:21breath.
33:21I agree.
33:22Grandpa,
33:23Paisley's
33:23never suffered
33:24a day in
33:24her life.
33:25Casting her
33:26out is a
33:26death sentence.
33:27Marcus's eyes
33:28were bloodshot.
33:29Graham jumped
33:29in beside him.
33:30If she goes,
33:31we all go.
33:32We won't
33:33leave her behind.
33:34The other
33:34two brothers
33:35stood too,
33:36faces set.
33:37We stay
33:38together or
33:38we leave
33:39together.
33:39Mom made
33:40promise to
33:41protect her
33:41before she
33:42died.
33:42We won't
33:43abandon our
33:43sister.
33:45Marcus glared
33:46at his kneeling
33:47grandfather.
33:47We're not
33:48shameless like
33:49you, serving
33:50someone for
33:51decades, swallowing
33:53the humiliation
33:53and getting
33:54nothing out of
33:55it.
33:55It was a
33:55stirring little
33:56speech about
33:57family loyalty.
33:58Standing off to
33:59the side, I
34:00rolled my eyes
34:01so hard it
34:02hurt.
34:03They had
34:03watched Paisley
34:04leach my
34:05bats, collar
34:06me, and leave
34:07me burning
34:07in the sun.
34:09Apparently
34:09family loyalty
34:10only became
34:11sacred when
34:11consequences
34:12reached them.
34:16Nothing out
34:16of it?
34:17Everything you
34:18wear, everything
34:19you eat, where
34:19do you think
34:20it comes from?
34:20I stepped
34:21forward, ticking
34:22them off one
34:22by one.
34:23Marcus, that
34:24custom suit?
34:25The family
34:26tailored it for
34:26you last month.
34:27Graham, that
34:28limited edition
34:29attack on your
34:29wrist, charged
34:30to a Prescott
34:31account.
34:31The rest of
34:32you, the
34:34supercars, the
34:36pro-basketball
34:37franchipes you
34:37keep pouring
34:38money into?
34:39Hundreds of
34:40millions every
34:41year, all on
34:42the family's
34:42tab.
34:43And you're
34:44standing here
34:45telling me you've
34:45got nothing?
34:46I let a slow,
34:48knocking smile
34:48spread.
34:49Oh, and one
34:50more thing, that
34:50black card you
34:51flashed to buy
34:52my castle, also
34:53Prescott money, so
34:54you used your
34:55benefactor's fortune
34:56to perform your
34:56touching brotherly
34:57devotion.
34:58Have you no
34:58shame?
34:59The four
34:59brothers flushed
35:00dark red, like
35:02they'd all been
35:02slapped at once.
35:03Their mouths
35:04opened, nothing
35:05came out.
35:06I waited.
35:09For men who
35:10had arrived with
35:11an answer for
35:11everything, the
35:12silence was almost
35:13refreshing.
35:14You don't get to
35:15talk to my
35:15brothers like
35:16that!
35:16Paisney, still
35:17roped to the
35:18cross, sobbed in
35:19their defense.
35:21They're good
35:22people.
35:22Nobody wants
35:23your stupid
35:24money.
35:25Brothers?
35:26I laughed so
35:27hard my eyes
35:28watered.
35:29But they're not
35:30your brothers at
35:32all.
35:36I don't drink
35:37human blood, but
35:39my sense for it
35:40is hundreds of
35:40times sharper than
35:41any mortals.
35:43And there was
35:43nothing, nothing
35:45of the Prescott
35:46bloodline in
35:46Peasley's veins.
35:48I had noticed it
35:49the moment she
35:49brushed past me in
35:50the garden.
35:51Instinct was not
35:52proof, though, and
35:53four armed men would
35:54never have accepted
35:54my nose as evidence.
35:56So I had kept it to
35:57myself and waited
35:58for Carmela, who
36:00had records to
36:00back it up.
36:02What is that
36:02supposed to mean?
36:04The four brothers
36:05looked at each
36:05other.
36:06It means you've
36:07been played.
36:08My mother smiled
36:09coldly and snapped
36:10her fingers.
36:11A huge screen of
36:13light unfolded out
36:14of thin air, and
36:15the investigators'
36:16files bloomed
36:16across it.
36:18Your succession
36:19reports looked
36:19wrong months ago,
36:20so I had them
36:21audited.
36:24Meeting her only
36:25confirmed it.
36:27Open your eyes
36:29and look at what
36:29your precious little
36:30sister really is.
36:33The screen filled
36:34with documents.
36:35Hospital records,
36:37birth certificates,
36:38DNA reports.
36:41Marcus leaned
36:41toward it despite
36:42himself.
36:43Graham shook
36:44his head before
36:45he had even read
36:46the first line.
36:47Peasley stopped
36:48crying.
36:49For the first time
36:50all day, she
36:51looked as if she
36:52understood exactly
36:53what she was
36:53seeing.
36:56My mother
36:57walked us
36:58through it, file
36:59by file.
36:59Archived records
37:00from your own
37:01Prescott Hospital.
37:02Birth records
37:03that were altered
37:0318 years ago.
37:05DNA results.
37:06Employment files
37:06putting Nora Reed
37:07and Ray Reed,
37:08your former nanny
37:09and your former
37:09driver, on the
37:10payroll the exact
37:11month it happened.
37:13The images
37:14shifted.
37:15Grainy hospital
37:16footage, a
37:17newborn Prescott
37:18heiress carried
37:19out of the
37:19maternity wild and
37:20swapped for another
37:21infant.
37:22It was not the
37:23only proof, but it
37:25showed how the
37:25altered records had
37:26begun.
37:27Then recent footage,
37:28Paisley curled
37:29against an older
37:30woman calling her
37:31mom bragging.
37:32Those Prescott
37:32idiots believe
37:33anything I tell
37:34them.
37:35So easy.
37:36The screen changed
37:37again.
37:38A thin young woman
37:39tied to a chair, a
37:40bowl of spoiled
37:41slub shoved in
37:41front of her.
37:42Paisley crouched
37:43down and forced
37:44her mouth open.
37:45Eat it.
37:46You said you were
37:47hungry.
37:48I saved this just
37:49for you.
37:50The castle went
37:51dead silent.
37:52The four brothers'
37:53faces went from
37:53white to a sick
37:55bloodless green.
37:57Their whole lives,
37:58their proud bond
37:59with their little
38:00sister, had been a
38:01joke from the very
38:02first day.
38:06Nora switched her
38:07own daughter for the
38:08real Prescott heiress
38:09at birth.
38:09That girl on the
38:10screen, starving,
38:12tied to a chair, is
38:13Audrey Prescott, the
38:14true heir.
38:15And Paisley has
38:16known the whole
38:17time.
38:17She's been helping
38:18her parents keep
38:19Audrey locked up
38:19for years.
38:22That's fake.
38:24Paisley thrashed
38:25against the ropes,
38:27shaking her head.
38:33The footage is
38:34doctored.
38:35You're framing me.
38:37Then take a DNA
38:38test.
38:39Right now.
38:44Her mouth opened.
38:46Nothing came out.
38:47We treated you like
38:48our blood.
38:49And you played us
38:50for fools.
38:51The brothers were
38:52shaking with fury.
38:53One of her brothers
38:54launched toward the
38:55cross, but another
38:56grabbed him before he
38:57could reach Paisley.
38:58The other brother
38:59cursed at her, looking
39:00ready to rush forward
39:01and teach her a lesson
39:02himself.
39:03Still bound to the
39:03cross, Paisley shrunk
39:05back and lowered her
39:06head.
39:06Edmund clutched his
39:07chest, nearly fainting.
39:09The girl he had
39:10raised for eighteen
39:11years.
39:12Every birthday, every
39:13indulgence, every time
39:15he had treated her like
39:16something too precious
39:17to touch.
39:18It all crossed his face
39:19before the grief
39:20hardened into disgust.
39:21Take her.
39:22She is exiled from the
39:23Prescott family.
39:25She never comes back.
39:29Two guards stepped forward
39:31and untud Paisley from
39:32the cross.
39:34Then they seized her by
39:35the arms and hauled her
39:36away between them.
39:38When begging and crying
39:39got her nowhere,
39:41Paisley suddenly went
39:42still, her face twisted
39:44with rage.
39:45Fine.
39:46If you're all going to be
39:47this cruel, don't blame me
39:49for what happens next.
39:50She screamed toward the
39:51dark landing on the
39:52second floor.
39:53Mom!
39:54Do it!
39:54Stick to the plan!
39:55Suddenly, the sharp
39:56reach of gasoline
39:57flooded air in the air.
39:59Nora stepped out on
40:00the landing above us.
40:01A lighter trembled
40:02in her hand.
40:03Behind her, a wet track
40:04ran down the stairs
40:05and across the first
40:06floor rugs.
40:10My blood went cold.
40:15She's going to burn
40:16down the castle.
40:19That's right.
40:20The tears on her cheeks
40:22weren't even dry, but her
40:23smile had gone crookied
40:24and wrong.
40:25I led all four of you
40:26idiots to this castle in
40:27the middle of nowhere so I
40:28could burn you alive.
40:29The pink makeover, the
40:31trucks, the workers, it was
40:32all part of the setup!
40:33Her face twisted with rage
40:35as she looked at me.
40:36Everyone would call it an
40:37accident and I'd get every
40:38dollar in Grandpa's
40:39trust!
40:39I planned everything until
40:41that mud girl ruined it!
40:43Her eyes filled with open
40:45hatred.
40:46But vampires burned too.
40:47so I'll just torch all of
40:49you instead!
40:50Same result!
40:51Paisley looked up at
40:52Nora and nodded.
40:53Nora struck the lighter
40:54and dropped it onto the
40:55gasoline-soaked runner.
41:00Flames roared up and
41:01swallowed the entire first
41:03floor in seconds.
41:04In the chaos, Paisley's
41:06loyal bodyguards helped
41:07her and Nora escape
41:08through a side emergency
41:09exit, then locked the
41:10heavy steel door behind
41:12them.
41:21The four brothers threw
41:23themselves at the main
41:24doors.
41:24Heavy chains rattled on the
41:26other side.
41:27Through a narrow window, I
41:29saw Ray checking the last
41:30lock.
41:31They must have sealed the
41:33exits while everyone watched
41:34Edmund kneel.
41:38Beyond the windows, Paisley
41:40watched the inferno, gloating.
41:42Since you all love me so much,
41:44don't worry!
41:45I'll collect your ashes when
41:46you're done cooking, and
41:47your precious real heiress,
41:49she'll be joining you soon
41:50enough.
41:51After 18 years of loving me,
41:53you picked some gross
41:54stranger just because she
41:55shares your blood.
41:56Worst brothers ever!
42:00Inside, the fire was too
42:01much even for my family.
42:04My brother and sister were
42:06fading.
42:07My parents were weakening.
42:09Flora, what do we do?
42:13I crossed to an unremarkable
42:15slab of stone in the
42:16corner and shoved it aside,
42:17revealing a low opening, just
42:19wide enough for one person.
42:26This way!
42:27Years ago, to move soil and
42:29supplies without my parents
42:31noticing my growing garden
42:32habit, I'd secretly restored an
42:34old castle service tunnel and
42:36extended it.
42:37Tonight, it finally paid off.
42:45One by one, we scrambled into the
42:48tunnel.
42:51In the last seconds before the
42:53castle collapsed in a roar of
42:55fire and stone, we came out into
42:57the open night air.
42:58Outside, Paisley was still barking
43:00orders at her nanny mother.
43:02Call the reporters.
43:03Tell them the four Prescott heirs
43:05killed each other fighting over the
43:06inheritance.
43:07A little late for that, don't you
43:09think?
43:09A cold voice spoke directly behind
43:11her.
43:12Before she could turn, my father's
43:14hand closed around her throat and
43:16lifted her off the ground.
43:20How are you?
43:21She stared at all of us, standing
43:23perfectly alive behind him, her eyes
43:25bulging.
43:26She never got the chance to talk her
43:28way out again.
43:29Vincent moved one finger and a thread
43:31of mist slid into the space between
43:33her brows.
43:34You love your little performances so
43:36much.
43:36Then perform your worst nightmare every
43:39single night.
43:40Paisley's gaze went glassy.
43:42She clawed at her own face, shrieking
43:44at something only she could see.
43:48In the end, Paisley was committed to a
43:50psychiatric hospital, where endless
43:52hallucinations tormented her day after
43:54day.
43:54Nora and Ray Reed were arrested.
43:56Kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment,
43:57fraud, arson, attempted murder.
43:59The list ran long.
44:00We didn't forget Audrey.
44:02The team already tracing Paisley's
44:04recovered video located the basement
44:05before dawn.
44:07The real Prescott Harris came out,
44:09malnourished, terrified, but alive.
44:12Edmund wept when he saw her, and this
44:14time I understood why.
44:16Rebuilding the castle took months.
44:17We saved the original stone shell,
44:20restored the damaged rooms, and
44:21replaced what could be replaced.
44:22The collections Paisley destroyed
44:24were gone forever, but House Vesper had
44:26survived worse than one pink arsonist.
44:28Once the dust settled, I broke ground on
44:32a brand new kitchen garden, twice the
44:34size of the old one, with a proper
44:37climate-controlled greenhouse.
44:39This time my parents didn't complain.
44:41They helped.
44:42My mother even threw herself into
44:43organizing a campy, floodlit, midnight
44:45harvest competition.
44:47Vampires versus vegetables.
44:49I won.
44:50Obviously.
44:51My prize heirloom tomato was bigger
44:53than a dinner plate, perfectly round,
44:55and red enough to make half the audience
44:56hungry.
44:57I held up the trophy and looked out
44:59at the crowd, my family clapping,
45:00and the four Prescott brothers sweating
45:02miserably in the beds, bound by oath
45:04to weed my rose until their debt was paid.
45:06Everyone in my family has a favorite
45:08blood type.
45:09My favorite tomato finally has a trophy.
45:13I looked at my restored home,
45:15my greenhouse, and my strange family
45:17cheering from the lawn.
45:19This is exactly the life I wanted.
45:21I looked at my restored home, and I looked at it.
45:23I looked at it.
45:24I looked at it.