he replied "Who took you?"

She shuddered as the thoughts passed through her mind. She never wanted to go back to him but she had too.

"Derrick was his name... He had been a childhood friend. We were very close, the best of friends. When his parents died my dad took him in and we were finally a family. The day my father died was traumatic for us both but he did not take the pain well. He ran away leaving me alone. It was not until many years later that he returned to me and blaimed my father's death on me, blaimed his condition on me. It was then that I learned what he truly was, but it was too late. He wrestled me to the floor and used his strength advantage to overpower me and then..." Jocelyn smiled weakly, tears staining her face hoping the man would understand what happened next.

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

The arab said softly "I understand, and if you want to know I've met him wandering in Paris."

Jocelyn's eyes widened at the mention of Derrick in Paris.

"You.. you have me..met him?"

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

he said "Yes, he had been wondering for a short time, we had an unfriendly encounter, though we both left unwounded."

"Has he.. well has he done this to others?" Jocelyn asked wanting to get resolution of the demons of her past.

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

the arab said "I've only heard of who turned him to the life after death."

"Who was it... I have been dying to figure that out." Jocelyn laughed softly at the irony of her statement.

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

he said "The infamous Count Dracula, who was taking a traipse through England."

She looked at the man with disbelief. She had heard the tales of Dracula but that they were all fairy tales, until Derrick. Even then the thought of the Count was still out of reach. “What is your name?”

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

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Jocelyn smiled down at Edward and continued to stroke his hair to soothe him. “We were just talking… you though fainted and fell to the ground”

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

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"He is just trying to follow what he believes. He no longer poses a threat." Her eyes then went to the other man's to confirm her words.

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

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the arab smiled and said "Yes, I've been that way for seven hundred years."