Bertie bristled instinctively, and took a step back. "Y-your daughter?" Wait, Natalie's father was a vampire? She hadn't mentioned-
It hit Bertie like a bit of lead piping to the back of the head. Her sire. This was Natalie's sire. But, wait, he was a Waters, too? Was that coincidence, or had he... adopted the girl properly? Regardless, Bertie took another step back from the other man, holding up his hands.
"I'm not a vampire! I-I mean, I'm not meant to be," he babbled, Beast growling at the other man's presumption and audacity. There was no reason to back away. Bertie ought to stand firm, give him the talking to he deserved. Show him what becoming a vampire had meant. Except Waters was... stronger, older. "I turned Ms. Waters back into a human, and she turned me into a vampire. It-it all got mixed up, she just wanted me to understand, and now the wishing pond isn't working we're both bally well stuck."
He needed to get to the pond. He needed to wish this man human at once. The talk with Natalie about this man was rising to the forefront of his mind.
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It hit Bertie like a bit of lead piping to the back of the head. Her sire. This was Natalie's sire. But, wait, he was a Waters, too? Was that coincidence, or had he... adopted the girl properly? Regardless, Bertie took another step back from the other man, holding up his hands.
"I'm not a vampire! I-I mean, I'm not meant to be," he babbled, Beast growling at the other man's presumption and audacity. There was no reason to back away. Bertie ought to stand firm, give him the talking to he deserved. Show him what becoming a vampire had meant. Except Waters was... stronger, older. "I turned Ms. Waters back into a human, and she turned me into a vampire. It-it all got mixed up, she just wanted me to understand, and now the wishing pond isn't working we're both bally well stuck."
He needed to get to the pond. He needed to wish this man human at once. The talk with Natalie about this man was rising to the forefront of his mind.