PROLOGUE

At the middle of a the night where a thunderstorm can be heard inside the big house of Turner Family. Everyone in the family is crying while surrounding a bed where the head of the family (Jonathan Turner) is laying, fighting for his life.

"Dad.." Lukas Turner, the first son of the family, is sobbing silently while holding his father's left hand. "Please... fight it."

Selina Turner, the wife of Jonathan Turner, crying out of emotional pain because of his dying husband. She hugged him while whispering her begging to the lord for his beloved husband's life.

Celine Turner, the first daughter is holding his father's right arm while crying silently. She's not affectionate but this time she just can't hold the pain. Thay all know that their father is going to die this night, she accepted it but she's of course, still hurting by the fact.

Jane Turner, the second daughter is crying out loud and the only one who's angry in this situation, she just can't accept that her loving father is dying. She keeps on insisting that he's not gonna die. "Dad! Please, get up! I hate you!"

Everyone is in pain and it can be heard on their sobs and cry, it's all over the house and mixing at the sound of the storm, but it's all confusing for the youngest girl who's just standing at the end of the bed, staring at her family's sorrow.

She's teary eyed but she can't cry because she don't understand what's happening but she can feel it in her heart that it hurts. Whatever it is that's happening, she don't like it. The 5 year old girl hugged her stuff toy tightly while rubbing her teary eyes.

"Mom.." She called in a quiet voice but her mother didn't heard it. She wanted to call her Mom again but decided to not to and just closed her eyes and wished for it to stop. "Please, I don't like it, I don't want it." She whispered and a single tear made it out from her eyes.

And the moment the tear hit the floor the storm mysteriously stop and all the lights on the house disappeared that catched everyone's attention.

"What happened?" Their Mom ask in rasp voice looking at them.

"Must be-- because.. of the storm." Celine said but crack because of crying.

"But the storm is gone." Lukas look outside the window.

"I'm scared." Jane.

"Someone is in there." the youngest girl said while pointing at the open veranda.

They all jumped in horror when a man step inside the room from the veranda. He's waering a black raining coat and black clothes under it, his face cannot be seen because of the coat's hood and the dark.

They are all terrified at the mysterious man's presence that they are stilled in their position.

"W-who are you?" Their Mom ask the stranger in a composed but still scared voice.

"I'm here to help." the man's voice is deep and void of any emotion but not scary at all.

"W-we don't... know you." Celine hesitantly said.

The only one who's not afraid on this situation is the youngest girl who's tilting her head while examining and keep looking at the stranger to see his face.

The stranger look at the young innocent girl and tilted his head too, letting the moonlight lighten the part of his face but only for the young girl's sight of vision.

The young girl gasp when she saw a part of the stangers face but she didn't get all the details when the stanger straighten to look at the older ones of the family. The young girl only remember the man's eye color, it's red with a faint color of skyblue.

"I can help him live a little longer. Healty and normal." the stranger stated that made them look at each other with a confused suspicious look on their faces.

"How can you do it?" Lukas, who's the only one have a courage to ask.

"I have a way."

"What's our assurance that you can?" Celine ask suspiciously.

"When he lives after." He simply said.

Their Mom desperately look at the stranger. "If you really can, do it now."

"No."

"What 'no'? I thought you can save him?" their Mom almost scream angrily.

"Nothing is free." the stranger shook his head.

"Then what do you want?" Lukas spat.

"Someone should marry me if your father lived." The man said and point at the three girls one by one except for the mother. "Who will it be?"

"Are you insane?" Jane hissed angrily. "I won't marry a creep."

"Then your father will die."

They stilled on that.

"We don't even know you." Their mother said in a hushed voice.

"You don't have to. You just have to know that I'm a monster. Once your husband lived and no one wants to marry me, It will caused you not only a single life, but more; how many I want to take."

Their face covered in fear and worry. They are contemplating if they will deal with the stranger or not.

"I'm not going to marry him." Jane said, crying already and look at her older sister. "You should; you're the eldest."

Celine open her mouth to defend but close it and just avoided everyone's look.

"I think I should go." The stranger said and turn to go when their mother stop it.

"Please, let us think, please." She begged.

"No one wants to marry me. That's the only thing that I need from this family so if no one wants it, I have nothing to do in here."

The mother cried because she knew she can't do nothing with it. "Please, someone should sacrifice for this family." begging her daughters for her husband. "For your father." She look at Celine.

"But he's a monster." Jane whispered. "He said it himself."

"He looked normal Jane, don't be so immature!" Lukas said to her.

"Easy for you to say because you're not the one who's going to marry a stranger after." Celine coldly said.

"It's life over that, would you really still think about that?" Lukas told her sister, disappointed.

While they are debating about it, the stranger look at the youngest who's still keep on looking at him, trying to see his face again. He smirk and let the girl see his face while the family is busy.

The little girl gasped again and put her little hands to her mouth.

"Do you want to marry me?" The stranger ask the little girl and the little girl is the only one who heard that.

The little girl nodded excitedly and smile. "I want to marry you!" she cheerfully said that catches everyone's attention.

"Rexy!" Their mother shouted to stop her youngest daughter.

But before they can talk or moved again, the stranger is already beside the bed and putting a red liquid from a bottle to Jonathan's mouth.

They gasped and can't moved until all the red liquid was drank. The next second, the head of the family is gasping for air and getting up like just waken up by a nightmare. Selina and her children is still shocked on what's happening.

"Dad!" Lukas and the other two daughters checked their father immediately.

While Selina saw the stranger advancing to their youngest so she immediately go to her and put her daughter on her back while facing the stranger.

"You can't take her! She's too young!" She scream.

The stranger stop and shook his head. "We have a deal."

"We didn't deal."

"Yes, we didn't." stranger agreed but pointed at the little girl. "But we are."

"No! She's not thinking! She's just a child!" She keeps on screaming. "You're out of your mind if you think I'll let that happen!"

"Mom." Celine called her Mom in a whisper, afraid of what will happen.

The little girl watch her mother and beginning to cry because of her mother's screams.

The stranger look at the little girl and shook his head. "A deal is a deal." He said and suddenly gone.

The woman sighed and look around but only saw that her daughter isn't on her back anymore. "Rexy!" She shouted worrying and they look at the veranda.

There, standing the stanger and the little girl. The little girl is looking up at the stranger while the stranger is looking down at the kid.

Selina and Lukas are about to go to the stranger when an invisible wall stop them from getting near while the other two girls is afraid to move.

"What's happening?" the little girl ask when she look at her family.

"Rexy!" Lukas and their Mom called.

The stanger sit and crouch to level to the little girl and hold the girl's face to made her look at him. "You say you want to marry me."

"No! Baby! Please come here!" Their mother scream crying.

The little girl look at her mother again. "My mom is upset."

"But you told me earlier you will marry me, aren't you? Did you lie to me?" The stranger ask softly, getting the girl's attention.

The little girl shook her head amf pouted. "Lying is bad."

"That's right." He smirk. "Now promise me, that you will marry me when time comes."

"I promise."

"I want to hear every word."

"Rexy! Baby!" Her Mom screams bit this time Rexy can't hear them anymore.

She girl look up, thinking. "I promise... I'll marry... you... someday."

The stranger nodded approvingly. "I promise to come back in time and marry you. Now, promise me again that you're only be mine."

"I promise you're only mine." she said happily and smiling widely.

"Rexy! Please! Don't take her! I'm begging you!" Selina.

"No, silly." he chuckled and touch the little girl's hair. "Tell me this. 'I promise I'm only yours'."

"Okay!" The girl put her right hand up. "I promise, I'm only yours." then giggled cutely.

"Good girl." He smirk and lean on the little girl's neck. "Wait for me, okay?" he said and let his canine out and bite the girl's neck that made her scream a cry.

"Rexy!"

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