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As Mithias and Raven were moving toward the portal threshold into Ozzy's realm, the vampire suddenly felt the pull on his soul as so eloquently described. He gasped. A chill so intense sapped his very essence and his wings were snuffed out. Mithias cried out briefly as his world was going dark. He cluthched at his chest, the pain burning him from within, and he could feel a tiny string... leading from his heart through the eather to a being far, far away. Weakness shocked his body as his soul nearly tore out of its viable confines, and dark magic emblazened the words of his contract arcross his white skin. He had signed a contract, promising never to speak of Bob's daughter, never to let anyone know of her, and to protect her with his silence, and now he had confirmed with his voice her existance. His soul was forefit. Such a fool he had been, and he knew it. 

"Bob?! What? No, I... Ahhg!" The words that only Bob could hear rang from his soul across all time and space. Mithias shivered in the blue haze of Drac's realm, appearing to lose consciousness as the light in his eyes waivered out for a fraction of a second. The pull was irresistable, the mark, permanent. Mithias could not argue and gave in to defeat. "Master..." He whispered faintly, yielding, but then the pull receeded, returning his soul to him so that he may yet live a little longer. Bob knew he had him, and Mithias knew why he was not yet taken. It was because Bob still needed him to go after Alice. What Bob may not have known, was that Mithias would have gone after her even without a contract. 

Awakening agian, Mithias' strength and awareness returned to him. God, Bob's reach was unbelieveable. There was no preparation, no escape, and no mercy. He blinked at Raven, righting himself again in the floating space. Then he lowered his head in shame, knowing his freedom was at an end. "So, I have failed." He said to himself. Shakily he got up and glanced behind them at the direction the string had pulled. He didn't want to explain. "Ahem... Come on, Raven. I will be alright." He crossed the portal.