Find Me if You Can

SEVEN YEARS LATER

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As River scurried through the maze of hallways in the mansion, she suddenly remembered the meeting. The De la Mort family had called for a meeting of all the family members. Whenever they did this, the entire household was usually quiet as they’d spend hours and hours arguing, cursing, agreeing, and disagreeing with each other.

River remembered the last time her daughter went to eavesdrop on them during the meeting and she went to get her…

“Oh, please. Everyone knows you're all talk, and no action, brother!”

“Sister, at least, I have never for once fallen in love with a human. Imagine loving a snack, but you, sister…”

Argh. Mere thinking of their unending bruhahas was annoying enough. River shoved it off her head and focused on how they ended up catching her and her daughter while she went to get her the last time.

And… they were punished. The punishment usually entailed producing a cup of their blood every day for a week for the whole family to dine with. River wo