an awful scream from her. I believe that if this beautiful maiden had even a moment of lucidity, she would willingly put an immediate end to her undignified existence! Fortunately, this victim of the devil endured for a shorter time: within three days, she drew her final breath.

"Now people were even more convinced that the Castle of La Garnache was cursed. The Comte was a bloodthirsty demon: he never dared to enter a church or come into contact with priests, exactly for he feared that the divine light radiating from the cross would scorch his evil soul!"

"It''s too scary, Daisy! Please stop!" The timid Barbara shivered all over and covered her ears.

But Fiona urgently grabbed her friend''s arm and said, "No, please go on, Daisy! If the Comte was a vampire, how could he ultimately die?"

Little Daisy sighed, "That''s another unsolved mystery! Due to the curse that plagued the region, the nearby villages soon became desolate and gloomy, devoid of any signs of life. As soon as the sun set, people instinctively locked their doors, and no one dared to venture outside at night or traverse through the eerie woods. However, after the deaths of the unfortunate siblings, no more cases of missing children were reported.

"More than another twenty years had passed since then. One day, a young nobleman, dressed in lavish attire, rode his horse through this bleak place, astounded by the heavy air of death that surrounded him. He halted and asked our maid for directions. Upon hearing that the young man was planning to visit Comte de La Garnache, she