Being a lady of status, the Borgia sisters were used to going to other lands to promote the Borgia or Medici family power. Alliances had always been made on the backs of the females of each land. It was on one of these alliance trips that a meeting with an enemy of their father changed everything. However, there was one that would even use the girls to gain a personal stab towards their father. Cesare Borgia at one time was forced to support Giuliano della Rovere. The cardinal had given Cesare a multitude of promises that he would be able to keep his titles, land, money, etc. Yet this was just to gain personal joy to see Cesare fall or kneel before him. This would not really work against Cesare since he had more of a pride issue being the son of Pope Alexander VI which came with more pride than one can simply hold.

Antoinette and Adelaide had already been known as the outcasts of the already odd Borgia and Medici families. Being outcasts made them a bigger target than any of their siblings or other relatives. Giuliano della Rovere kept tabs on what the girls did and where they would go at any moment during the day. He waited till the right moment to pounce or to be clearer make his move. He waited till they were of age to begin to look for their mates and waited till the two girls went off into the woods near their childhood home. He waited till all the other siblings had been sent away to Rome or their noses into their studies or for the male training to be in the military.

The cardinal knew that the sisters went off often to the woods to think and even had a little cabin tucked in there to escape the world of the Italian and papal courts. One summer night, the cardinal made his way to Borgia land then to the woods around the time that Antoinette and Adelaide would sneak off to their cabin to read their banned books. This was his moment to make his move. The sneak little cardinal even waited till the twins were deep entranced into their books of choice to slowly sneak into the cabin and begin his plan.  Grabbing Adelaide first, the cardinal looked deep into Antoinette’s eyes, “If you don’t want anything bad to happen to your sister then you will not move and that goes for you as well little girl.” He said as he tightened his grip upon the younger twin’s neck.  The twins wanted to scream but would anyone come in time and what did he want to do to them?

Antoinette walked slowly towards them and tried to grab the cardinal’s arm only to be thrown to the other side of the room faster than she could think. Her head slammed against the wooden wall and her body would not move as the “holy” man held out his right arm towards her. She could feel a slight tightening around her neck and windpipe as if she was being choked. This made her watch as her sister was brought closer to him and his grip tightened around her twin. “Oh, how I long for this. Sweet innocence.” The wicked tainted old man spatted out as he moved Adelaide’s hair from her neck and dug his teeth into her flesh. Antoinette wanted to do something but all she could do was watch her sister attempt to move from his grasp. Each movement made him tighten around his waist even more than the second before until her body became limp.

The horror thought came into her mind that her twin was dead, but it was only the beginning of the plan that the old man wanted to do. Laying Adelaide down onto the bed in the corner, Antoniette watched as the old man put her twin’s arms over her chest, bit his own palm and dripped the blood into Adelaide’s mouth. As a twisted or joke, he took his palm towards his mouth, sucked his blood into his mouth, then brought his mouth down upon her twin’s lips.

This seemed to last forever but it took only seconds and before Antoinette could register what had happened, Giuliano della Rovere left Adelaide there on the bed as movement slowly began to stir from her. Antoinette’s eyes widened as she tried to move from him but before she could even get control of her own body, the old man’s grip went around her neck and forced her to watch as her sister began to stir. Screams filled Antoinette’s ears which all came from her sister. “What did you do?” she screamed trying to make sense of everything. “Oh, you will find out soon enough just watch the greatness.” Giuliano della Rovere replied, running one finger along Antoinette’s neck. “I have waited for this for so long and thought about this for so many years.  You both so beautiful and the plan had to be perfect.” He stated taking his other hand and wrapped it around her waist. “I could have done anything to you both, but this plan is far grander than anyone could imagine. The outcasted twins of Cesare Borgia turned into my fledglings and who knows perhaps young brides. Then again knowing both sides of your families’ brides maybe not the proper word.” He said with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

She could feel his hot breath upon her neck and the screams of her twin became louder than ever before as Adelaide began to thrash upon the bed. “What have you done?” Antionette asked in horror, trying to move to the floor. “Like I said you will know soon enough, it is almost over for your twin.” He replied slamming her to the wall and pressing his face inches away from her neck once again. His grip ever tighter around her and due to him being inches from her neck, Antionette had to watch as her twin stopped screaming. All at once, all movement from Adelaide stopped and silence filled the small cabin. “NO!!!” She screamed as she started to fight back against him. “Oh, don’t worry she is not dead but very much changing. “The cardinal stated with his thick Italian accent. “You will have done the same thing.” He said digging his teeth (fangs) deep inside the flesh of her neck just as a gasp from Adelaide. Antionette watched as her sister sat up and turned towards them.