..A day ago..Kylian trotted into the Night Hills. The dark and eerie gales that whistled through their paths blew around him. Trees, humongous ones with foliages hunkered down, towered above him like a thousand giants, making him look like an ant in the midst of Titans.Howls sounded all around him. Silent throaty growls as blurry figures flashed all around him.This is the wolves territory in the Night Hills and no vampire treads there. Because the wolves and the vampires have no relationship. Even in fantasy novels and movies, they are portrayed as natural enemies. It isn't much different from that too.But despite this, Kylian's face, protruding all over with dark veins, was as calm as a millpond as he ventured deeper into the midst of the silent growls that lurked the shadows."Stop, vampire!" A deep voice thundered.He didn't stop. He continued his advance.Hulking figures flashed towards him. His cloak billowed and he was no longer in sight.The growls became more and more cohe

.. The Archipelago…Candles lit around. But the light couldn't do much. Only shadows on the rocky walls could be seen with much clarity.The place was a mess. The confines of the cave were filled with murmurs and silent gossip.Cold bodies under cloaks gathered before the stone podium, on which the leader, Caius usually stands to address the coven. As Caius had said, there's a fang glow.But they have waited for hours, still no signs of Caius.Inside the inner rooms, lined with cold rocks, was Caius. Bones-the-old was there too with some other vampires of high order in the Casal coven.The place is almost dark. With so little lighting.Caius was apart from them. He was standing before the Northside wall of the stone room. His mind faraway.His eyes were on the image sculptured on the stone wall by fine hands. The dexterity says it all. The image was that of a female with fangs, a vampire. Beautiful, that's the first thing that would come to your mind when you see the female's image.

.. The Archipelago…Located in the deepest parts of the Night Hills, the place is a definition of thick trees, tall and towering. The space dark and haunting. The ground all covered in crawling plants that seemed to writhe and slither in the dark. And finally, the large rock that extended deep into the ground, the entrances into it shrouded and obscured by the crawling plants.The insides of the rocks was the lair of the ruling vampires in New York city. Chilling stone walls, air damp and dark, the only source of illumination being the handful of lit candles.The place seemed not to be inhabited as only shadows could be seen.But then a figure appeared, it was moving fast, urgency dripping from its movement.It moved past a candlelight and then into the shadow of the darkness again. But one would see its' face. It's Bellerin.Bellerin strode into the central rocky hall.Caius turned from the wall. "Where is Adrian?"Bellerin hesitated. "That will not be good for you kid," Bones-the-o

Apart from Sarai the witch, someone else had the gut feeling that the vampires were gonna find them.That was Kylian.Even though he tried to stop himself from thinking such a thing, he still knew they were gonna find him. He just hoped that it would be a little longer.And he hoped that it wouldn't be bloody. For his friends. Heald, Benzo, the witch and any other person that wants to stand by him. He didn't want it to be bloody for them. As it had always been for the ones who stood for him in the past.But he knew the moment he told his past and no one of them left, that they would never go even if he tried to push them away.Nothing else could have chased them away other than his dark past."We have to hold them off," Benzo said. "I and Benzo would do that but we need to get Kylian outta here, because the two of us cannot defeat Adrian, he's a strong naturally born vampire." Heald suggested."I will get Kylian out of here." Sarai nodded. "Mei Li will help you guys."Benzo took a g

The portal opened. The place was dark. But one could see a female figure stepping out. The light from the large circle that made up the portal did a little illumination after all.After the female figure. A male figure fell out too. He wasn't on his feets, he literally fell outta the portal.The circle began to close up. The light began to gather at one point.The female hurriedly held up the male figure and supported him.Her face flashed around, the light from the closing portal shone on her face.It's none other than Sarai.And the male she's supporting is Kylian, who's apparently not in good shape right now.He's unconscious. Barely holding to life.Sarai looked around. A building should be here.Her eyes flashed up, a slum was at the extreme end, on the elevated side of the street. She could see the dim lighting on the little windows on the building from where she stood. So she's right. As in, she's at the right place. But nothing is here.Just a stale air, seemingly stagnated