“Alright.” Butcher leaned forward from his seat. “Let’s see what kind of face is hiding behind that handsome face-mask, shall we?”Two brought her claws out before coming to the front and swiping her arm in quick movements, tearing Charles’ mask in the process.This exposed a completely different person to them. A person who was also handsome but with sharper edges to his face, and the scar on his eyebrow also made him appear a bit intimidating.“Who the fuck is this motherfucker?” Butcher asked after seeing Carlos’ face. He kept staring at Carlos but couldn’t recognize him. “Have I seen him before? I don’t remember seeing this punk anywhere in the past.”Samantha took a good look and shook her head. “Nope. I haven’t seen him before, Boss.” She then mumbled, “But he’s definitely my type.”Leslie, however, somewhat remembered his face. “I think I saw a bounty on this face not long ago.” She took his picture and searched through the database and found a match. “Carlos Wallace. The husba
“Tell me how you’ve awakened your blood,” Samantha dug a screwdriver in Carlos’ thigh, but he didn’t scream. “If you tell me, I’ll let you go.”“Do you see the word ‘fool’ on my forehead?” he growled.Samantha pulled the screwdriver out and stabbed him in the thigh a few more times, making him grind his teeth and bear the pain.“Leslie has already gone to your villa,” Samantha said, smirking, “to see if she could find any clue on how you’ve awakened. So, it’s only a matter of time before we crack the code. And once we do, we’re going to make you the most miserable man on earth.”“Nothing you can do will make me more miserable than what I’ve already experienced all my life,” Carlos blurted, “When I was in the orphanage, the people there made us beg in the streets after dark. Some of us would get sold. Some would get kidnapped. I lived every night in terror, as I did my best to survive, no, not just to survive but to keep looking forward to living a better life. I’ve seen able men beg o
“Dragon Crashing the Ocean!”“Phoenix Burning the Forest!”Leslie and Samantha used wide-scale blood attacks that they believed would counter Akira’s speed. And it worked. Akira was struck by both of the attacks and was pushed back. However, it was only part of her sleeve that was destroyed.Leslie’s eyes widened. “What the hell? How’s she this strong? Is she also an Awakened? What bad luck we have!”“Shut your mouth and focus on the fight,” Samantha growled.Both of them fearlessly and furiously attacked her.Just then, Carlos broke free from his binding and jumped into the fight and madly attacked both of them like a crazy beast. All the torture they had done to him was still very fresh in his mind. His thighs still had holes in them. His head also had a hole in it, and the living pain in those body parts only added to his wrath.Each of his punches were like thunder and bombarded in their faces, utterly battering their bodies both outside and inside. They found their vitality leavi
“Don’t be foolish,” Akira harrumphed. “You think you can fight a hundred vampires by yourself? And there’s also Butcher who’s a Life Leecher. He’s probably awakened his body as well. Even though you’ve awakened your blood, it still doesn’t guarantee your victory.”“That’s why I’m asking you to train me,” Carlos insisted passionately.“How can I train you when I myself haven’t awakened my blood?” she responded. “To be honest, I didn’t think awakening one’s blood was possible. I thought it was just a myth because I could already do so much with my blood, but…” she looked at the red sword in Carlos’ hand, “clearly, there’s more to blood I thought. I can sense life and sentience from that sword. Perhaps, it’s imbued with the energy of your soul that’s lying dormant in the blood. The hairs on her arm stood from being in the presence of that sword. “That spiritual energy feels similar to the power of the one that turned me.”“Who turned you?” Carlos ended up asking.“Trust me, you don’t wan
“V-Vampires can’t give birth to children?” Carlos’ heart sank into his stomach. “What do you mean by that? It’s a joke, right? You’re joking, right?”“I thought I told you before, but I guess I didn’t?” Akira, however, looked rather casual about it all of a sudden, though her hands were still clenched. If there was anything she still regretted to this day, it was turning Carlos into a vampire without his permission, but she never expressed her opinion about it for whatever reason.“No, you didn’t,” Carlos put his brain to work, but he didn’t remember her telling about this before. “So you weren’t joking?”“No.” She shook her head slowly.Carlos clutched his head. “I can’t have kids? I don’t believe it.” He looked in absolute shock. “Wait…” his eyes again met with hers. “Does that mean, you also…”“I can’t get pregnant, either,” Akira didn’t hesitate to respond. “This is one of the curses that come with being a vampire.”Carlos felt bad for her, and also bad for him, but as he thought
Akira removed her black mask and embraced the sun even though the sunlight started burning her skin softly.The early morning rays of the sun somehow always affected the vampires much more than of any other time, so the burning pain felt tangible.“You’ve done well, but I don’t think you’re part of me, Lola,” Akira brought her claws out. “It’s time you leave my body.” She straight away thrust her hand into her forehead and pulled her brain matter. To her shock, something else came out along with her brain matter. It was a squirming flying snake that hissed painfully as the sunrays began to burn its translucent body immediately. “What the hell…” Akira held the snake tightly in her hand and didn’t let it escape.“Let me go!” Lola hissed madly and tried her best to free itself, but in a matter of seconds, its body burned into ashes that turned into dust and drifted away in the wind.Akira opened her hand, and there was nothing in her hand except for a bit of her brain matter.She didn’t
In the afternoon.Victoria dropped Narika at Ducksbelly, a small but famous restaurant where not just anybody could reserve a table, especially during lunch hours.Most people sitting at the tables were either entrepreneurs or rich businessmen.Narika went and sat at the table where the tall and handsome Jim Blake was sitting. He had already ordered the food and prepared everything for her. Except for the wine, all the items were her favorites, so she was definitely surprised.“I heard about your preferences from your mom, so…” Jim looked a little excited because he had been waiting for something like this for months.Every item was costly from crab’s legs to gold steak and the 10,000 dollar wine.“Do you like it?” Jim asked, eager for her response and, even more so, her attention. “If you don’t, we can order something else.”“No, I’m fine with this. Thanks for your effort,” Narika sucked in a breath and smiled at him. “To be honest, I wasn’t expecting this.”“The food?”“No. The date
After having an up-and-down lunch at Ducksbelly, Jim and Narika left in the same car: Jim’s Ferrari F40.Victoria followed them in her car. She really hoped that Narika would marry Jim as she said she would.Eventually, the ferrari stopped outside the ant villa’s gate. However, to Jim’s shock, there was no villa in sight.There was only a broken building, with most of the villa having collapsed.“What happened here?” he wondered as he quickly entered through the gate, and then he noticed the small tent next to the broken building.Charles was cooking something using firewood.“What the heck are you doing?” Jim hurried over. “Are you making food?”“Yeah, the kitchen was destroyed, so…” Charles poured some of the hot red soup in a bowl. “Here. Have some.”“Ew,” Jim stepped back. “What’s that?”“Finger millet soup,” Charles said. “It will heal your heart and liver.” He had read in one of the vampire books that when vampires couldn’t find blood, they lowered their blood pressure by drink