The stress made Victoria hate everything. Whether it’s the food that Cassey made, or the noises that the squirrels made in the garden, nothing pleased her. Not only did she scold Cassey, she also told the maid to kill the squirrels.Her exact words were this: I want them on my dinner plate tonight!Cassey had done many things in the past that she couldn’t be proud of, so killing a bunch of squirrels shouldn’t be a difficult job for her, but she had fed these little animals a few times, so when they came running to the bowl of gooseberries, she couldn’t catch them, knowing that Victoria would happily eat them for dinner.Instead, she gave them extra food so they would hide in their homes and wouldn’t come outside for a while. This was the best she could do.As she was coming back into the house, Marlon was leaving the house with a luggage trolley in his hand.“Are you going on a trip?” Cassey asked him without calling him ‘young master’ or ‘sir.’ “Did you tell your mother?”“Do I need
Marlon was one of the biggest cowards that Carlos had seen in his life so far. Marlon would always listen to his parents and elder sister so much so it would make others wonder if he’ll lick their boots if only they were to ask him.Marlon and Carlos didn’t have any particular enmity between them in the beginning, but Marlon still mocked and attacked Carlos in front of his family members, probably just to make himself feel safer by taking the side of his family.All of that was forgivable, but then Marlon joined his dad and Andres to beat Carlos and played a part in breaking his knees.Carlos’ body still remembered the hits he received while lying on the floor. Even though he begged them to stop, the three of them didn’t show any mercy. Narika wasn’t present back then, but Sofia and Victoria were watching everything with eyes full of happiness as if Carlos deserved everything he got.Currently, Marlon waited outside the gate.“Where is this Charles?” he had already searched inside and
A few minutes after Marlon left, Charles settled down at his tent. It was getting dark, and the mosquitoes were in the air.But they didn’t bother Charles, as if they could smell something wrong from him. He tried talking with mosquitoes, wondering if it’d work or not, and to his shock, the mosquitoes aligned in a big mosquito shape.“No way…” he covered his mouth in astonishment. “Is this my ability to control their minds? I’m able to do it very freely now.”His ears heard the noise of a vehicle stopped at the entrance.“Who is it this time?” Charles wondered, and his nose already caught the smell of the person the moment they opened the car’s door. “Laurel?” he hurriedly ran to the back of the tent and hid himself there. “I don’t want to meet her now.”Laurel entered through the gate and came toward the tent, calling Charles name loudly, showing that she was feeling a bit tense because it was getting dark and the eerie view of the collapsed building didn’t help her confidence, eithe
The bright moon toured the dark sky, making waves as this magnificent luminary always did.Laurel sat in the tent house. It was getting cold outside as the loving silvery light of the moon did its magic, so she closed up the tent and slept.Charles, on the other hand, sat behind the tent with a wine bottle in hand. Another curse of being a vampire was the natural resistance against intoxication toward alcohol. So, even though Charles drank the whole bottle of concentrated wine, it didn’t do any good.The moon’s reflection bore into his eyes; waves of emotions ebbed and flowed in his heart like how it would happen to the sea that the moon would look upon every night.Charles mobile started vibrating at some point. It was probably Marlon calling.He answered the call. “Hello, who is this?”“Your brother-in-law,” Marlon’s voice was rather soft.“My brother-in-law? I don’t have one though,” Charles said, speaking in his natural Carlos’ voice.“I’m Marlon talking.”“Oh… yeah, right. You ex
Caroline came to Laurel’s room, and the entire room looked messy just like her thoughts. Laurel was lying on the bed face-down.Caroline sat down on the bed and put her hand on Laurel’s shoulder. She wanted to warn Laurel, but after seeing her so depressed, she changed her mind.“If you fly two kites that look the same, they don’t fly the same way, Laurel,” Caroline said. “Every kite is different. Every heart is different. Charles called me and told me about his health. Most men wouldn’t have been honest like him and would have just married you so they could live a luxurious life with the Bisconsleys, but Charles was different. Perhaps, he also loved you, and so couldn’t think about marrying you after knowing that he wouldn’t be able to become a father.”Laurel didn’t say anything but just sniffled.“He’s the only man you liked at first sight,” Caroline’s mouth turned down. “First love is hard to forget. I’m sorry for pushing you to love him. If I had any idea that things would turn o
Carlos came and left quickly, but it was Narika who wasn’t able to focus on work because of his arrival.“Why do bad things happen only to good people?” as she kept looking at the flowers, she remembered an incident from the past.At first, she didn’t like Carlos because she thought he married her sister for money. That was why she avoided him in the beginning. But that opinion changed when he first escorted her to a party. Along the way, they had to buy gifts together. She bought flowers and all. She saw him buy flowers even though Sofia at that time was not in the country.“My sister is abroad, so who are those flowers for?” Narika quickly asked that question as she thought he might be having an extramarital affair. However, Carlos’ response was simple but completely unexpected.“I’m coming to the party, too, so I’m going to give these flowers.”Narika raised her brows. “It’s a bachelor party. A women-only party. Only those in our friend circle are allowed entrance.”“So what? Can’t
In the middle of the night.Outside the city, at an abandoned factory. Charles and Thomas were standing outside. Thomas was smoking, whereas Charles was drinking blood from four packets at a time.“You really seem like you can’t wait to destroy Samantha and Leslie,” Thomas smirked. “Just what did they do to you? Did they milk you or something?”“What they have done is too disgusting for words,” Charles coldly glanced at him. “Those women are nothing but freaky, torn-up mutilated dolls that deserve to rot at the bottom of a dumpster.”“Ah, I couldn’t agree more. They are going to come here, right?”“I believe they want me, so they will come here.”“Good to know. So, what are you doing these days?” Thomas said. “You haven’t been playing much poker lately. Are you busy learning your neighbor’s habits after buying a villa?”“Neighbor’s habits, huh…” Charles sighed. “In this wicked world, keeping up with the Joneses is a recipe for disaster. I use my own discernment and decide what to foll
“I didn’t think he’d be this powerful…” Thomas’ eyes stayed wide-opened, as he witnessed through the cracked glass in the door. The thirty vampires were utterly destroyed into bits and pieces. “He’s almost controlling gasoline as it’s his own blood. I’m not seeing things, or am I?”Carlos, however, seemed like he had actually gained strength from the explosion, which sent a shiver down Thomas' spine to say the least.“I-I’m glad that I picked his side,” Thomas thought. “If he can keep at it, there won’t be any need for us to even interfere, but… in a one vs many, anything can happen. Instead of putting him through a risky fight, it’s better to be on the safe side.”Most of the ceiling had cracked and collapsed. Carlos punched the weakened ceiling and destroyed it. He flew up and landed on the ground floor inside the factory. In the distance, Leslie and Samantha were grinding their teeth at him.Samantha clapped twice, and the 68 remaining vampires standing outside the factory rushed i