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
Carlos was overwhelmed, not just because more than sixty vampires were literally trying to rip him apart but also because the white bony cage continuously sucked his energy.It was a skill that Samantha had learned from Butcher Bones. In fact, she had been granted the power to use that skill, and she believed that she had just put it to good use.Inside that sturdy white cage, Carlos couldn’t control his blood. He couldn’t use his abilities. In fact, he was losing his awakened form and was beginning to turn into his human form.“What’s going on?” Leslie looked a little confused. “Why isn’t he fighting back? Isn’t he super-awakened or something?”“He might have awakened his blood, but he’s still a Blood Sucker,” Samantha indifferently said. “He’s nothing compared to our boss, Butcher, who’s a Life Leecher. The fundamental difference in their abilities in itself is something that can’t ever be made up for. Otherwise, the Slaughter Squad would have long killed him and eaten him piece to
What did Carlos do?How did he make Leslie’s tongue explode?Samantha had no answer for that, but what she knew was that she had to kill Carlos before he got any stronger.“We may not be awakened like you, but we are battle-hardened unlike you, Charles!” Samantha crossed her arms and made a slashing gesture with both arms, sending out the gauntlet like a spider web, trying to capture Carlos. The web traveled fast, but perhaps she acted out of panic. Carlos, who was looking at Samantha, was able to easily dodge from the web.However, Thomas, who was right behind him, got caught in it. And he began to scream. “Help me!”Carlos didn’t have the time to help Thomas, but the other vampires that Thomas hired hurried to him and tried to cut the web and free him.Carlos and Samantha clawed at each other like crazed beasts that didn’t care about what was happening around them.They tore each other’s flesh and sprayed blood everywhere as they moved around like streaks of light. They were so fast
Carlos had already spent a lot of energy during this fight, but when Leslie hugged him from behind and tried to restrict his movements so that Samantha could get a proper shot at piercing his heart, Carlos’ blood rushed like never before. He howled like a crazed beast and swiveled at the last second.Samantha’s eyes widened because her sword thrust right through Leslie’s heart first. She didn’t stop there and pushed the sword even further using all her strength, thus managing to pierce through Carlos’ heart as well.Both Leslie and Carlos coughed blood and collapsed forward. Leslie fell right on top of him.Samantha was huffing and puffing. She moved Leslie’s body to the side and could see her eyes, and Leslie’s eyes went back to normal and had no life in them. She already died. “I’m sorry, Leslie.” Samantha had known Leslie from a very young age, but she had to sacrifice her best friend to kill a monster, or so she believed. “I will tell Boss Butcher that your contribution was great
This wasn’t the first time that Butcher had received threats, but surely, this was the first time that he received a threat from someone who was weaker than him.“How dare a mere bloodsucker think he can win against me!” he smacked the box to the side. Samantha and Leslie’s heads rolled on the floor.“It seems I’ve lost my Slaughter Squad, which is completely unacceptable,” Butcher gritted his teeth. He was more worried about other powerful vampires attacking him because of him losing his squad. “Should I just go into hiding for the time being and come back when I have built a new squad?”Butcher haven’t been put under this kind of pressure in a long while.“Charles Wallace… I don’t know who’s behind you, but I’m going to kill you and everyone that’s backing you!” He smashed the table in anger and destroyed it. “I’ll hang your head in the underground city for all vampires to look at!”Meanwhile, in Myers mansion.Sofia was eating granola because she was trying to lose a bit of her wei