Angelo was standing at the border, and a horde of monsters suddenly attacked. He, along with other guards, worked hard to defeat the monsters in the front, so the other monsters retreated. Their work wasn’t done yet. Some of these monsters were highly mutated, so their bodies released powerful toxins after death, which if inhaled, even caused hallucinations to vampires. So, the corpses were dismantled and the parts were sent away to different places in the city.Nevertheless, the border where the monster blood was shed had become a land of death. The smell of blood would still come off the earth and affect the guards like a slow drug.Angelo, having breathed that drug for years, was now struggling to sleep because his body craved for something he himself didn’t know of. He couldn’t sleep in the hotel, and he felt hungry in the middle of the night, so he came out into the streets and headed to a spot that Akira had told him to.Along the way, he changed his muscular structure to look l
Victoria came rushing to Gregory’s room and knocked on his door until he opened it. She told him about the accident and looked restless. He told her to relax and then made some calls to erase the video footage or any evidence.Even after Gregory told her everything will be alright, she still couldn’t be at ease. “I shouldn’t have gone out at night. It looked like some figure was following me. I got scared. I couldn’t take my foot off the pedal until I got home.”“What figure are you talking about?”“I don’t know. It was blurry, but would you believe me if I told you the beating of its wings sounded like that of a bat?” she looked at him.Gregory raised his brows. “So, you’re telling me you got scared by a bat.”“No. It’s not a bat. It’s something else,” Victoria stressed her words. “And I wasn’t hallucinating. It felt like this creature had some kind of issue with me.”“You’re thinking too much,” Gregory yawned. “Go to your room and sleep.”“I-I’ll sleep here for tonight.”Gregory was
The next morning.Nobody in the Myers mansion looked okay. Cassey’s face was full of scratches made by the bats. Sofia’s bed was filled with bat poop, which made it smell so bad she puked multiple times. She could never return to her bedroom afterward. And she couldn’t get a proper sleep last night because the bats kept causing nuisance until dawn.As for Gregory and Victoria, they were the ones that were probably affected the most by this incident, not just physically but psychologically.Gregory had tried to beat those bats up with whatever object he could find; however, they ganged up on him and bit on his ears, puncturing it with many holes. The good thing that the doctor said was that in time these holes would fill up and Gregory’s ears would look normal. However, the pain Gregory felt in his swollen ears was still too much to bear. It felt like his whole head grew heavy. He felt terrible. He couldn’t sleep, much less lay down on the bed and move around because his ears got in th
As Charles applied ointment on her abdomen, Sofia grinned, eyes glinting. “How does it feel?”“Feel what?” Charles innocently asked.“The wounds, I mean,” Sofia said, trying to kiss him with her breath. “Do you think they’ll go away with the ointment? I heard that people used to lick other’s wounds before ointments were invented. And that saliva used to do the trick even for some deep scratches.”Charles maintained his poker face with great effort. Did she really just tell him to try and lick her wounds in her own twisted manner?Laughter burst from her lips, catching his gaze in a sweet smile. Normally, butterflies would fill any man’s chest if a woman even a tenth as beautiful as Sofia were to smile like that, but Charles felt sour juices breaking through his intestines.Sofia felt like she was in the middle of a wonderful flower garden right now. If her weight was to be calculated, she would probably only weigh a few flowers! Charles, however, felt the exact opposite way.“Would yo
“What are you doing here?” Both Narika and Charles asked each other at the same time.Why would Narika come to this mansion again after leaving the family?“Don’t tell me… you parents called you because of the bats?” Charles asked, hoping that’s not true.“Yeah. My mom called me and told me what's happening, but I didn’t believe her,” Narika said, “but then she sent me a video recording. I was shocked to see the bats, so I came here as quickly as I could.”“Wait… why does your mother have your mobile number?” Charles asked quickly because he remembered her telling him she wouldn’t even want to talk to her family ever again. “I mean, I’m not saying she can’t have your mobile number, but she might have called you here because she got an opportunity. What if she house-arrests you and pressures you to give the money back?”“I’m not gonna let that happen,” Narika said confidently, taking out a knife hidden in her sleeves. “I’ll keep her away with this knife in case she tries to pressure me
The moment Narika entered the room, Sofia gave her a side eye. “Fuck. This totally sucks,” she uttered.“Are you so upset from seeing my face?” Narika frankly asked.“No, Narika. I was talking about my scars,” Sofia explained. “The damn bats scratched me everywhere. And those scratches are burning even though Charles helped me by applying ointment all over my body.”Narika didn’t like what she heard. She briefly glanced at Charles to gauge his expression. “I’m not disturbing a private moment between you two, am I?”“Of course, not,” Charles quickly said before Sofia could say anything, so Sofia could only smile and agree with what he had said.“Charles, can you take one pizza box and give it to my parents?” Sofia said. “I’m afraid if I start eating, we’ll eat all the pizzas, so please give one to them beforehand.”“Alright,” Charles picked up a box and went out of the room.Narika came to the bed but didn’t sit down. Sofia put a pizza piece in her own mouth and loved the taste. In fro
Charles had downed 1200 ml of quality wine worth over 18,000 dollars, so Sofia expected him to fall in her lap any moment, even though he showed little to no signs of being inebriated with alcohol.She tried to pour more alcohol, but Charles was tired of drinking the wine with her, so he said, “let’s go down and spend time with your family members so we can comfort them.”“U-Uh, yes,” Sofia didn’t like it, but she didn’t have a good reason to say no, either.Sofia quickly locked her arm around Charles’ arm as she walked out of the room. Together, they came downstairs. Sofia was surprised to see Narika still there, seemingly reading a newspaper.“Since when did you have the habit of reading a newspaper? And that’s also at night?” Sofia posed a straightforward question.“You haven’t met her in over two weeks,” Victoria quickly commented, “and the first thing you do is criticize her, Sofia? You should be more caring for your little sister even if she’s made a mistake or two.”“Mom, why
The next morning.Sofia and Victoria had gone out shopping, whereas Gregory had not only made a forged divorce certificate for his daughter so she could have her wedding without any hiccups, but he also finished printing the wedding cards and even began to distribute the cards, though only to very few people that were close to the family.Nevertheless, Gregory went to the Bisconsleys and gave the card to Caroline Bisconsley herself and said, “My daughter caught his eyes, so I hope your granddaughter will find someone she likes.”“Hmph, there are many men out there who are much more better-suited to Laurel than a gambler who dates multiple women at a time,” Caroline snorted.“I’m glad you think that away. Please bring your whole family to the wedding,” Gregory said. “We’re only inviting limited guests, so it’s going to be a peaceful wedding.” Saying that he left.“Limited number of invites, huh…” Caroline harrumphed. “I guess they don’t want the press to be there since they might bring