Charles was sitting at a corner on the rooftop of a sixty-floored building. The winds whipped at his face, but his heart was so heavy he wasn’t troubled by these belting currents.Even though he had broken both of Andres’ knees, there was no satisfaction in his heart. He still felt the same if not more terrible tonight.Was he feeling guilty for cruelly breaking Andres’ knees? Just the thought made his hand shiver. He had to forcibly clench and reassure himself, “Don’t let this stop you. Finish what you started. Until then, don’t look back. You can’t have the life you want anymore. Nothing awaits you in this world other than death.”After turning into a vampire, and after taking a human life, he had felt that going to his past life before he met Sofia was impossible, forget about all the stress, strain, and the scars the Myers family had put on him.Charles reminded himself of the time when Sofia brought Andres’ home. Charles went to her room to talk with her, but then he overheard he
Sofia woke up at 8 AM and checked her mobile. There were five missed calls from a single number, so she quickly called them. “Hello, who is this?”“This is Gospel Hospital,” the receptionist replied courteously. “Why did you call us, madam?”“Hospital? I received multiple calls from this number last night,” Sofia seemed both tense and annoyed at the same time.“Just a minute,” the receptionist put the line on hold.“Does she want me to wait? Ugh,” Sofia had to struggle to control her ego.Almost two minutes later, the receptionist came back on line, “Thanks for staying on line. The reason we reached out for you last night was because we received a patient, and your name and phone number were written on the slip found in his pocket.”“Who’s this patient?” Sofia’s heart trembled a bit. Was it Carlos?“His name is Andres Becker. Do you know him?”“Andres?” Sofia’s frown softened. “Never heard of that name before.”“Oh, our apologies. Sorry for the inconven—” before the receptionist fini
Sofia was still mildly coughing, and she really wanted some water, but after seeing one of Narika’s forefinger dipping into the glass, Sofia’s face scrunched. She immediately stood from the bed and slapped her younger sister. Half the water spilled out of the glass. “You want me to drink water that you dipped your finger in?” Sofia barked, seething in rage. “How many times have I told you to hold a glass on its outer surface?”A frown grew on Narika’s face as she lowered her head and bore all the insults her sister kept throwing at her. This wasn’t the first time this had happened, and this probably wouldn’t be the last, either. “I’m sorry.” Narika turned and kept walking.“Mch,” Sofia pursed her lips a little. “I don’t like hitting you, either. Just don’t do it again. Got it?”Narika left without replying, and it made Sofia a little furious. “Come to me for money again, and then I’ll make you talk.”Sofia then used her connections to find the medical director’s number. She called her
After giving Carlos’ address to Samuel and talking with him about how to proceed to weaken the Myers company, Charles went back to the small house he had rented on the outskirts of the city. To his bewilderment, there were the black roses and an envelope waiting for him. He mentally slapped himself for not putting a spy camera anywhere. “Who’s doing this?” he opened the envelope and read the message. “Only a failure of a man revels in the failure of others. Don’t cling onto your past but keep moving forward.” A frown played on Charles’ face. He tore the paper into pieces and crushed the black rases underfoot. He turned around and briefly scanned the 180 degrees. “I don’t know who you’re, but don’t act like you know me. It’s easy to tell others what to do rather than doing it yourself. Next time you want to say something like this, say it to my face instead of leaving messages at my doorstep.” He had no idea who this person was, but he was beginning to realize that this person knew
Carlos’ head was sent flying.Carlos immediately opened his eyes and found himself sleeping on the couch. Sweat surfaced on his face and neck. His heart pounded as if it wanted to break out of his chest.He looked around and realized that he was still alive.“It was a dream? Whew…” he shook his head. “Watching all those videos…” It was in one of the videos he had seen a member from the Sweeper Creed killing a rich businessman at his doorstep. It was a gruesome death, so it left quite an impression on him.“From what I can tell, there are thousands of creeds. This city itself might have multiple creeds, yet I couldn’t find any information about them. One thing I know for sure is that Thomas is part of a creed. He’s probably the head.” He had a crazy thought. “If I kidnap that bastard… I can get a lot more info than this mobile can give me, but then I might attract too much attention.”He really wanted to act according to his thoughts, but he was but a single vampire.Carlos checked his
Career News channel was one of the oldest news channels of the country, though it was no longer among the top or the most viewed channels. They couldn’t afford to pay Charles all that much for his visit, and so they were glad that he had accepted to come and play a game with an opponent of their choosing. Alexa received all the praises, but she didn’t receive a raise.The newschannel made a big deal out of the poker match they were setting up. Thanks to their publicity, the news reached Thomas Origins, Raven Bones, as well as Laurel Bisconsley and Sofia Myers.Narika, however, didn’t even come out of her room, so she had no idea about this contest.Laurel, who was waiting for Charles to come to her, put her ego aside and decided to attend the contest as some VIPs were allowed to directly watch the game. She had asked Caroline to fetch a ticket, and all Caroline had to do was make a call.Sofia, on the other hand, grew angry. “He doesn’t have time to come to me, but he has time to play
In a tall apartment a few hundred meters away from the Career News headquarters building, Thomas Origins and his right hand man were there, standing on the balcony, staring at the Career News building.“He went right into the lion’s mouth, that idiot,” Thomas harrumphed. “I wanted to destroy him so badly, but now I don’t have that chance.”“Can’t we try and snatch him from them, sir?” the bald man asked, hammering his fists together. “If the two of us go together, we might have a chance.”“Kevin and his granddaughter Alexa… both of them are Forewings,” Thomas responded. “Kevin is weakened a lot after his fight with Allegra all those years ago when he also lost his son and daughter-in-law, but his granddaughter is currently in her prime. She’s not someone we can defeat even if we band together.”“Then… there’s nothing we can do?”“Let’s wait and see what happens.”“Wait? What’s the use of waiting? He’ll be killed,” the bald man shook his head. “I wanted to fight and defeat him with my
“Huh?” Alexa gritted her teeth. “Are you out of your fucking mind? Why would I marry that guy?”“He’s an Awakened, and he’s not part of any creed,” Kevin calmly responded. He was a tall guy, with a thin frame. He lost most of hairs and looked weak. “If we can bend him to our will, I believe you two can take our creed back to its glory days, when we used to stand among the top creeds.”Alexa frowned. “You think I can’t do that by myself?”“That’s not what I said.”“But that’s what it means!” she snorted. “Besides, marry him for what? To have unfruitful sex?” she shook her head. “I don’t want it. Just like how you adopted me, I’ll adopt someone in the future. I’ll keep the Career family going strong!”“Are you sure?”Alexa nodded confidently.Kevin sighed. “Then, I’ll leave him to you, but find out who turned him before neutralizing him.”“Sure.”Alexa then came to Carlos who was whispering the word ‘water’ because he had no strength left in his body. He could barely keep his eyes partl