Chapter 1

The night sky began to envelop the suburbs. The streets, which were busy and bustling, slowly became quiet. Unlike in the city center, this place is quieter as well as quicker to turn off its life.

Aleta was about to return home, having spent the day working at a deserted shop on the outskirts of the city. It was almost midnight. And she might as well be prepared for the fact that the last bus had stopped running an hour ago. There was no choice but to walk in the darkness of the night, through deserted alleyways with no lighting.

Aleta, however, was not afraid. She was quite familiar with the roads she had traveled. But tonight, it felt a little different.

The girl raised her head, looking up at the night sky. The full moon this time appeared with a perfect sphere as well as a brighter light than usual. The wind also blew stronger than usual, so the girl had to rub her shoulders to protect her pores from the bone-chilling cold.

The dark and narrow alley was a shortcut for the girl to get home. At first, every step she took to enter the alley was a normal journey. But suddenly, a figure emerged from the darkness. A large, burly hand grabbed Aleta's shoulder, pulling her body, causing her to turn around and hit the wall.

"Aaarrkh, what the hell!" screamed Aleta.

In the darkness, there was only the dim light of the full moon. Aleta couldn't see clearly, but the shadow of a man in front of her looked big and manly.

"Please, help me!" the man said weakly.

The man pulled Aleta's sling bag forcefully. Searching for something inside hurriedly.

"Hey, what are you doing. Is this a new mode of robbery? Listen, let me tell you. I'm a poor man, the people who live in this neighborhood are poor. You won't get anything, there's no money in my bag. I haven't even had a cell phone since a month ago!" Aleta spoke at length, as if she was not afraid at all of someone who appeared suddenly in front of her.

"Shut up, I don't want your money okay!" argued Dave.

The man took out a perfume bottle from the girl's bag. Then unexpectedly, he sprayed it all over her body. Not enough with the spray he unscrewed the cap of the bottle, then poured the perfume all over her body.

To her surprise, the girl saw Dave's behavior. She snatched back her now empty perfume bottle.

"Oh my, are you crazy. Did you finish the whole bottle? Oh my God, I only bought it a week ago!" Aleta grumbled in annoyance.

"And... gosh, the smell is making my head spin! Do you have a mental disorder, huh?" the girl complained later.

Dave barely listened to Aleta's ramblings. His chest felt even more tight now.

"No! This isn't enough. They will still find me after this!" Dave thought.

Although Dave was badly injured, he still had strong instincts. His once sharp hearing might be somewhat impaired now. But his sense of smell was still functioning well. He could sense that the enemy's men who were chasing him had started to come closer. Just by disguising his body odor using Aleta's perfume alone, it was still not enough to keep him safe.

"Shit!" said Dave before finally, he gripped Aleta's hand tightly, leaned her body, and held her still.

"Hey asshole, what are you doing!" Aleta had yet to protest against Dave's treatment.

The girl was speechless, as Dave had planted a kiss right on her lips.

Aleta was shocked at Dave's sudden treatment. The girl tried to move, to get away from the man. But unfortunately, Aleta's strength was meaningless. Let alone break away. Aleta couldn't even move at all.

"No! Why am I really unlucky today. Being harassed by a complete stranger. My first kiss was taken by him. What does this guy mean!" Aleta complained regretfully to herself.

While on the other side, a group of humans with fast movements were searching for Dave's whereabouts. They were only a few meters away from where Dave and Aleta were standing.

"I smelled Dave's scent earlier. But the smell is gone here!" said one of them.

"Yeah... me too. But suddenly I can't sense his presence!" said another.

"Damn, we're obviously getting close."

The group of humans looked toward the dark alley where Dave and Aleta were. They were suspicious of the movement going on there.

"You see that! I thought it might be Dave. It's just a couple kissing. How boring."

"Yeah, I thought so too. Let's go look for Dave somewhere else."

They left without any suspicion. Not knowing that the person they were looking for was actually there.

After a while, Dave no longer felt the presence of the people who were looking for him. Finally he let Aleta go.

She was breathing heavily, having been forced to hold her breath for a while.

Dave took a deep breath that felt a little relieving. At least he was safe this time.

So far, Dave was still lucky because the people chasing him were just ordinary troops, who hardly had any special powers. However, with his current condition, Dave was sure that he still couldn't fight back. All he could do for the time being was hide.

"Thanks for..." Dave had not yet finished thanking Aleta. A pretty hard slap landed right on Dave's face.

Yes, it was a pretty hard slap from Aleta, but it obviously meant nothing to Dave.

"You pervert. Get out of here! Do you know, you just took my first kiss!" Aleta snapped.

Dave furrowed his brow. He honestly didn't know what she meant. But hearing Aleta being so upset, Dave was sure that the first kiss was something very important.

"First kiss huh, heeeemm... good then," Dave said before finally falling right in front of Aleta. And took the girl by surprise. Well, who wouldn't be surprised to see someone suddenly fall down right in front of their eyes?