Chapter 3: Carnelian

                       Night

I could have rolled my eyes at Kill's words, but I decided not to. Instead, I stood firm and prepared myself for an explosion.

"Seriously, I don't care about them!" My nostrils flared, my eyebrows knitted as I can feel my forehead went to wrinkled. "I died that night as what you said! But how come that I'm shouting at you right now?!"

I quickly inhaled air as I almost ran out of breath. My chest moved ups and down, not being able to control it.

The guy named Kill stepped backward then massage his ears. He lowered his head as he combed his hair, but the moment he raised his head, I was taken aback.

My knees quickly wobbled as his eyes turned into glowing red. He bit his lower lip as he slowly made his way towards me.

He is a fr*aking monster!

"You want to know?" he said as his eyes were still focused on me.

I gulped so many times. I tried to avert my gaze but somehow his eyes still made me look at him. It is like it has some spell that can make my eyes follow him even though I don't want it.

My butt fell on the soft mattress as I can't hold the heaviness of the atmosphere anymore.

"Kill, stop!" Ash shouted as his voice screams authority. It made me looked at him. He walked towards Kill and held the back of his shirt. "We need a peaceful talk here, don't make a bloody move," he whispered to Kill's ear, but already enough to sent chills down my spine as I heard it.

It's like I felt more fear the time I heard the word bloody.

Do they planned to kill me?!

Kill shoved Ash's hands as he made his way towards me and quickly grabbed my neck. He strangled it then smashed my head to the wall.

I heard a crack.

"D-d*mn!" My lips quivered, but I took all the courage I have to spoke, "Y-you can a-answer me, in a p-peaceful way, yet h-here you are, c-choking me to d-death." I closed my eyes as I managed to end my sentence while I struggled to catch some breath.

"You want to know why you're still alive right now?" he said as a smirk plastered all over his face. "Right?"

I tried to free myself from his grasp, but the more I tried to hold his hands that were been choking me, he is tightening the grasp more.

“But first, may I know your name?” he asked as he lifted me and then smashed me again on the wall, letting my back smashed.

Is this his way of letting me go?

“S-sh*t, argh!” I held my neck as I inhaled air multiple times then massaged my back. I placed my other hand on my chest as I felt my heart quickening its pace. I raised my head. “I-it’s Night Carnelian, a-assh*le!”

His face twitched as he formed his palm into a fist, ready to strike me anytime, but gladly, Ash prevented him.

"It's already below the belt, Kill!" he shouted as he went towards me and offered his hand for me to hold it, but as I almost reach it, Kill kicked it.

"Step aside, Vogue." He cracked his neck as he held Ash's shirt and throw him on the mattress.

I can't speak nor react to what's happening. It is like my body and mind quickly became numb in a snap.

Kill sat as he pointed his index finger on my forehead. "Are you familiar with the massacred clan, namely Carnelian?"

My heart skipped a beat. It's like for a second, I forgot how to breathe. My eyes widened at its extent, as the memory of my clan flashed on my head.

"Aah!" I screamed as I put my hands on both sides of my head. I held it tightly that I almost crashed it. My head quickly lowered as I kept on smashing it on my knees.

I felt something on my chest that made me want to take it off. But I know I couldn't. Tears insanely flow as my lips continued to quiver too.

"Do you know the reason why it happens?"

I looked up, only to see Kill's face suddenly became soft. But that doesn't stop me from feeling all these emotions! I want to rip it out and throw it all to the ocean where it would never come back!

"It's because of your clan's unique blood, a poison that can kill any vampire in a snap," he said as he came closer and then put his fingers in front of my face, then snapped it.

"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" I screamed but then my whining voice devoured all place.

"As much as I want, Night, but we can't do that. You're the last Carnelian who has that poison, we need you to end someone's reign," his voice sounds like they were pleading, but my facial reactions deteriorated more.

"You want to use me? Especially my blood, right?" I let out a smirk, then offered my wrist to him. "You can kill me, I want to end my suffering now, and I'll let you do that. Plus you can drain all my blood after it. " I widened my eyes as I kept on offering my hands to him.

But he suddenly moved backward, he gets my wrist then suddenly pulled me into a hug.

My eyes widened as he caressed my back too and then combed my hair.

"I'm sorry for using that strategy to you, but I do need you, I need you to end my father's reign to all vampires, I need you to make that, for me to save my sister, " he said as he buried his head on my neck.

My eyes kept themselves widened. I looked at Ash, that is laying on the mattress with eyes closed. But then my heart suddenly pounds a little bit faster as I felt my neck getting wet by something, but then, I heard sobs.

"I-I'm sorry for making you cry. Your sobs remind me of the two of the most important women on lives." I heard a sniff. "I'm sorry."

My eyes stay widened as he started to fix his sit then faced me. His eyes were puffy as it back on their normal color again.

The tables are now turned. And I don't know how to react.

"To be honest, I don't want to use you. " He gently wiped his eyes as he cleared his throat.

"If I don't only have chosen to find someone for the contract, I would have already freed you, but in these circumstances, you are already linked to me, the moment I let you have my blood to save you that night, is like signing the contract."

My eyebrows arched as I tried to scrutinize his words. Contract what? His blood to save me? What is he talking about?

"Take this as my advance apology. " He handed me a book. As I focused my eyes on it, I can't help but widened it.  I snatched it from his hands then hugged it tightly.

It's the book that always with me, yet I think I lose it the day I fell on the building as I can't see it in my apartment anymore.

I prevented myself to smile.

"Night, please don't be angry with us. "

My forehead wrinkled at Kill's word.

"We saved you, but in return, you became like us, monsters."