CHAPTER TWO.

Alijah woke up with a scream.

Nightmare. It was only a nightmare. A nightmare like every other night.

She checked her phone and got out of bed so fast, she almost fell down. How could she have slept off? Or was she mistaken about time? She checked her phone again. 9:00 AM. Nope, definitely not mistaken.

She hurried through her morning routine and got ready for work. What if Mr Fart, her boss, fired her for coming late to work? What if he thought she resigned because of yesterday's advance? Then, she would be doomed. She needed that job, just as she needed the air to breathe. Even though she was only a secretary, she loved the pay the job got from the job. She needed that money to keep her mind and soul together.

20 minutes later, she was out the door.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Alijah told her boss.

His name is Mr Alfred Ray, but Alijah prefered to call him Mr Fart because she thought the man's attitude was like a fart that smells to others but never to the one who farted. Although Alijah never called him Mr Fart to his face. She loved her job more than that, thank you.

"Alijah. You knew I had a business meeting by 8 AM this morning, and as my secretary, you were supposed to be here. So, why are you coming in by 109 AM?" The man asked, rubbing his protruding belly.

"Sorry sir. It won't happen again, Mr Ray." Alijah apologized.

"Make sure it doesn't." He warned her before walking away from her.

About 3 hours into work, Alijah's phone buzzed. She checked the phone and saw a message from an unknown number.

He's not yet awake.

The message simply read. Alijah realized it had to be from Renee. She typed a reply back to her.

Will be there when I close from work. Take care.

Her phone buzzed again almost immediately. It was a reply from Renee.

Thank you. It read.

Alijah smiled to herself. At least, someone appreciates her.

As soon as she closed from work, and managed to evade her boss, she drove to the hospital. Renee was sitting beside her brother on the bed, and her finger was bleeding.

"What are you doing?" Alijah asked, walking into the room. The girl seemed startled by the voice, and quickly hid her bleeding finger.

"Nothing." She simply replied.

She obviously hurt her finger, so why was she hiding it? Or was she afraid that Alijah would think she was clumsy?

Alijah thought to herself and smiled. She decided to let the matter go as she didn't want to put the girl in an awkward position. Instead, they spent the next two hours talking about everything and nothing.

Alijah noticed that Renee was doing her best to avoid personal questions about her and her brother. No matter how much she asked, Renee would simply reply with a question of her own. In the end, Alijah let it go.

The next three days passed almost the same way. Alijah getting late to work, her boss scolding her. Then, she visits Renee and her brother at the hospital.

Why wasn't the man awake? Even the doctor was beginning to get worried. According to Evan, who was her friend and also the doctor, the man was well and okay. So he should have been up in 3 hours or so after he was stabilized. But, this was the fourth day and he wasn't showing any sign of waking up yet.

"Good night, Alijah." One of her coworkers called after her as she walked out the company's door. She waved her hand above her head to acknowledge the greeting.

She drove to the hospital and went straight to the man's admission room. She liked the girl Renee already. So, she doesn't mind spending time with her. She just hoped the man would wake up already, not because she was curious to see if his eyes had different shades like his sister. But, because she hoped that would ease Renee's worry, as the girl was getting more worried every minute.

"Is he not awake still?" Alijah asked Renee after acknowledging her greetings.

"No." The girl replied, sounding really worried.

She was cleaning her brother's face with a piece of wet cloth. Alijah moved close to her and took the cloth from her.

"Get some rest. I'll do it."

Renee didn't bother to argue, she simply moved to the only seat in the room and sat down.

"Thanks." Renee said, looking at Alijah, her golden eye seeming to shine brightly like life was oozing out of it before closing her eyes. Alijah looked at the girl and smiled to herself. Other people at the hospital were afraid of Renee, but she wasn't. The only other person who didn't seem afraid too was Evan.

Alijah felt a movement beside her on the bed and turned to look at the man lying on the bed. She stared directly into a pair of ocean blue eyes, which seemed to be floating her away into the land of the unknown. He was awake. She broke free from whatever trance she was in.

"You're awake?" Alijah asked the man, excitement bubbling in her voice.

"Yes, I am." The man replied as he held Alijah's arm and sank his teeth into it.

Alijah let out a loud cry as she felt something breaking into her skin. She became afraid and tried to dislodge the man from her, but the task proved impossible. She tried screaming, but no sound came from her.

The man kept sucking, and soon, the feeling changed from fear to something Alijah couldn't comprehend. She only knew that something was happening to her body. She felt the man pull out his teeth and licked the wound on her arm, which closed immediately.

"O+" The man said, swirling his tongue over his long canine.

Vampire.

Alijah thought just before she fainted.

"Human." The man said with so much disdain in his voice. He felt his strength and power coming back, he willed his eyes to change colors just to test his power, he felt the change taking place. Next, he willed his hair to change color, and the hair turned from white to black .

Good. I have my power back again.

He thought, holding the black hair in his hand.

"Glad you are back. I was so worried about you, Scott." Renee told him, hugging him tightly.

"Let's get out of this damn place that is reeking of humans." Scott said, looking at the lady fainted on the bed with disgust.

"Will she be okay?" Renee asked him.

"Who cares? Let's go." Scott said, walking out the door.

Renee followed him out the door, his long strides daring anyone to stop him. Renee tried to fill him in on everything that had happened ever since he had lost out on her, including how the girl he had fed from had helped. When they got to the nurse counter, he stopped and told them they might want to go check on the patient in a certain room, which was the room he had been in.

Maybe he did feel guilty.

Renee thought as they were out of the hospital. They looked for a safe place and he teleported away.

"Hey. Not even a thank you?" Renee asked after his fading body. And, of course there was no reply.

Renee was afraid Alijah could die. The woman had been nothing but help to them, and Renee was already beginning to think of her as a friend. But, she couldn't stay behind. Staying behind would mean having to answer questions she couldn't.

Sorry, Alijah.

Renee said silently, before teleporting away too.

Evan couldn't believe his eyes. The two colored eyes girl had just disappeared with some random guy before his eyes. He had thought there was something odd about the girl and her brother when he first met them. That's right, her brother. Why would she just leave her brother alone and leave with some strange guy?

Unless…

Evan ran as fast as he could into the hospital, only stopping when he was in the admission room of the white hair man. The sight he saw made him frozen.

"What happened to her?" He asked one of the nurses.

"We met her unconscious." The nurse replied.

Evan watched as they hooked Alijah to some monitor machines, passed a drip into her vein without a word. As soon as everyone left though, he started checking Alijah's body. He was sure those two siblings had done something to her.

He was about to give up when he saw the two tiny marks on her arm. To any untrained eyes, they were just a mark. But to Evan, it was everything he's been waiting for his entire life.

It was his reason for being a doctor, his reason for working in the emergency ward, his reason for always taking a stroll out at night, and in silent areas.

He can't believe luck was with him today. Looking for the white hair man would be futile, since the man can somehow change his looks. All he has to do now is look for the two shades color eyes girl. Even if she can alter her look too, she would never be able to change her eyes.

Finally.

Evan thought as a smile crept up his face.