1. Bloody Banquet

Sabrina ran down the corridor of a luxury hotel, where she was invited to attend a welcoming party for new employees of the most prominent company in Bucharest, Romania.

Sweat dripped down her face which now made her cheap make-up fade away. Sabrina kept running barefoot as fast as she could while carrying a pair of her high heels in her hands so she can run faster.

Tears flowing down in her cheeks while her breaths began to pan out because she was haunted by fear.

What she witnessed in the party room earlier was horrifying. The party that was supposed to be a banquet to welcome new employees, had turned into an arena for slaughter and banquets for the monsters she had always thought of as humans before.

"God... please save me," Sabrina pleaded in a choked voice.

That girl with curly brown hair quickly turned at the end of the corridor to where the elevator was. It was the only way out of the building.

Thud!

Sabrina bounced back and fell when her tiny body accidentally bumped into a handsome man with pure white skin who was wearing a dapper suit with shiny black hair.

"Awww," Sabrina groaned.

"Are you okay?" a deep male voice greeted Sabrina. The man's hand reached out towards the woman who was wearing a simple formal dress.

Sabrina looked up and reflexively widened her eyes when she recognized who the man she had just collided was.

"Mr. David! Did you just come?" asked Sabrina, who was now standing up thanks to David's help. The man just nodded slowly.

"Quickly run, sir! Don't go into the party room," Sabrina continued again in a panicked tone.

"We have to get out of here before we become their food!" continued Sabrina again seeing David who seemed to be still confused.

"What do you mean? Don't talk non sense," said David as he grabbed Sabrina's shoulders to calm her down.

Sabrina shook her head vigorously as she pushed the hand of the CEO of the company where she had just been hired from her shoulder.

"You don't understand. They are monsters, Sir! They are not human, they killed and drink the blood of my friends, Sir. We must run!" Sabrina screamed trying to convince David.

David's dark eyes flashed briefly when he heard Sabrina's explanation. He gripped her shoulders again with more force than before.

"Are you drunk? I think you've drink too much!" David asked, sounding accusatory. The man looked deeply into Sabrina's eyes.

"I'm not lying. They're all vampires, Sir! Bloodsucking monsters!" cried Sabrina almost sounding desperate.

David was about to refutes Sabrina's words, but suddenly David's nose smelled a sweet iron-ish scent. With eyes sparkling with hunger, the man searched for the origin of that tantalizing aroma.

On the back of Sabrina's arm, which was still carrying her high heels, there was a trace of blood flowing from the wound on the back of her injured hand.

"You're hurt!" David exclaimed as he grabbed Sabrina's hand with great enthusiasm.

"Ah, I don't know, Sir. I didn't realize...."

Sabrina's words were cut off when she saw the handsome CEO licking the wound on the back of her hand too enthusiastically. Even Sabrina could sense that David was sucking even more blood from the open wound.

The image of what had happened in the banquet room came back to Sabrina's head and made her suddenly pull her hand and push David away from her.

Sabrina's eyes stared blankly at the CEO of her company who now looked terrible with traces of blood around his thin lips.

David smirked with satisfaction showing two fangs between his lips that stretched into a frightening smile.

"Kyaa ...." Sabrina screamed loudly. The girl then threw her high heels at David and rushed to run past him and head to the elevator door which was not far from them.

David didn't expect to get a spontaneous attack from his potential prey. While David was wincing in pain because his head was hit by the heel of the shoe thrown by Sabrina earlier, the girl took advantage of this opportunity to enter the elevator which finally opened after she pressed the button several times.

David tried to catch up with the girl, but it was too late. Before he could reach the ends of her hair, the elevator doors closed right in front of his eyes with Sabrina's terrified face looking straight into his eyes.

David cursed. He quickly checked which floor the elevator was headed to. Apparently luck was still on David's side. It turns out that Sabrina entered the wrong elevator which only operates on certain floors. Not an elevator that can take her to the ground floor.

Perhaps it was because she was stricken with fear and panic that the girl didn't pay much attention to what kind of elevator she entered. Once again, David grinned in satisfaction. With a snap of his fingers, two vampires in formal attire suddenly appeared beside him with a thin puff of black smoke enveloped their bodies.

"Chase that girl to the fourth floor. Bring her to me alive. She has a blood characteristic that I have been looking for a long time. She will be my bride," David said to the two vampires in a commanding tone.

"Yes, Sir!" replied the two vampires almost simultaneously. Then the two of them rushed into the other elevator to chase Sabrina as instructed by David.

Watching two of his men disappear behind the elevator doors, David sighed. If only they could move anywhere as he had called them earlier, their job would be much easier. Unfortunately, this ability can only be done to fulfill the summons of the vampire prince.

David then entrusted the pursuit of Sabrina to his two men and rushed into the party room. If what Sabrina had said was true, it meant that his underling had the courage to start a party without him, and he really doesn't like that.

David fix his hair and clothes which he thought had been soiled by the shoes that Sabrina threw earlier. David licked the corners of his lips and felt again the sensation of Sabrina's fresh blood taste which was very special. Not like ordinary human blood in general.

"Cinderella, apparently this time you didn't just leave one of your shoes," David muttered as he picked up a pair of black high heels and took them with him.