Louise covered his face, just trying to block off the smell of blood. "You know that wouldn’t work." Allen let him feed on his own and came back with Louise ducking on the ground with his hands covering his face. There was a faint smell of blood, but the human had already left minutes ago. "Sorry, but the smell of blood seems to be stronger today. My knees just failed me." He mumbled, still covering his face. Was it out of shame or fear? Allen doesn’t know. He didn’t force him to be up and just watched the vampire still in his position. "How long are you going to stay like that? We don’t have all night. We do, but I don’t want to spend it looking at you cowering here like an idiot." Louise groaned, "I’m sorry. My knees are still weak." "You’re a freaking vampire, Louise. It’s impossible that you feel weak after feeding." Allen pointed out without removing his gaze from Louise. It would have been a lot better if he had been this docile in the past. He doesn’t even have enough sani
Of course, Elijah felt his blood servants' distress and the pureblood lurking around. Raven lifted her hands as if she were surrendering. "Calm down. I didn’t do anything to your blood servants. Look, all the limbs are intact." He hissed at her, "You’re a Mondragon, aren’t you? What do you want?" He recognizes the woman from years ago. Elijah glanced at Allen, and he simply nodded, indicating that both of them were alright. Elijah wanted to sigh in relief, but he couldn't be complacent when purebloods kept appearing. "That fucking surname precedes my reputation." She rolled her eyes, "I was ordered to figure out what the hell you were up to and why you aided a hunter. I was with that jerk, Benjamin, but I made sure to arrive here while he stayed preoccupied. To make a long story short, I don’t want to be involved in their ridiculous goal of killing you. I want to propose an alliance. Let’s just kill all of them." Aside from being a huge fool, Benjamin is known to be a huge womanizer
Calling the hunter he compelled in the past would have been the wisest thing to do. Unfortunately, he was in too much of a hurry to even think of doing that, and now he is regretting it. He has no idea why Alice was drinking herself to death. He entered from one of the windows in the guest room, like he always does. It was a wonder why Alice still hasn’t changed the security of the house, but he would be able to enter either way. The vampire stood there, just watching Alice down the alcohol as if it were water. It suddenly felt awkward to call her, especially since he could feel her misery. Was it still because of what he revealed? But it’s almost been a week since then. "What am I supposed to do?" Elijah mumbled to himself, still staring at Alice, who hadn’t noticed him yet despite being so close to her. He has always been certain about his goals in life, but the more he learns about Alice, the more he starts to get confused. He really should have killed her the first time they met.
"We’re going to regret this." Elijah’s voice was the first thing that echoed in her mind as she opened her eyes. The wave of memories and feelings flooded her mind faster than she could recall the memories from her past lives. She was about to curse at herself when she realized that Elijah was still on her bed and was currently staring at her in all of her naked glory. His eyes reflected desire, and it made her more awake than ever. Alice’s hands quickly worked and pulled the blanket to cover her upper body… although he had already seen all. Her face reddened after remembering more details about their night. She has never felt this flustered before. "You should sleep more. You fell asleep about three hours ago. You’re... probably aching all over." He said it so casually that Alice just wanted to jump out of the nearest window. She fell asleep only three hours ago because Alice already lost count of how many times they did it. A mistake could have happened once, but they kept going
"It’s been a week. Don’t you think we should at least check how she’s been?" Carl was getting worried about Alice. No one has seen her since they last saw her at her mother’s funeral. Karina has been frequenting Clarisse's office to ask about Alice, but their leader is barely at her office either. The only thing that her secretaries have been saying is that Black Lotus had to attend several meetings outside. They are currently preparing for another hunt. The number of vampires continued to increase, so much so that they barely get any rest. All the hunters were called to round all the areas, unlike in the past, where they did it in rotation. There were a significant amount of people who had gone missing as well, and it was causing an uproar in the community. The authorities are strictly implementing the curfew for minors and advising adults not to go out at night if it's not important or urgent. Fortunately, news like this brings fear to people, and they were taking more caution gett
Alice quickly stabbed his chest and crushed his heart. She did so without removing her eyes from the vampire's. The vampire remained still and was just looking ahead, despite being conscious. She hasn’t felt sympathy towards vampires before, but she is starting to see them as people. After all, they were still humans who had fallen victims to vampires, mostly purebloods, who are apparently after her as well. "Area five, one down." She informed the headquarters and moved on. Alice knew the risk of being outside like this. The pureblood she met by chance might still be around, but she can’t live her life hiding. She tried, but bad things kept happening. It's as if the world is telling her that there is no other way out than death or the slimmest chance of surviving all of this. Maybe she just had to face it head-on. "Or maybe I’m losing my mind and this is all madness." She mumbled and went on to find more vampires. Not even five minutes passed, and she saw another vampire. This time
"No, don’t ask. You already know." Elijah stopped Allen before he could ask. He was sure that his blood servant caught Alice’s scent in him when he came back, but he was too awkward to even ask. Allen cleared his throat, "I’m... just surprised. I mean, you loathed that woman. But-" He cut himself simply because he knew that he shouldn’t ask. He wouldn’t even have to if it was any other person— literally anyone else.But it was the person he was supposed to kill. "What would happen now, then?" Allen had to ask. As much as he hated it, his master’s life depends on Alice. If she dies in Elijah’s hands, the latter also dies as a human. And if Elijah fails to do so, he will lose his chance to die as a human.Each option was equally bad for Elijah, but the other was good for Allen.His master shakes his head, "Honestly, I don’t know anymore. I was determined to finish this. At least I thought I was, but with her, there was something very different. I don’t see her as that woman who cursed
“My whole body aches. I need a month vacation after this…” Alice heard Art complains as they gather to the headquarters. She looked around and she hasn’t seen everyone gathered like this in a while. The only time she sees all the hunters being gathered is during the quarterly assembly. There's a lot of people but Alice was sure that there were still a lot missing. She figured that they either injured and is in the hospital or they already quit because of how dangerous their job was getting. Alice was starting to wonder if the trainees are already considered quitting too. It’s the proof that the situation was getting more out of hand and she is pissed that she couldn't do anything despite being aware of what was happening."Alice, how are you?" Alice's train of thought were cut by Carl's question."Homicidal." She answered without any second thought.Carl smiled, quite the opposite of what she was expecting."You're back to usual I see." He couldn't stop smiling which confused Alice e
"Why are we called here?" Klaver asked as he arrived late and had no idea why they were called by Black Lotus again. Karina shrugged, "Not sure. Maybe we’ll get a new mission?" They all went inside Clarisse’s office with anticipation. None of them did anything wrong lately, so they were confident that they were not here to be scolded by their head. Clarisse took a moment to look at each of them. They even held a birthday party for Alice and Carl the other day. She saw how happy they were. It’s just a shame that Alice couldn’t live as a human, even if their circumstances had already changed. "Did we mess up again? Please don’t tell me we’d have to attend trainee classes again." Art spoke up after he couldn’t take the silence anymore. She smiled, "No. Unless you did something else I wasn’t aware of." "We haven’t broken any rules… lately." Carl promptly answered as he was tired of being reprimanded. She pointed at the envelope Alice left for her group, "I called you guys to give yo
"You need to feed." Elijah kept looking at Alice. She was pale as she refused to drink any human blood. Louise continued to alternately look at Alice and Elijah. Alice was his enemy one moment, and now she appears in their house as a vampire. She demanded to join Elijah in fighting off the purebloods, which Louise still thinks is a suicide mission, but he has no abilities to stop his master or Alice. "I’m still Alice, and my hunter pride is still intact. I’ve been alive longer than you think. I could handle this." She simply refuses to drink human blood, even if everything in her is screaming to feed. Unfortunately, even a human soul couldn’t maintain her body as a human. Her body naturally went back to its natural form right after her mind fully awakened. Her abilities came back to her almost immediately. "Why are you insisting on coming anyway?" Elijah doesn’t know how he would treat Alice now. He remembers everything, along with all the feelings that he shared with Alathea. They
"Alice, Alice, wake up." Elijah had already gotten the location from Black Lotus and also received the blood flowers he requested. He was on his way to the given location when he felt a very ominous feeling. Instead, he rushed his way towards Alice’s house and found her unconscious with the charm he had gifted her on the ground. He checked if she was still breathing before lifting her towards the bed. Elijah has been trying to wake him up for five minutes straight, but to no avail. By experience, she looked like she was remembering her memories again. He doubts that the doctors would find anything wrong if he brought her to the hospital. "Alice!" He exclaimed and finally opened her eyes, and Elijah saw her eyes turn red, as of a vampire. She gasped and lifted herself from the bed. Elijah was staring at her with complete shock in his eyes. "Who the hell turned you into a vampire?!" There was fear in his eyes. He had killed all of her past lives, but now that he didn’t have to kill h
Humans either worshiped or feared them. They called them gods, not knowing that their belief was the one that strengthened them. At the same time, losing belief in creatures like her greatly weakens them. The more people forget about them, the sooner they cease to exist. She has existed for thousands of years. Time was fleeting, and so many things have changed over time. Her existence was fueled, not by belief but by fear. No one knows what she truly was, unlike other "gods" that humans have encountered. Instead, she was born out of fear of the unknown. It morphed in her over time until she developed a taste for human blood. Despite her efforts, she couldn’t stop what she had become, like all the monsters they had imagined. Before she knew it, she became a creature that survived on human blood and fear, and yet she still fights for her own instincts whenever she can. Alathea, or at least that is what she calls herself at the present time, quickly walked on a shade to protect herself
"Why am I called at such an ungodly hour?" She complained as she entered Clarisse’s office. Black Lotus didn’t tell her the reason why she was hailed, but she hoped that it was for a great purpose. "Alice, why are you here early?" Carl asked with curious eyes. "I was called by Black Lotus. Why are you here too?" She threw back the question. Carl pointed at Clarisse’s office, "She called me too. What is up? She didn’t tell me what this was about." Alice didn’t answer and walked ahead. She was now certain that it wasn’t about Elijah. Carl wouldn’t be called if it was. "Wait for me!" He exclaimed and caught up. They both entered the office and were welcomed by on of Clarisse’s secretary. She pointed at the door, "She’s been expecting you. Feel free to head inside." Alice immediately figured out that something was happening. Still, she went ahead and opened the door. "Happy birthday!" She heard party poppers and confetti flying over her and Carl. Alice looked at them with utter co
Alice went home with a heavy heart. She had had a bad feeling since earlier. It has been a bit peaceful after the incident of them being ambushed by the old gang members of their old enemy, but deep inside her, she knew that something bad would happen. She dismissed the worry, wishing that it was just her being paranoid. Elijah already killed the newborns but the pureblood who turned the humans was still alive. "Two of them were thrown in a dumpster, and the other one was just left on the streets." She recalled the report she heard earlier. Three of their hunters were killed relentlessly by different vampires, whom she assumes were pureblood vampires. The hunters that were disposed of in the dumpster like trash were killed by a woman, while the other one was killed by another vampire. None of them were the purebloods she saw last time, but they all thought the same after seeing the footage of how the hunters were killed. It was impossible that it had been done by a newborn vampire.
Allen let out an annoyed groan after he had just pulled Louise out of the scene when he saw hunters hovering near them. Louise was still out of it because of the high of the bloodlust still rushing to every fiber of his being. "What was happening?" Louise asked. His voice is deeper than usual, but he is slowly gaining consciousness about what is happening. He clicked his tongue, "Idiot. You almost got killed. Wipe that blood off your mouth." Louise’s eyes widened, and he felt more sober after what he heard. He touched his face and realized that Allen was right about the blood on his lips. There was something about blood that the vampire’s body was constantly craving; no matter how much they consumed, it would never be enough. That is why he doesn’t even realize that he is covered in blood as his body casually hangs on for that connection. He promptly wiped his mouth clean and used all the concentration he had to calm himself. They couldn’t walk around with his eyes glowing, and he
"Why are you all here?" Alice complained after seeing the rest of her old team. Art laughed awkwardly. "You didn’t check the notice again, didn’t you?" "What was it about?" She didn’t deny it at all. It was true that she didn’t bother reading it. Carl shakes his head. He was starting to wonder how Alice hadn’t gotten herself into any danger because of her carelessness. "We were set out as a group again. Because of what happened yesterday, we were advised to be careful just in case they were planning any group attacks." Kate was the one who explained the situation. Alice frowned and was about to leave, but Karina quickly managed to stop her. "Anyone is expected to follow the notice, and was told that anyone who would abandon their group will be suspended indefinitely. I think Black Lotus added that part just for you." Alice’s smile was oozing with sarcasm, but she had no choice but to follow them around. It took them an hour to find a vampire, and it wasn’t even a newborn. Elijah
She practiced her aim and poured her heart out while running. This time, she got the rest she wanted, and no one randomly appeared to bother her training. There were trainees who saw her, but no one dared approach her. She realized that they were put into self-training because there were no availability of trainers. It has never happened before when she was still training. If one of their trainers wasn’t around, there would always be someone who would step up to help. They never got to idle like that, and it somehow worried her. She shook her head. "What would be our future with these kids?" Alice couldn’t help but sigh after watching them from a short distance. She wasn’t expecting everyone to have perfect aim, but they were just bad. Alice couldn’t take it anymore and finally stepped up to help them. They all tensed up when Alice suddenly approached them, but she quickly told them that she simply couldn’t take watching them. "Skills are useless if your stance sucks. You’ll always