Nico silently left to his room after that. he did not even bother to ask. He knew he will only get radio silence for his questions...
Laying on his cold bed, he peered up at his ceiling. The paint was peeling off and hanging by a small bit. ‘that’s my life right now. It’s hanging by a thread. So many lies and so many hidden truths. I don’t know..... dad doesn’t have to complicate things. He can just tell me the truth. I can handle it... I can...’
But his father only treated him as a baby boy.
It was so unfair.
He silently hummed a song waiting for nighttime to arrive. By then his stomach started to growl. He tottered over to the small mini-fridge in his room and drank some goat blood his father got from the local butcher. It was tasted grassy and kind of different. He was not used to the taste.
Grimacing, he placed the bottle in the fridge.
‘Pancakes. I saw pancake mixture down.’ He decided to give up on blood and chose human food for dinner.
As he walked down his nose was assaulted by the delicious scent of fried chicken. He ran to the kitchen to only see an empty room.
His dad was nowhere. Only a plate of fried chicken covered in cling wrap was on the dining table. Besides that, there was a note saying ‘eat well. Will be back’
He picked up the note and placed it to the side.
He wolfed down the chicken in just a matter of minutes. His growling stomach finally calmed down.
‘Hmmm... now I have a lot of energy. What to do.. should I go check out the garden area?’
The garden area was just layers and layers of frozen ice. Thinking of that, he gave up on that deed.
Instead, he chose to explore the house a bit more. This castle was built in the 19th century. The walls were comely made up of rocks rather than bricks.
He curiously touched the walls as Walked around.
Suddenly, he saw the basement door.
He had never explored this part of the house. He curiously walked close.
The door that was usually locked was left open.
Nico frowned a bit. He silently walked down the stairs. The temperature dropped below minus. He was just in his nightclothes.
‘Fuck why is it so cold down here? Didn’t the thermostat work here?!’ he rubbed the Goosebumps off his skin and he walked further in.
It was dark and cold and dingy with a subtle scent of blood in here.
There was also a small sound coming from inside.
He held his breath and slowly walked closer to that disturbance. To his surprise, he saw his father standing there fiddling with what looked like a coffin.
The stench of blood was overwhelming down here.
‘Coffin... blood... is he feeding someone! Who?’
The vampire elders usually go through a small phase called the ‘doze phase.’ they fall into an internal sleep. Their bodies shriveled up but they won’t die. They will just be sleeping until someone feeds them blood and wakes them up.
‘Who is it? Is this the reason why he wanted to come to live here? To wake this person up? but why keep it a secret...’
“All done.” His dad said, tossing the empty blood bag down.
Nico stepped forward to take a glance inside the coffin, but his shoe rubbed, against the ice creating a small screeching sound.
His father’s head snapped his way.
He silently hid behind the rock formation holding his breath.
“Shifting ice... they really create such creepy sounds...,” he mumbled and closed the coffin up.
When he got the chance Nico ran out of there and up to his room as swiftly as he could. He did not know why he did that. Subconsciously he feared who that person might be.
Only vampire elders or elder blood follow a ‘Doze phase’. There are only seven elders in existence.
"What is there was an eighth.. What if... it was someone I used to know?,’
He took out the photo he secretly stashed inside his drawer. ‘What if it’s mum?’
There were so many hints his dad threw about. First was the class schedule. He said someone close to them chose it. Next, he said coming to this place was his mother’s last wish.
He gently caressed her smiling face.
Everyone said she was a human, and that she died in childbirth. But what if that was not the case? What if she was turned after he was born?
‘But dad has no reason to hide her from the committee though...’
‘Is it became she was a human? Was the committee against their change?’
His little mind looped up a story of its own. He was still speculating. He did not know the truth.
Yet still... the possibility of his mother being alive.. Made him excited.
Long Ki softly sobbed. "Raijin, my brother. Have I lost you forever? Why won't you reply? Are you angry with me because I broke our seal? I broke it because I want you to be by my side as an equal nit as a servant or as a slave. So please, come back my friend." His words ended up in a loud sob as he watched the blank-looking wolf.He slowly stumbled closer. "Raijin…..please…please answer me? Please, I beg of you," he whispered softly.The grey wolf stepped back and suddenly growled at him."It's going to be okay, my friend, I will save you," Long Ki whispered with his hands outstretched, his spiritual powers flowed out like a soft stream towards the wolf.Raijin became quiet, wary of it and evaded it. He jumped high and low, but Long Ki spiritual energy flowed behind him like a little tail. Frustrated, it jumped down from the building and changed towards the red dragon.
All of a sudden, the Grey wolf's bones cracked."What is going one?" Felia shouted.Long Ki laughed. "He is changing…he is changing back,"Slowly but surely, Raijin's human form was returning. His fluffy tail retracted to form a small spine. His snout snapped back into his nose and mouth and all his hair. It just disappeared.Raijin stood naked, blinking at them. "Im back?" he glanced down at his hands again. Felia in his arms glanced up and softly kissed his cheeks. "Yes, you are…you are back! Oh, I was so worried. Raijin, I won't leave you ever again, I promise." She cried, hugging him tightly."ow," he softly groaned."What is wrong?" Felia pulled him farther and peered at him. His stomach was badly wounded and was bleeding profusely. "Oh my god, what to do? You need medicine. I will bring you medicine," she shouted frantically.
"This can't be. Ki can't be dead!" Yukiya shook her head in disbelief. The little red egg that was rolling around in the corner jumped over to her and nudged her."no...something is wrong…. I have to see for myself," she mumbled and shot out of the watering hole. For a second she couldn't breathe. She panted, lying on the ground. The little red egg nudged her hands worriedly.'I have to breathe…I have to change,' she thought as she pulled herself up by her forearm. Her gills were not adaptable to breathe out of water and was suffocating her.She gasped as he crawled through the floor. The red egg worriedly followed behind her.Yukiya held the egg close safely in her embrace, "its….it's okay....I'm..fine," she gasped as her breath came out in pants. Slowly her gills fully closed up, letting a layer of flesh grow on it.Losing her gills, she was f
"Yukiya…what are you doing here? Are you hurt anywhere?" Long Ki pulled his stunned wife and checked her all over. She did not have any wounds, but her tears kept rolling down her face. He gently wiped them away and kissed her red eyes. "What is it, dear? Why are you crying? Did anyone bully you?""You…you did. You bullied me," Yukiya sobbed out loud and jumped into his embrace."Huh? But I didn't bully you though," Long Ki mumbled, soothingly caressing her head. 'why did she have such an absurd thought?' he thought as he softly hugged her trembling shoulders. On her back, he felt something vibrating violently. "What's in your bag?"Yukiya pulled her head from his chest and sniffed loudly. "It's our child…" she said guiltily."you brought our child here. Yukiya, what were you thinking," Long Ki swiftly pulled the bag from her shoulders and carefully cupped the incub
Bright light.....that was Xia's initial thought as he woke up. He slowly blinked open his tired eyes. Unfamiliar ceiling was what he first noticed. "A different inn?" he softly mumbled as he sat up, supporting his weight. The window next to him was side open, letting in bright sunlight. "When did I lose consciousness though?"After he dropped off Felia and Farah he swiftly jumped over roof and got to the spot. From his vantage point, all he could see was dust and flames. Xia frowned. He was not able to see Long Aotian anywhere. He was about to jump down when all of a sudden he lost consciousness.Xia scratched his head, trying to remember more. "Why did I faint like that? Was I drugged?" he sniffed her small red clothes but there was a residual scent on him, only that strong perfume was left behind. "Then, maybe our inn was destroyed in the struggle," he whispered. He slowly woke up, changed his clothes and walked out of the do
"LET ME OUT!" Yukiya shouted once again. The ghoul outside sighed. "Young miss, I can't deactivate this shield. Only your man can do that. Please don't make me repeat myself," he whispered kindly."Repeat my ass. You bullshit. Open this right now or call that bastard here I will knock some sense into him," Yukiya glare at him.The ghoul sighed deeply. "I'm helpless. Even I'm not sure where he is,'"Then go find him. I need him here right now. How dare that bastard trap me here?""But he did it for your own safety,""Safety? I don't need that. I'm a sky level cultivator. It's not like I'm useless fiddle. I can take care of myself VERY WELL," Yukiya shouted, banging the shield loudly. All of a sudden she felt something soft nudge her leg. She glanced down to see her little egg nudging her softly. She picked him up and caressed his dry surface. "Baby, it's time to g ba