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.
Deep in the night, Nico snuck down to the basement. His dad usually sleeps right at 11 pm so he was in the clear. He can finally uncover the truth.He tightly clenched the torchlight as he moved closer to the basement door.It was left open to his relief. He snuck in and climbed down the cold stairs. Last time he didn’t notice it but the basement was pretty deep underground.He flashed the torch at the walls. The walls were translucent blue in color. ‘blue?’ he touched the surface. It was very cold.The thing he previously thought of as a rock or a boulder was actually frozen permafrost.Permafrost, a layer of ice deep underground the arctic that never melts. It was natural that this old castle had one. Many houses had this. it was to store meat. it acted as a natural refrigerator.But none of the wells dug up to permafrost was this deep or this spacious.It usually looked like a small well where people
Nicolai ran back to his room and got ready. It was a very simple choice. He had only black or blue clothing. He chose the ink blue turtleneck and black jeans to go with it. He did not bother styling his soft, wavy black hair. Any kind of gel he applied to it will not stay. His hair type was that way. ‘What was the use of styling it?’ Nicolai peered at his reflection. His brown-gray eyes looked much bluer than usual. A sudden itch on the back of his neck distracted him from admiring his face. “God, seriously, why does it itch so much? Fuck, I wish to just tear at it” he scratched the spot unconsciously until it turned red. He instantly regretted that decision and placed a wet towel over it to soothe the irritated skin. After the redness somewhat went away, he tosses the towel away and swiftly wore shoes. He let his shaggy hair be and ran down the stairs. “I’m ready to impress a crowd,” Rue stood down there with a bright smile. “
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Rue peered at the ceiling blankly. Her baby brother was lying next to her, still crying loudly.She gently patted his small body. “Where did it all go wrong.... Dylan... do you know, I was at fault? I was the reason your mate is dead....”The baby sniffled, peering up at her.“Will you blame me.... you should blame me.... he was such a sweet guy. Even my heart was starting to sway for him,”The door banged open and a wolf ran in. “Miss Rue.... your father...”“What is it?” she blankly peered at him.“I’m afraid it’s bad....”Her heart sank to the bottom. Carrying Dylan she ran out of the room.Right in the hallway she saw it.. her father hanging from the ceiling... his ruddy face was pale as a sheet of paper and his blue eyes were lifeless.She could not breathe.“Miss Rue... Alpha Rue....” everyone gazed at her with compassion.But c
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