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Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 9
Everything seemed normal about me as I sat down on the floor, leaning on the side of the bed. But deep inside, I knew something had changed. I just couldn’t figure out what it was. It was something that resonated emptiness that I had not felt for so long. All I knew for sure was that when Gavin crosses my mind, I felt a pain in my chest. It had been days when I left him on the road after the witch appeared in front of me. Since that day, I haven’t left Tristan’s room because I was avoiding to see Gavin. I just felt like the moment I stepped out, he was there waiting for me. I glanced at the door when Tristan entered carrying a paper bag. He looked at me and his shoulder dropped after he sighed. “Stop making me worry. Ever since to other day, you’ve been acting like that. You don’t even want to answer my questions,” he said to me. “Aren’t you planning to go to school?” I shook my head. I didn’t want to tell him I didn’t have the urge to study. I would move to another city faraway fr
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 10
The entire ride on the train was quite uneventful, with the constant silent rumbling and screeching of the train. I stayed quiet while my head wandered somewhere else back to where we used to live. Just like before, I always thought we would last there, but because I made the mistake of hurting one of my schoolmates, we had to move. After several years, it was going to happen again. I didn’t want to live in a new environment. I had a hard time adjusting last time. But just like before, I had no choice. My brother on my right fell asleep sitting down. He leaned his head on the cold iron bar. When I looked at him, I still couldn’t believe I am seeing my brother in person. I even told myself maybe it was just imagination. But no matter how hard I convinced myself, nothing really changed. I only stopped looking at him when the train stopped at the station where I need to get off. My brother didn’t wake up to the noise inside the train. He was still deep asleep as I stood up. I took a dee
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 11
I thought I had died, but when I opened my eyes, I found myself in an unfamiliar room. The light coming from the ceiling was so strong that it made me put my hand in front of my eyes. After my eyes adjusted, I sat down, observing the entire room. It wasn’t big and there was no other type of furniture inside other than the table beside the bed. The room wasn’t that special. People only used that kind of room to kill time or hid from someone they didn’t want to see while doing something. I touched my head, trying to figure out how I got there. The last thing I remembered was the lightning hitting me. Going back to what happened only made me sad. I realized my mother had died because of the lighting. I didn’t even know how it happened. I had not heard of anybody who could control the lightning, even from the race of vampires. Out of frustration, I walked down off the bed to pee in the bathroom. My body felt so light, which I just ignored. Since everything was close to each other, it on
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 12
“Why do we need to ride in your car?” I asked Gavin as I sat down in the passenger seat. “I couldn’t understand. We could just run since we’re both fast.” His smell, which was a mixture of woody, minty, and floral scents, stayed inside the car, making my nose itch. I brushed my nose when I noticed he wasn’t even starting the car after closing the door. He looked at me without blinking an eye. “Using ability is unconventional. It could cause a disturbance to humans,” he reminded me. “And I just can’t leave my car here.” “Okay, I understand. But what is our relationship? You will not help me like this if we’re just acquaintances,” I said. He took a deep breath to calm himself. “You need to answer me. It might help me remember something.” “Don’t talk too much while you’re in my car,” he told me and started the engine. “I don’t want to. I will only listen to you if you answer my question. Are you really not going to help me, remember?” “It’s much better if you remember nothing. It
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 13
The living room looked empty when I entered, even though there were types of furniture in their right place. Maybe the old vibe of the room had something to do with it, or because no one was around. The chandelier in the ceiling didn’t help to change the atmosphere, even if it was glowing. I looked at the fireplace beside the big flat-screen television when the firewood lit up. It surprised me a little, but it didn’t last long. I knew it was possible because I was in a mansion filled with vampires. I turned around when I felt my father behind me. He was standing there looking at me without blinking an eye. “Why don’t you sit down? We have to talk while they’re not here,” he said to me. I looked at him in confusion. “Who are you referring to?” I asked him. “Your mother and siblings.” I understand why he said that. He didn’t want his wife and children to see that he was talking to his son, Liam. Liam didn’t have a good relationship with his family, just like what Gavin said to me. He
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 14
I could not believe it. I fell asleep during my first night in the mansion, even though it wasn’t long since I woke up from a week-long slumber. It made me think it was because Liam’s body was pretty exhausted. If it wasn’t for someone who was staring at me, I would still be sleeping. I was not wrong about what I felt because I found someone standing on the side of the bed as I opened up my eyes the next morning. Even though it wasn’t bright inside the room, I could see him clearly. Thick curtains blocked the windows. “Who are you?” I asked him as I sat down on the bed. I brushed my hair with my fingers while turning my head to the right to look for the butler. I didn’t see Mike next to the door where he stood before I fell asleep. “It is real that you lost your memories. This is fascinating,” the guy said to me. I sensed he would grab me, even though I wasn’t looking at him. I immediately turned my head toward him and slapped his hand, which surprised him. He even stared at his
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 15
I found this room underground at the very end of a staircase while roaming around the mansion. It had a big steel door, double the size of an ordinary human. There were patterns drawn on its front that told a story about the history of my father’s family. It was hard for me to understand the flow, so I stopped checking them. I pushed the steel door instead. The clanking sound it made echoed through the stairway behind me. The moment I opened up the door, a vacant space greeted me from the other side. There was nothing inside, and water flooded the room a foot high. I turned around when I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I saw Mike walking slowly. “What is this place for?” I asked him. I wanted to know if they used the room for conducting ceremonies. “It’s a training room,” Mike answered me as he approached me. “Master used to train his children there every day. But he suddenly stopped when you were five.” “Why?” I let go of the door and it closed on its own. It took the but
Forsaking the Shadows Chapter 16
The heavy rain had made the stairway slippery on the slope of the hill. The sound it made in the umbrella I was holding seemed like a monotonous tone to my ear. With every step I took going up the stairs, the white shoes I was wearing got dirtier. It was a wrong choice that I dressed up even though my mother would not see me. All I wanted was to look presentable while I built her a grave as promised to her. We had talked about it since our last move. I had to do it in memory of her so that I had a place where I could talk to her freely. I was not blaming the rain. I was more thankful for it because I could go out while it was not dark. “Young master, you can’t just leave the mansion without telling your father,” Mike said to me, who was following me behind. I halted and turned around, making him also stop. “Call him if you wanted to. I really don’t care. Isn’t that the reason you’re here, right?” I told him before continuing to climb up. Mike held his tongue. I expected he would be
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