Jolly Road once lived up to its name… embodied its name perfectly. It was once a jolly place way back in 1982, a town away from the city noise. But when shadow vampires and, mostly, scavengers inhabited the place up until now with their will to kill and drink blood.The place has been the hometown of many criminals granted parole by the probation authorities. But probation officers don’t even bother to check on these criminals from time to time. In due course, these criminals are free from their prison life already.Jolly Road even has shops that secretly sell narcotics and anything illegal for satisfaction. During the day, the streets of Jolly Road are asleep like a drunk man getting out of a hangover to enjoy the night later. That means that Jolly Road is alive only at night. Disco bars are open, nightclubs nearby, and motel rooms are fully booked.Welcome to Jolly Road.Raverine read the huge and torn billboard on top of an under-construction building. Rustic beauty and some vintag
Ember shoots a sharp gaze toward Raverine once the sleeveless guy walked past the white curtain and left the three of them alone near the counter. Ember slightly pushed Raverine’s shoulder and gave him a skeptical expression. “What was that? Vape? You want a vape? Don’t you want answers?” Ember asked in a low voice. “We are just here to ask, Raverine. We don’t have time for expensive, chocolate vape.” Raverine furrowed his brows and answered Ember, “Don’t be in a rush. You might get the wrong information, Ember—" Raverine's heart thumped when he sensed the other four vampires closing in. Their scents are approaching as well as the sleeveless guy. Raverine rushed towards Ember and stand close to her which alarmed Pox. Pox began to suspect Raverine’s actions and walked towards them when Pox saw how Raverine’s face shifted from calm to grey. "Ember. We need to leave. Let's go..." Raverine whispered and held Ember's wrist. Ember removed his hand on her wrist and touched her gun hidden
Ember widened her eyes, slowly losing her grip on her gun but she lifted it again and recovered from what she saw. Ember took a slow step forward and kept a straight gaze at Raverine who is standing still and his hands still raised in the air. Ember examined Raverine from his messy hair down to his blood-soaked shoes and back to his red eyes. “What are you?” Ember asked, continuing to take cautious steps forward. Raverine huffed and lowered his hands. “Ember… Put the gun down and I will tell you, Ember—" “Hands up!” Ember roared and Raverine didn’t listen to her. Raverine resumed speaking in a cold manner, “Just listen to me or we’ll have to do this in a different way.” Ember smirked and scoffed. “Yeah?” Ember yelled in a sarcastic tone, “What way is that different way? “The one you won’t like to take.” Ember stopped and looked to her side. Ember saw Pox’s shoe and fired a bullet, an inch close to hitting Raverine’s shoulder but Ember purposedly missed her fire. “Where is Pox?”
Ember let out a soft groan, her heart is beating softly. She felt comfortable on the mattress she is laying on. But instead of waking up to see her apartment’s walls and ceiling, soft grasses brushed against her legs and the smell of dirt wafted past her nose. Ember sat upright in an instant, startled by the odd atmosphere she felt, and looked around, scanning her surroundings. She is not in her apartment, apparently. More of a place of solace is where she is right now.“Fathima Mae December!”Someone hollered her name, startling her. Ember turned to see the silhouette of a man, bright light outlining his frame. The man with an intimidating aura approached her closer.“Stand up, young lady. You have a lot to do early in the morning but here you are, still laying,” the man said in a deep voice.“What? Dad? Dad…” Ember realized and rushed to hug Mr. December.Mr. December let out an amused chuckle and return Ember’s hug.“Look at you now! Our precious, little Ember is now a feisty polic
Above all reasons that Raverine could give, a poisonous vampire fang would be the least believable. Ember couldn’t breathe out a word. Ember wanted to scream at Raverine’s face. Ember has killed him in different and most brutal ways as possible inside her mind. Slowly and mentally chopping him bit by bit.Ember inhaled deeply before she questioned Raverine’s absurd reason and explanation, “What? What the fuck? Vampire? Seriously? Like in the cartoons?” Ember scoffed. “Don’t tell me that you are a vampire as well? Then guess what? Flash news, Dracula! I am a wolf too.” Ember gasped and acted out like she was surprised. “And I am going to…” Ember forcibly tried to pull herself up despite the tight chains immobilizing her whole body, “…fucking tear your limbs to pieces, Dracula.”Raverine smirked then he slowly turns his chuckles to laughter. “Can you howl? Because it seems like you only know how to bark, Wolfie.”“Funny,” Ember retorted, “Really, funny.”“If you don’t believe me then ho
Ember went silent for a while, staring back at Raverine. Ember internalized the fact that she is talking to a vampire but she couldn’t digest that fact yet. The thought of vampires coexisting with humans in the real human world makes her giggle like a weirdo. It’s absolutely funny to her. Everything is amusing to her as if her life has turned into a circus in one snap and creatures like Raverine are acting like clowns.All the blood, sweat, and years she spent in military training with Pox and her experience as a paramilitary reserved troop was almost a waste of human energy because surprise, surprise… the greatest enemy of this country is not merely a human possessed with Satan’s ideas to ruin humanity but vampires and their thirsts for freaking human blood like in the books. Vampires... that are human-looking creatures with poisonous fangs.Ember let out an amused chuckle before speaking, “So… What’s your plan, huh, Dracula? Boil us, our human bodies, until our flesh is soft enough
It has been so long since Raverine filled his house’s guest rooms with people. However, they are not people sleeping inside those rooms but Raverine's prey. Raverine’s morning worries awoke him at five. One of his worries is planning a feasible way to keep Ember safe from other predators – other vampires, especially the shadow vampires and Die Dark clan.Raverine grabbed his phone from his side table and surfed through the web regarding the incident that they caused at the vape shop located on Jolly Road. So far, so silent like the dead buried underneath that place. Should Raverine worry that his enemies are silent? He shouldn’t worry lest his enemies know that Raverine is the person behind that.Raverine stood away from his worries and prepped himself for another day of work at Scavenger’s Hut. So long that the people around him don’t suspect his actions, all is good. Raverine walked out of his room and grabbed the things he needs.“Hey, Alex…” Raverine voice commanded his A.I. assis
“Great service, everyone!” Raverine shouted, indicating that a day of work is about to end. Raverine then walked towards Hiro who is busy giving his last instructions to one of their waitresses. Raverine held Hiro’s shoulder and said, “Hiro, office please.”Hiro nodded and wrapped up his task before following Raverine to his office. Once done, Hiro opened Raverine’s office door and said, “What’s the matter, Sir?”Raverine was almost done grabbing the things he needs from his desk. “I need to take a leave tomorrow, Hiro. Please take care of the restaurant tomorrow and I want another great service like the service we did today,” Raverine instructed and finished cleaning his desk. “Call me if something bad happened around here.”Hiro gave him a reassuring smile. “Will do, Sir. Take care.”“Thank you. Take care as well.”Hiro left the office first then Raverine followed. Raverine walked past his sous’ chefs focus on scrubbing and fixing their stations. Before Raverine stepped out of the b