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
Raverine went inside after Diego’s scent is kilometers away from Raverine’s doorstep. Raverine extended his heightened senses to Ember’s room and heard her heart softly beating. That’s good, Raverine thought to himself. Then he averted his senses and focused on Pox’s condition. Pox is getting worse every minute but Raverine doesn’t give a damn if his treatments won’t work. All that Raverine could do is to carefully accomplish each step of his plan. Next on his list is to transfer all the blood bags to Vorkuta where his family’s old hideout place is still intact and alive. But before leaving, Raverine rushed to the kitchen and made a meal for Ember. He also injected another fluid into Pox to somehow calm his heartbeats. Once the meal is cooked, Raverine went inside Ember’s room and saw her sleeping comfortably. Raverine carefully chose a drug that could calm her and put her to sleep, drugs that have zero to low side effects. So far, Ember is still in good condition. As for the blood,
Vorkuta was Raverine’s birthplace. It is where his great-grandfather’s love for cooking began and their mastery was passed on from generation to generation. Vorkuta was a safe haven for vampires but when the World Alliance military troops discovered a hidden facility somewhere in Vorkuta and bombed the entire place, Raverine and his family fled to the other side of the world. They never came back, no vampire tried to go back to Vorkuta. However, there is something that Edmond Agustine couldn’t leave in Vorkuta unattended and must vouchsafe for young Raverine in the future. So, Edmond went back with young Raverine to teach him where their old mansion is. Raverine went to the port and waited for the captain to come down the cargo ship named before a former Roman emperor, Augustus. Because of Raverine’s father, he knew who to trust and where to find a few of them. “Oi! Son of Agustine!” The captain hollered as he walked down from the ship to the dock. “Captain Callops!” Raverine smirk
Two shadow vampires in their black cloaks walked towards his table, their heads lowered and masked with their own shadows. The silence was always deadly but never tickled their fear since they are used to hiding in the shadows and moving discreetly. “Skoteinó,” the first shadow vampire spoke, “There are no signs of Minly in all the places that she commonly visits and stays. Then the second vampire shadow added, “She was left at her apartment yesterday but as we tried to trace her scent, we couldn’t smell it.” Skoteinó tilted his head and gave them a dead look. “But you placed a tracker on her before you released her, right?” Skoteinó asked. Neither of the shadow vampires answered Skoteinó’s question and kept their heads down. Skoteinó hang his head down and groaned. He whispered, “You know that device that at least helps you track someone instead of sniffing like dogs?” Skoteinó lifted his head and swiftly threw his blade knife. His blade knife flew perfectly between their two he