“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
Raverine explained to Captain Callops why he disappeared all of a sudden and Captain Callops apologized that an intruder was able to get past the gates. Captain Callops promised to double the guards and increase the voltage of electric fences around the port so no one could sneak in again. Raverine was somehow reassured and went back home after making sure that the packages are safe in Vorkuta. The next time he comes back to the port, it will be him on the ship, sailing his way back home with her.Once Raverine reached his house, he heightened his senses to check Ember’s condition.‘She’s good,’ Raverine thought to himself and turn to Pox’s condition, ‘He is not good.’Raverine knew that giving Ember a dose of sleeping drugs could ruin her blood, especially since Ember is trying to fight the drug so he had to use an extra dose of sleeping drugs. Raverine went up to his room and slowly opened the door. He saw Ember sleeping peacefully. Raverine smirked and took off his jacket. Raverine
As quiet as the owl’s nest, all that Raverine can hear is the nightmares of his prey screeching in her dreaming world. With Diego bothering him any time, Minly reunited with the devils, and the tension between the scavengers and shadow vampires arising, Raverine had to finish his mess and muddy tracks as soon as possible.Raverine stopped walking when he smelled Ember’s sweat. Not again, Raverine thought when he can hear her exasperated groans once more from trying to do something so she could escape. Ember must’ve woken up yet again despite Raverine giving her a dose of a sleeping drug. Raverine rushed upstairs and halted on his doorstep.“Ember…” Raverine called out—his voice gentle but it still made Ember’s heart pound faster. Raverine extended his senses to Pox’s condition and he can hear his heart beating at a normal pace. Raverine sighed. “Pox is almost recovering. Would you like to see him?”Raverine didn’t open the door and waited for Ember to break the silence. The silence wa
Ember’s POVNot all heroes wear a cape or a well-ironed uniform. Not every position should be praised and hailed as a champion. The true heroes of this country are those who fought for justice. Heroes that held their hearts tighter than their guns and bloody thirst for death. But there is little to no recognition for these heroes, just one day of grief then it’s back to cheers. I have seen men saluting for the death of the country’s soldiers, including my father.He served the nation with justice in his pockets and used it as his bullet. He was hungry for every bit of morality he can find… but, funny, he himself has committed a lot of sins I can’t deny. He killed men too on many battlefields. No matter the sins of these men, they are still men. Just like how I killed men, dangerous men, for my city. I have been thinking about the idea of killing before I entered the academy. The thought of doing good by killing is never good. No matter how dangerous that individual is, killing is agai
Ember's POV“Those are my father’s reports to your father’s troops. Perhaps, your father and my father are quite acquainted because of this mission,” Raverine said and turned back to find something again in the cabinet. I picked the first letter, opened it, and saw a lot of scribbles. Raverine must’ve examined these already. I exhaled and read it carefully, while questions were still crashing in my mind like big waves wanting to be calmed. The letter began:To whom it May concern,I had a Dangerous Dream; I built a ship to an icy land where snow could almost cover anything. However, I found the lock. All I need is the key. You know that students aren’t allowed to hold the key, it’s always the teacher who should keep it. Then, I went to my old school, meet my old pals… we talked. I asked why you weren’t there. They said you’ll come tomorrow at six—morning—to fetch your daughter’s TOR. I am writing this letter so I can inform you that I’ll be waiting inside with the teacher. Ps: Tell y