Black Lotus looked at Alice with curious eyes. She didn’t know if she should ask or not, but Alice beat her into it. "If you want to say something, then do it already." Alice gave her report and sat down. She preferred to be out, but she needed to talk to her mentor. She heaved a sigh while thinking that Alice would never change. She taught her to be stronger, but the woman was already strong enough even before they met. She would have survived without her in any case. "You looked hammered, and so did Karina and Arianne. When I said to train your team, I didn’t say to give the kid a hangover. " She pointed this out with a sarcastic smile. Alice crossed her arms, leaning her back against the chair in a lazy manner. "It wasn’t my fault, okay? I went there alone, trying to drink my misery away, but those pesky people planted a tracking device, which wasn’t so obvious by the way," She rolled her eyes, "So yeah, it wasn’t my fault." Black Lotus imitated her annoyed look and answered,
Alice woke up in an unknown place. She was alarmed at first, but the serenity of the place made her heart at peace. It was odd, because she shouldn’t be here. She doesn’t even know where she is! The woman walked around, looking for anything that looked familiar, but all she saw were trees and more trees. The sun was brightly up and surprisingly irritating to her a bit. It wasn’t exactly hot, but she didn’t feel comfortable walking around either, especially since she was barefoot. "Why am I walking around without shoes on?" She asked herself, slowly gaining some consciousness of where she was and what was happening. She tried to find a huge shade to hide herself from the sun. She struggled to recall which of her previous lives she was in, but she was certain she hadn't seen this one yet. "At least this wasn’t a nightmare." She sat on the ground, not minding the dirt getting on her dress. She hugged her knees. Alice had never felt this comfortable in a dream before. It was serene, b
The streaks of wind hit her as she speed towards the location where the signal was sent. Her heart was pounding fast and loud. It was emotions she hasn't felt in a while, back when she still let herself to care about others. "Alice, where are you?" It was Carl’s voice from the ear piece. It was automatically connected to all members after someone sends the distress signal. She could hear engines from the background. The others are probably on their way too. Hopefully, they could still see Arianne alive. "I’m on my way." She avoided the question and sped up. If vampires get to her, then they must hurry. Alice bit her lower lip in anguish. She shouldn’t have gone this far if she knew that something like this would happen. Out of all days, why it has to be today that someone in her team needed help. She arrived at the location and everyone was already crowded at one side. Karina looked at her with worry in her eyes. She handed Alice Arianne’s phone, which remained on the page of the
Alice didn’t even lift her head. She was busy loading bullets into her gun. "First of all, I didn’t force anyone in here. Second, we won’t turn this vehicle back just because you yelled at us. "She lifted her head and looked at Black Lotus with a straight face, "You made me this group’s leader despite knowing my impulses. Now let me protect my group. "Clarisse heaved a sigh, "Fine. But please be careful. The backup is already on its way. " She would have gone herself too, but she was currently out of the country. She left for a day, and something bad had already happened."Thank you." Alice answered. The screen turned off automatically after Black Lotus ended the video call.The van stopped close to a desolate building."We’re here."A man finally opened up after Karina banged on the door three times with the actual intention of breaking it."What the hell—" He stopped cursing as soon as she saw the woman.Karina put on her best smile and acted relieved, "Oh my god, I’m so sorry that
The woman nodded, "Yes. Long story short, you did something dumb, and we did something dumber, and now we're here to save you. Just stay awake, okay? " She lifted her colleague up, and they struggled to continue walking towards the outside of the room, but a vampire blocked their way."Do you think we would just let you get away?!" Alice shot her again, but the vampire easily dodged the attack.She let Arianne sit on the bed and took out her dagger. She was already out of bullets, but she wouldn’t go down without a fight."Run..." Arianne mumbled while trying hard to keep herself awake. It made her more dizzy, but it was the least of her concerns right now.Alice clicked her tongue as a response, "And what, leave you here? Not going to happen."The vampire laughed at her blind acts of bravery. Alice wasn’t fazed by the vampire’s taunt. She took out another knife placed on her strap and aimed perfectly at the chest of the vampire, only that the man caught the knife."Do you really thin
Alice was asking the same thing, but he had already killed all of the vampires in the span of a minute. He managed to kill seven vampires in a minute when they had been fighting those vampires for hours."You should escape." He ordered the hunters, but his eyes were directed at one person. Alice was questioning the entirety of the situation. She initially thought that the vampire was here to kill her.Or maybe he was just preserving his prey.She heard a voice at the back of her head, and it was right. It was impossible that Elijah could save her. All of her previous lives were killed on their 28th birthday. She still doesn’t know why the vampire chose that time, but it must be the sole reason why he spared her."Don’t move." The order came from Carl while pointing a gun at the vampire. Elijah didn’t know what he was doing. He constantly tracked Alice after he learned what she was. He had to make sure that he was the one who would kill her. But still, he marched into this place witho
She didn’t answer and went straight to the elevator, which, fortunately, had no one inside because she wasn’t in the mood for more people asking her. Clarisse’s secretary welcomed her with a surprised face."I know she isn’t here yet. Don’t worry, I could wait. " She answered with a straight face and sat on one side while Black Lotus’ secretary was still wondering how she was able to casually walk around like nothing happened.It didn’t take long before the secretary received a call and was told that Black Lotus was already on her way to her office. The door opened after a few minutes, revealing the stressed head of the organization. Alice smiled widely, obviously to tease her further."Welcome back. How was the trip? " She continued her act. If there was one entertainment she had, that was to annoy Clarisse ever since she learned that her mentor lied to her.Black Lotus glared at her, "I was merely gone for a day and a half and you have already marched into a hell hole? What happened
"Damn it." Alice curses as soon as she opens her eyes. Just the thought of not doing anything already irks her whole being. Black Lotus made sure that she wouldn’t be able to enter even the headquarters by confiscating all of her key cards. It’s the same for her other teammates, making them all completely shunned from the headquarters.It’s been three days, and she’s starting to reach insanity.At first, she said to herself that she could work this suspension out and give her body a rest. But after working her body for years, tirelessly training so she could fight for her life, her body just refuses long periods of rest. She got up, and multiple curses had gone out of her mouth once again that even a demon would get shy around her. Her back still aches from being thrown around like a sack of potatoes.She groaned this time. Alice can’t help but overthink about what happened that day. She saw that vampire’s face, and she was almost certain that he was as confused as she was."How dare