Sofia woke up and found herself in the Bones’ hospital.The nurse told her that she was found next to a collapsed villa, and that a guard found her lying unconsciously in the backyard and called for an ambulance.She couldn’t believe that the villa had collapsed. She asked about Charles, but the nurse told her that only she was found, and that Charles was not found under the rubble, so he was not at home when the building collapsed.What caused the villa to collapse? Sofia doubted the mafia and thought back on the two women that entered the villa just before she lost consciousness.“Did they use some kind of explosives to make the building fall?“Are they somehow related to Raven?“Did they come to take revenge on me by taking Charles away from me?”She wanted to cry as well as scream, for there was little to nothing she could do against the mafia.“Charles… Did I drag you into my mess? Where are you right now?”As far as she knew, Charles was able to fight off the thugs, but how coul

“Tell me how you’ve awakened your blood,” Samantha dug a screwdriver in Carlos’ thigh, but he didn’t scream. “If you tell me, I’ll let you go.”“Do you see the word ‘fool’ on my forehead?” he growled.Samantha pulled the screwdriver out and stabbed him in the thigh a few more times, making him grind his teeth and bear the pain.“Leslie has already gone to your villa,” Samantha said, smirking, “to see if she could find any clue on how you’ve awakened. So, it’s only a matter of time before we crack the code. And once we do, we’re going to make you the most miserable man on earth.”“Nothing you can do will make me more miserable than what I’ve already experienced all my life,” Carlos blurted, “When I was in the orphanage, the people there made us beg in the streets after dark. Some of us would get sold. Some would get kidnapped. I lived every night in terror, as I did my best to survive, no, not just to survive but to keep looking forward to living a better life. I’ve seen able men beg o

“Don’t be foolish,” Akira harrumphed. “You think you can fight a hundred vampires by yourself? And there’s also Butcher who’s a Life Leecher. He’s probably awakened his body as well. Even though you’ve awakened your blood, it still doesn’t guarantee your victory.”“That’s why I’m asking you to train me,” Carlos insisted passionately.“How can I train you when I myself haven’t awakened my blood?” she responded. “To be honest, I didn’t think awakening one’s blood was possible. I thought it was just a myth because I could already do so much with my blood, but…” she looked at the red sword in Carlos’ hand, “clearly, there’s more to blood I thought. I can sense life and sentience from that sword. Perhaps, it’s imbued with the energy of your soul that’s lying dormant in the blood. The hairs on her arm stood from being in the presence of that sword. “That spiritual energy feels similar to the power of the one that turned me.”“Who turned you?” Carlos ended up asking.“Trust me, you don’t wan

Akira removed her black mask and embraced the sun even though the sunlight started burning her skin softly.The early morning rays of the sun somehow always affected the vampires much more than of any other time, so the burning pain felt tangible.“You’ve done well, but I don’t think you’re part of me, Lola,” Akira brought her claws out. “It’s time you leave my body.” She straight away thrust her hand into her forehead and pulled her brain matter. To her shock, something else came out along with her brain matter. It was a squirming flying snake that hissed painfully as the sunrays began to burn its translucent body immediately. “What the hell…” Akira held the snake tightly in her hand and didn’t let it escape.“Let me go!” Lola hissed madly and tried her best to free itself, but in a matter of seconds, its body burned into ashes that turned into dust and drifted away in the wind.Akira opened her hand, and there was nothing in her hand except for a bit of her brain matter.She didn’t

After having an up-and-down lunch at Ducksbelly, Jim and Narika left in the same car: Jim’s Ferrari F40.Victoria followed them in her car. She really hoped that Narika would marry Jim as she said she would.Eventually, the ferrari stopped outside the ant villa’s gate. However, to Jim’s shock, there was no villa in sight.There was only a broken building, with most of the villa having collapsed.“What happened here?” he wondered as he quickly entered through the gate, and then he noticed the small tent next to the broken building.Charles was cooking something using firewood.“What the heck are you doing?” Jim hurried over. “Are you making food?”“Yeah, the kitchen was destroyed, so…” Charles poured some of the hot red soup in a bowl. “Here. Have some.”“Ew,” Jim stepped back. “What’s that?”“Finger millet soup,” Charles said. “It will heal your heart and liver.” He had read in one of the vampire books that when vampires couldn’t find blood, they lowered their blood pressure by drink