Shaun Smith I was intently watching the unconscious girl laying in my hotel room. Her long raven-black hair was spilling over the white covers of the bed she was in. My bed. I did not understand but I felt a sudden pride to see her sleeping in the bed I slept in. I really wanted her to open her eyes. So that I could see those amazing pairs of green eyes. But until now the woman is still unconscious. And I seem to want to kill someone when I think of the reason why she was in this situation. Preferably, the life of one of the guys outside my room.I could barely contain my anger when I saw the woman's bloody back. If Chester hadn't stopped me, I might have broken Ash's neck because of what he did. To this day, I still don't understand how the woman was able to bring out that kind of emotion in me. Just like that time in that hospital.The four of us split up to look for the night blooming flower or any information on where it could be found. I was out on the street when I picked up a
Tala I slowly opened my eyes as I heard the voice . Her gaze landed on the broad chest of a man. I felt his arm wrapped around my waist while his hand was gently stroking my hair. I immediately pushed him on instinct but not the man did not even budge. I was stunned for a moment. Because I remembered something specific about this scenario. It happened before. “You are awake. Thank God,” said the man with a familiar baritone voice. I slowly raised my face and almost gasped when our eyes met. My green eyes meet his dark ones. My suspicion was correct. It was the guy at the hospital! There was the strange beating of my heart again. That continuous thumping that I didn't want to feel.Before I could speak, the man quickly stood up. “You were having a nightmare, that was the only way I could think of to calm you down. And you kind of really calmed down,” he said before sighing and scratching his messy hair. “Maybe you can’t understand what I’m saying.”The man must have thought that I ca
Tala HillI didn't want to hear their arguments so I immediately entered the room. I stopped momentarily when I saw the brown-haired guy sitting on the chair on the bed where Maya was sleeping. He was looking at Maya dreamily. I picked up the closest thing to me, which was a bowl, hoping to throw it at him. But the brown haired guy suddenly turned in my direction and when he saw me he was overcome with fear. The fear on his face was like seeing a ghost. The guy turned pale and quickly stood up. “I’m not doing anything bad to h-her. I promise!” he mumbled while raising his hands in surrender. He was trembling.I might have laughed right away when he said those words. If only I was not annoyed by the expression on his face. “Liar. Get the hell out of here!”Following my order, he stumbled his way out of the room. After he was gone, I sat down in the chair he was sitting in earlier. I looked at Maya and removed some strands of hair that were covering her face. I suddenly remembered what
Tala Hill“If you have something to say, can you please say it now?” I snapped, irritated to be with them in the same room. If looks were deadly, they would have definitely dropped dead in front of me. We are all in the living room of the hotel suite. I was sitting two chairs next to Maya, in front of us were four sweaty men. Earlier, I was annoyed at the one with the gray hair, now I was even more angry with the man who had been smiling at me. I wanted to whack the shit out of him. His smiles irritated me. The one with black hair and dark eyes. I hate him. He put antimagic on me without my knowledge and I hated it. I was so annoyed looking at him. “Goddamn.” I rolled my eyes at him. “Can you please stop smiling at me? You're irritating,” I added. The more I stated that I hated his smile, the more he smirks at me like an idiot.“Just relax,” he said, putting his feet on the center table like an asshole. Why would someone do that? “Let me introduce ourselves first. The one at the end
Tala HillI screamed at the top of my lungs. I subconsciously hit him in his shoulder with my free hand. My stomach almost flipped because of what Shaun did. I haven't done such things, jumping from one building to another while he was lifting me without stopping until reaching the high rise building where we are standing now. I even managed to get into a car with no brakes and spin around in the air when he dropped me. Before long I was taking deep breaths just to get my heart beating back to normal.My suspicion that he is not human only increased after seeing and experiencing what he did. Because no normal person would do what he had done. I was catching my breath while thinking about what happened in the hospital. Maybe Shaun did the same thing to get to the roof deck of the hospital without me realizing it. My curiosity to know what kind of creature he was became more intense.“Did you enjoy our little ride?” I snapped back to reality after hearing his voice again. His questions
Chapter 11Shaun SmithI was walking fast as I smelled something wrong in the air, a stench so strong it could only belong to one creature. I turned to the corner Tala had turned and my suspicions were correct. A man was standing not far from Tala, wearing an expensive three-piece suit. But that is not what is more remarkable about the man. It was his pale skin and blood-red eyes. When it smiled, a pair of fangs came out from his mouth. He even had the audacity to lick his lips. A vampire.I was stunned for a moment. He wasn't even trying to hide his identity. He blatantly showed his true self. Worried, I looked at Tala, she was just standing there as if frozen. I immediately moved and used myself as a block between Tala and the vampire. The foul smell of the vampire hitting my senses. One of the smells I hated the most is the smell of things like him. A filthy scent of blood and madness.“Tala,” I said, trying to look at her stunned face. She was motionless. “Are you okay?” She d
Tala HillMy stomach almost flipped because of Shaun's sudden running. If this was really running. We passed by with a bunch of people like a hurricane. He even beat the one riding in a high-speed car because of how fast he was running. It was only right that he ran so fast because of the type of creature that was following us. A vampire, of all things.When I saw the vampire earlier, I felt extremely scared. My whole body was stiff and I couldn’t even move. It was the first time I faced a vampire again after the incident that happened ten years ago. Seeing the vampire once again brought back memories that I couldn’t forget no matter how hard I tried. And it only left me cold with fear.I looked up at the man I had been with for a while. I saw blood on Shaun's temple. I did not know what happened because I was blacked out momentarily. It must have been because he was protecting me. I feel guilty. But I remembered every word he said to me. How he would protect me, that he wouldn’t let
Tala HillI was still in a state of shock even after reaching our destination. I was already standing but I still couldn’t get out of my mind what I saw earlier. Now everything is gradually becoming clear. But there was a part of me that still could not believe what I just realized. I shook my head. This is not the time for doubt. What I should be thinking about now is how to help Shaun. No matter how strong he was, it still wasn’t right that we just left him there, fighting that dratted vampire alone.“We should go back and help Shaun,” I said hysterically.Ridge turned to me, annoyed. “And what do you think you can do to help him? You will only be a burden to him. He won’t be able to fight well if you’re there,” he commented.I clenched my hand. I know that, but I still could not stop worrying. I still could not resist the urge to help Shaun. “What are we doing here?” I just asked instead of trying to convince him to go back to Shaun. I looked around and only then I noticed that we