| CHAPTER 50 : VAMPIRE VENOM |
They reached for my arm. My reflexes kicked in and I jerked away. Not even staying to ask why, I turned around and bolted through the crowd.
"Get her!" The vampire guy yelled.
I ran through the drinking and dancing people.
Why the hell are suddenly a group of vampires after me?
I barely dodged an arm swinging in my direction, as I ducked. I wasn't even near when King Alpha catapulted Maxwell in the air so that doesn't explain why the guys were after me.
A vampire's hand shot out to grab me and I jerked away with a shriek. Before he could try grabbing me again, I slammed the heel of my boot as hard as I could on his foot. He only yelped much to my disappointment. Before he could come out of his distraction, I rounded off and gave a hard kick to his abdomen.
That was enough to send him doubling over.
My legs took off again in random directions.
I swear if I find Drew, I'm going to personally murder that Hulk with my bare hands, immortal or not.
I saw a path leading into a hallway with a little light, I turned in that direction. Before I could run into the hallway, two tall figures planted themselves in front of me, causing me to almost ram into them.
I stepped back and blinked.
"Enough running." A guy glared at me.
"Shoulda' known not to send Maxwell to pick her up." The other guy rolled his eyes.
The first guy stretched his arm to grab mine. I couldn't turn and run because I knew it was no use. They could easily grab ahold of me. Before I could think of something else a voice yelled out to me.
"Ezlynn, duck!" Jade yelled.
I ducked as soon as her voice reached my ears. Right after my head went down, two cups of drinks flew above my head and hurtled towards the vampire guys. And oh boy, it didn't stop there. Random things flung in the air towards the Vampire guys consisting of food, wine bottles, shoes, hair wigs, pens, chairs.
"What the hell?" One of the vampire guys exclaimed as they both tried dodging the items.
I turned my head towards Jade to see her picking up literally anything she could find and hurtling them at the vampires.
"Get up and run, bish!" she yelled at me, "don't sit there marvelling my gorgeous face!'
I stood and ran away, shooting out a 'thank you' in her direction.
I need to get out of here. Exit? Exit? Exit? Exit? Where the hell is the damn exit?
My eyes spotted King Alpha and I almost shrieked. Before I could turn away, our eyes locked, and a smirk lifted his face. He marched in my direction making my eyes widen and my heartbeat to pump fast.
I turned around and gasped when my face hit a chest. Why am I hitting so many chests? I looked up. One of the vampire guys grabbed my arm in a tight grip. A shriek left my lips and I turned to look at King Alpha. He was already rushing in my direction, reading my face.
Seven dark figures planted themselves in front of him, creating a barrier between me and him.
I turned back to the vampire guy, holding me, and lifted my knee in a fast motion. My knee couldn't make it to his groin. He blocked it. Before I could try some other move, the vampire raised his hand and back-handedly slammed it onto the side of my head. I almost went flying to Jamaica it wasn't for him who held me.
My head spun from the harsh blow he gave. I couldn't focus anymore.
"You...prick..." I muttered, my body giving away.
"Should've just come with me when I asked." He snorted, lifting my body and slinging it over his shoulder, starting to walk.
I could faintly hear King Alpha yelling from a distance. The dizziness in my head grew but I forced myself not to close my eyes, keeping them barely open.
The vampire guy carried me somewhere far into the hallway where the music and sound from the club dimmed.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked, lifting my head and squinting at our surroundings. The hallway light got dimmer and dimmer until there were no ceilings lights and only small lit lamps.
"We'll be there." He replied.
"Am I finally going to get raped?"
He shrugged, "If you want to."
"I'll fry your ass."
He carried me further into the hallway and now I'm one-hundred percent sure, this club we're under is not only a club but something more. The dizziness in my head passed away and I was finally able to move my head properly. No one else was in these hallways.
"Put me down," I demanded.
He paused for a millisecond before continuing to walk, "No."
"I'll come with you wherever you want. Just put me down." I hissed.
He seemed to be contemplating before shrugging and sliding my body off his shoulder. My body swayed for a few seconds when my feet hit the ground. I had to grab onto a statue looking like a thing for support until the small dizziness washed away.
"Now come on."
I straightened my dress before following his tall figure to wherever he was taking me.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
He walked a few steps then abruptly stopped near a door, rapping three knocks on it.
A short 'come in' replied from the other side.
The vampire guy opened the door and jerked his head towards it, gesturing me to step in first.
"I swear if this is an early Halloween prank, I'm lighting this club on fire." I glared, stepping into the room.
The room had a dark interior with Cherry colour printed wallpaper with barely any lights. A large black desk was placed in front of me with a swivel chair behind it. A man with silky light brown hair and dark eyes that almost looked blood-red sat on the chair.
His skin was the palest I had ever seen with an angular and clean-shaven face. My eyes flickered to the vampire guy behind me before looking back at the guy ahead. They're definitely Italians.
"Hey," he smiled, showing perfect pearly white teeth.
"Who are you?" I raised an eyebrow.
He gestured towards the chair in front of him, asking me to sit.
"I'm not gonna sit until I find out why I'm being held hostage by vampires." I crossed my arms.
"The names Diego," He introduced, leaning back in his chair, crossing one ankle over the other. He wore only a blazer with nothing underneath, showing the beginning of hard abs and smooth pale skin, "Usually people know me as the Head Vampire."
I blinked, "You're the Head Vampire?"
He smiled, "Yes."
I stared at him, confused. Was he really the one Drew brought me here to meet?
"Why am I here?" I asked.
"I wanted to talk with you."
"Funny thing," I responded, "I wanted to talk to you too. That's why I came to this club."
"So it's a win-win, I guess."
"Why did your vampire guys try to kidnap me?" I glared.
He rubbed his forehead, "I told them to grab you if you don't come willingly."
"Maxwell failed." The guy behind me spoke.
"You can leave, Santiago." Diego politely dismissed him from the room.
"Now please sit down, Ezlynn. We have a few things to talk about."
I reluctantly went and finally sat down, "About...?"
"You're King Alpha's mate?"
"I think you already know that."
"I heard some things about you," he placed his long fingers on the table, lacing them together, "About you having magic?"
I furrowed my eyebrows, skeptical, "What about that?"
He rubbed his forehead, "Well you see, Ezlynn- well first off," he broke himself off, looking at me pointedly now, "I don't want to hurt you or anything and I'm completely okay if you don't agree with this. I just want your help and am genuinely asking you."
I frowned, "Why do you creatures come to me asking for help? Like, do I honestly look helpful? I think I'm the person here who needs the most help."
He chuckled, "We'll get to that. You know about the war between the witches and the werewolves, right?"
I gave a nod.
"The witches, most importantly, Derek and Rowena were too cruel and wanted to wipe out the werewolves entirely. The vampires and the werewolves have been allies for a very long time. So we wanted to help the werewolves during the war. Derek and Rowena found out that we were going to fight against them, so they took our venom."
I furrowed my eyebrows, "Venom?"
"Vampire venom," he said, "our bites can turn humans into vampires. We only did that, so we never went shortage on vampires. But Derek and Rowena took that ability from us. For a few years, I and my guys survived well. But then, slowly, slowly, my vampires started dying. We need our venom to survive. It's like blood for us. Without it, our bodies will stop working and there'll be no vampires in a few more years."
He took in a deep breath, "We tried finding a witch who can give us our venom back, but we keep on failing again and again. The magic of Royal's doesn't work so we figured we needed a pure witch."
"You think I'm a witch?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"Hopefully." He sighed, "Look Ezlynn, I'm the oldest vampire alive. I don't mind dying cos I've lived for almost a thousand centuries already. I've lived more lives. The problem? We creatures keep a balance. Every creature, vampire, werewolf, witch, mermaid, sirens, we maintain a balance in the supernatural world." He spoke using hand gestures, "if we vampires disappear, it'll create problems in nature causing a massive imbalance."
"So you think I can give you your venom back?" I asked.
"Yes! In return for your favour, I heard Ace has your brother, I'll personally walk up to him and get your brother back for you."
"I can't do magic, Diego," I sighed, slumping back into the chair, "I can't control it or figure how to use it. I don't even know where this magic comes from or who am I. I came here to meet you because I thought you would know who I am or what's going on. Why am I a part of this world so suddenly?"
"I could give you your answers and I'd really love to but sadly, I don't know either. I just heard that King Alpha has a new mate with magic, and I thought maybe we found our help."
"Sorry to be a failure."
He looked down at his hands, gazing at them silently before perking up and smiling wide, "What if I can help with that?"
"Help how?"
He leaned forward towards me, "You know vampires drink blood and have crazy bloodlust, right?"
I nodded, "Sort of."
"Controlling bloodlust needs a lot of effort and work. If we had no control we'd be human's number one monstrous predator. Over the years, a few of my vampires had trouble controlling their bloodlust. They'd go savage. But we figured out a way."
"And that is...?" I questioned.
"I connect themselves with me," he smiled.
"Huh?"
"Connecting vampires to myself has helped them control their bloodlust in so many ways that they could go without blood for years."
"So you're saying if I...connect myself to you then I'd have control over my magic?" I asked, frowning up at him.
"Bingo."
I furrowed my eyebrows, "Not gonna lie, that sounds plain stupid. I mean how does my magic relate to your bloodlust?"
"What only matters were that my guys had control over their bloodlust. So maybe you can also have control over your magic."
I threw my hands up, "How does that even work?"
"It's complicated," he rubbed his forehead, which I noticed he does a lot, "Trust me, you don't really have to know that. So now that's done, whaddya want to do? You wanna go for it or leave?"
He stared at me expectantly.
I blinked twice.
"Wait, you mean right now? Like now, now?"
He shrugged, "The quicker the better, there's only a handful left of my guys. I wanna take action as soon as possible,"
Oh my god, I'm gonna connect with a vampire! What does that even mean? Should I agree with him? I mean he's willing to get Collin back for me. King Alpha doesn't even want to go near Ace, let alone get my brother. Diego just wants his vampire crew to stay alive, so I guess there's no harm in agreeing to whatever he says.
Plus he seems nice. Unlike Ace and Arsenio who just straight out flipped out on me.
"What does connect mean exactly?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows at him.
He smiled, "It's similar to what others call bonding."
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Date: 26th August 2021