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Chapter 3: An Encounter With The Rabid Vampires

Rabid vampires were vampires whose transformation went awry.

They were blood-sucking monsters that were weak against sunlight, garlic, and crosses like the primeval vampires from hundreds of years ago.

Driven purely by their bloodlust, they attacked any living being and drank their blood to the last drop indiscriminately.

Werewolves were naturally not afraid of them. They hated vampires by nature, so hunting rabid vampires was seen as some kind of entertainment. Some sort of a sport, even.

On the other side, the regular vampires looked down at rabid vampires greatly.

They particularly despised the fact that they were classified as the same race. Instinctively, rabid vampires feared the regular vampires like slaves fearing their masters.

To be more precise, rabid vampires were no different from slaves for vampires, especially the pure-blood vampires.

Regular vampires were able to give rabid vampires any command they wanted. If they wanted a rabid vampire to jump from a high-rise building's rooftop, the rabid vampire would do so without batting an eyelid.

Absolute control was much worse than death.

In a world where all three races co-existed and lived side-by-side, the only race that was vulnerable against the rabid vampires was the human race.

Rabid vampires came out of their hiding places to hunt at night. While the werewolves and vampires enjoyed their nightlife under the moon and the stars, normal human beings went back home before dusk and locked themselves up in buildings that were equipped with Modified Ultrasonic Protection devices. The device looked like a round bell. It was typically installed at gates, with the ability to detect rabid vampires and emit modified ultrasonic soundwaves at them to prevent them from entering the building.

St. John was a school reserved for specifically human children. MUP devices were installed at the outermost perimeter of the school to ensure that no rabid vampire could enter the schoolyard. Unfortunately on that very day during morning break, two of the elementary school students brought baseball bats to school to play baseball together with their class. The untrained children accidentally hit the baseballs toward the MUP devices in the courtyard area. The bell-shaped devices had a strong casing, but the components inside were fragile. They broke before they even hit the ground.

The headmaster was furious. It was already the last day before the winter holiday kicked in. Naturally, no one predicted that this kind of thing would happen. Most maintenance workers had gone off to leave for their hometowns or to travel to a holiday destination. The broken MUP devices were kept inside the headmaster's office and the teachers were asked to make sure that every single child leave the school before dark. During the winter holiday, it would be unfortunate if the school was truly raided by rabid vampires, but it was possible to chase them out before the school reopened, so the headmaster left the school grounds with a clear conscience.

All children typically were eager to leave as soon as the class ended. Who would have thought that Aiden Matthews would pick this day to stay behind?

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Aiden screamed at the top of his lungs. He held his schoolbag in front of him just in time. The rabid vampire sank his fangs into the bag and was momentarily confused when he did not get to taste any blood. Rabid vampires were not very bright. While he still had his fangs stuck inside the schoolbag, Aiden ran for his life.

"Help... help...!!!"

Aiden desperately screamed for help while running blindly out of the school. He did not know where he was heading. He just wanted to get as far as possible from the rabid vampire that was gnawing at his schoolbag. 

The little boy ran across the empty street, blinded by the rain that had turned into a downpour. His whole body was soaking wet, and the afternoon grey sky had been replaced with the night's dark blue sky, full of dark clouds and rumbling thunder.

Eventually, his feet gave up. Aiden fell on a concrete floor and groaned from the pain. He had torn a wound open on a knee. He knew that he should keep running. Else, the rabid vampire would catch up. He must get up... Quickly... Right away...

Before Aiden even mustered the strength to get up, he heard bone-chilling noises around him. One, two, and then three creatures with hunched backs came to approach him slowly. Stinky breath accompanied by a rattling sound escaped their throats. Their blood-filled eyes were fixated on the little boy that was sitting helplessly on a sidewalk. It just so happened that a nearby street light flickered on at that very moment and cast its orange light on Aiden as if wanting to highlight his features for the predators.

"Nooo... ahhhhhh...!!!" the boy whimpered in fear.


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Chapter 4: The Wounded Stranger Under The Tree

It was useless to beg for mercy from those hellish creatures.

Luckily for Aiden, these creatures were not very smart.

Driven by primordial bloodlust, the three rabid vampires lunged at the little boy at the same time and bumped their heads in the process.

Judging from the cracking sound, they must have caused some dents in their skulls. Not that they could feel or care for the pain in their pathetic state.

While they were recovering from the impact, Aiden already scraped up what little energy he got to crawl away. As soon as his legs regained some power, he started to run toward the bigger road.

He was hoping that some people were still on the way from work and could pick him up. Maybe drop him at a nearby hospital.

Unfortunately, the roads were empty. It was the last day before the Christmas holiday, so everyone rushed back home as early as possible to be with their loved ones.

Warm light emanated from houses in the distance, none of them would open their gates for a small child who was being chased by rabid vampires.

Aiden's despair grew with the passing minutes as he ran blindly along the road, looking left and right to search for anything that might help.

Just where could he go?

Who would take him in?

He had to hide somewhere, but where??

Where???

The poor little boy ran as fast as possible with a wounded knee. Despite the high adrenaline level in his blood, he was still a weak human being. Exhaustion quickly took over his body and Aiden started to lose focus.

He staggered to the side and fell through a bush. The edge of the branches was sharp and gave him multiple cuts on the face and neck.

Aiden was too tired to move.

He lay there motionless, protected by the thick bush, listening to his own breathing.

He had nowhere to go anyway, so he might as well stay where he was.

When some more rabid vampires came, he would have to run again so it was best to preserve his energy as long as possible.

"Hey, kid."

A voice suddenly spoke up from a near distance. Aiden opened his eyes in fright. In front of him, a man was leaning against a tree.

The man was unbelievably tall, with impressive long legs that were sprawled out carelessly at the moment.

He had dark brown hair with eyes the color of the deep sea. The deep blue eyes pierced into Aiden's soul, questioning his presence in that very location.

Aiden's heart thumped hard in fear.

At first, he thought that this man was a human being, but which human being, an adult, would be sitting around this late outside, disregarding the protection that a home had to offer?

Aiden's eyes slowly moved toward his clothing.

The man did not look like a homeless man. Homeless men did not last long.

Most of them got bitten at night and turned into rabid vampires eventually. No one could escape long enough to stay human.

The man in front of him was wearing an expensive suit. He must have come from a good family.

This expensive suit was ruined by a streak of blood across the man's chest, from his left shoulder down to his right waist.

It was a huge wound.

And yet the man did not look like he was dying.

Or panicked.

On the contrary, he was the very picture of tranquility. The tall stranger cocked his head and narrowed his eyes at the little boy in front of him.

"What are you doing out here?"

When Aiden opened his mouth, a hoarse voice unlike his usual voice came out.

He realized that he had been screaming a lot back when he was running from the rabid vampires. It was no wonder that his throat felt hot and burning with pain.

"I... I... I am waiting for someone to pick me up."

He was waiting. He had been waiting, but no one came.

His family should have picked him up. The butler was supposed to come.

Aiden did not understand why no one came for him.

Did the car leave because Aiden did not come out in time?

But he waited exactly an hour before he came out. The butler could have waited a few minutes if Aiden had taken long enough to climb out the window, right?

Did the car even come to pick him up?

Why was it that no one cared for him?

Why did no one search for him?

"Sob... Mommy..."

Aiden started to sniffle in front of this stranger. If his mother were still alive, his mother would have picked him up hours ago. They might even have time to pass by his favorite ice cream shop to buy him his favorite black currant vanilla sundae with cinnamon topping.

"Mommy... Mommy, wahhhhh... wahhhh..."

Aiden did not dare to cry out loud. He was afraid to attract unwanted attention, but at the same time, he was also unable to suppress his sadness. All of his repressed emotions flowed out like water through a broken dam in front of this stranger, who he did not know and who did not know him.

The man sighed softly.

"What a coincidence," he said. "I am also waiting for someone to pick me up."

Aiden stopped sobbing and looked at the man in front of him. A helpless grin spread on his face, and two vampire fangs came into sight.


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