" Oh my God ! Oh my God! " Lia screamed for the umpteenth time. Everything was a mess, her mind was a mess, she was a mess.

"Could you stop screaming, my ears are quite sensitive " Dan complained, stuck his index fingers into his ears

"I'm a vampire? " She asked, struggling through a hiccup.

"Actually, not a pure vampire but a converted one, so you're a converted vampire" Dan explained but it all sounded like gobbledygook to her.

"So you're trying to say you're a pure blood, vampires that are born to two vampires and descendants of the original vampires? " Lia asked gesturing with her hands and all.

"Yep " Dan answered proudly " The one and only "

There was a short silence before Lia burst into a wild uncontrollable laughter, she laughed so hard , tears slipped from her eyes.

"No offense " Lia laughed "But there must be a logical reason explaining why we disappeared, you know, Quantum physics and all. Unfortunately, I'm not a science nerd " She explained rubbing her forehead , she could feel a headache on the way.

" But vampirism ? that joke is so yesterday " She cried out in disbelief.

If she believes vampires truly exists , not only that, but she was one of them too? then she'll surely go gaga. She knew she couldn't handle the shock, it's just too much to take in. Becoming a bloodsucking demon? impossible.

Dan tugged his hair frustratingly, he knew the girl wasn't dumb, she just refused to believe him . She was kind of protecting herself with denial but there was no time for that.

That Mandurugo was still alive and out there probably hunting for the girl, if the creature has marked her blood already ,then it won't give up until she gets it.

He knew he couldn't protect her forever cause mandurugos are crafty creatures, it'll soon find a way to break his formation.

Luckily the mandurugo doesn't know what the girl is, it just thought her as one of it's blind, innocent victim and meal.

But the girl was something more if only she wasn't so blind, stubborn and unyielding , he had to show her what she's capable of, he has to show her evidence.

"Evidence? " Lia frowned slightly.

"Yeah, evidence " he replied, a devilish smirk curved up his face.

Before Lia could tell what evil plan he was up-to, he kicked her straight in the stomach sending her toppling and falling from the rooftop.

Lia flapped her hands desperately and restlessly but there was nothing to hold onto , no one to grab her hand and save her from falling.

She scoffed in disbelief, she was plunging probably twenty stories to her death, murdered by a psycho student .

The landscape became dimmer and dimmer until she landed flat onto the hard ground. She gasped, spat a mouthful of blood from the impact.

She couldn't breath - infact it was painful breathing, she wasn't a science nerd but she knew her ribs were crushed and had probably pierced her lungs explaining the difficulty with breathing. She was dieing. Again.

She smiled pathetically , she couldn't even do much with the second chance at life that was given to her. Now, here she was, leaving aggrieved, again.

Her smile remained, death felt so peaceful.

Dan frowned, why wasn't she waking up? why did she look dead? Did he miscalculate something?

He disappeared from the rooftop and reappeared by her side in a flash. He frowned and squat down, he touched her neck, didn't find a pulse.

He gulped nervously and placed a finger across her nose, no breath, and touched her hand, it was becoming stiff and cold.

Dan fell back, shock written all over his face. Did he just murder Asher's mate? He rake his hand through his hair and shouted, a frustrated scream.

Asher was going to end him, he knew how important mates were to a vampire, especially to those from the Nicoli clan. You only get one soulmate for life.

Dan was overwhelmed with guilt, he didn't know how to face Asher. His damn life and royalty wasn't enough to compensate for his loss.

He didn't mean it, he just wanted to prove to the girl she was something more, unfortunately he was wrong. The girl was nothing, the witches tricked them.

Just when Dan thought all hope was lost, a loud gasp came from beside him. He froze , turned his head just a titch, he was afraid to discover what he just heard was a figment of his imagination. But he had to have hope , even if it's a hope tinged with anxiety.

So he turned to meet shocked blue eyes staring back at his, he smiled, relieved.

Lia stared back at the smiling idiot and looked down at her blood stained clothes. She just survived a deadly fall? Lia knew clearly she died, the idiot was telling the truth, she was a vampire!

"Ahhh!!!!!! " Lia let out a piercing scream that made the vampire crouch down low like a baseball catcher, he placed hands over his ears to minimize hearing loss from her *banshee like screams.

"I told you my ears are quite sensitive " He complained when she couldn't scream again, probably ran out of energy.

Lia stood quickly but she felt light headed and found herself on the ground. Her stomach was rumbling angrily , she was hungry.

She stiffened, feeling nostalgic all of a sudden. She had felt this type of hunger before, she reasoned , trying to recollect her memories.

Her eyes widened at once, it wasn't a dream. She had really fed on someone before.

Holy mother of God.

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*Banshee : is a female spirit in Irish mythology who heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening.