The two men stared at each other, then toward Aaric who was still standing behind the glass room where the female vampire was still lying unconscious, when they heard Dr. Drake's voice echo in the room again.

One of them then walked to the intercom to communicate with Dr. Drake. "But, Dr. Drake, Dr. Steve shouldn't be here. This is a direct order from Dr. Miller."

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Yes, some of them were already aware of Dr. Steve's intentions to get rid of the object of research, which was none other than Mila. Therefore, to avoid unwanted situations, they agreed to not allow Dr. Steve to interfere with the research team until further notice.

"No problem," Aaric said in a low voice. "We will just talk for a moment."

That was what Aaric said, but his eyes were still fixed on the odd shadow that followed Steve. His eyes narrowed sharply and when he saw the unusual subtle movement, he was immediately convinced that his suspicions were true.

"Are you sure Dr. Drake?" The same man asked him again, not sure if they could just leave Steve there, especially given his current temperament which tended to be unstable.

"Yes, I am sure, just leave us." Aaric reassured the two, but his eyes were still glued to the same object.

Although, at first, the two men seemed hesitant, they eventually left the room and closed the door behind them after saying they would be back in ten minutes, indicating that they would not be far from the room.

After the door was closed, Aaric spoke directly to Steve through the same intercom, without opening the glass door that separated the two of them.

"What are you doing here?" Aaric asked in a much colder tone than usual. His eyes turned red for a second, but it seemed that this small detail escaped Steve's attention because his focus was only on the figure of the woman asleep in bed.

"Open this door," Steve said, anger returning to control his mind when he couldn't push the door open.

"You shouldn't be here," Aaric warned him again. "I have to say that I am quite surprised you managed to find me here."

"Of course, I managed to find you!" Steve exclaimed angrily, annoyed that Aaric was taking the time to talk about unimportant things. "I know every corner of this research site! Who do you think you are talking to?!" Steve's anger escalated.

Meanwhile, Aaric snorted, annoyed at Steve's seemingly uncontrollable temper. "You can stop controlling him and talk to me directly. I am sick of being yelled at like this. "

"What did you say?" Steve squinted his eyes, staring at Aaric with a confused look, but Aaric didn't see him at all, his sharp gaze fell on something behind him, which made the man have to turn his body curiously.

And that was when Steve could see it, something he had never seen before…

At first, Steve didn't realize anything strange, but then he could see his own shadow which was slowly moving and writhing, like a living creature and dramatically, the shadow had a figure of its own, as it eventually transformed into a human form.

A woman with beautiful long golden hair, very long until it reached her legs. Her hair was so long that it could cover her naked body.

But, of all the things that caught Steve's eye, the most important one was the bright red color of her eyes, which shone in the color of blood.

The strange woman's eyes seemed to make him forget his surroundings, sucking his focus and paralyzing his nerves until he could not speak or move.

Steve was stuck there, unable to do anything as the strange woman walked past him, not even caring to look at him at all.

"Arabella," Aaric greeted the woman. Although his voice sounded calm, but he could not hide his tension that began to spread between the two of them over the appearance of this creature.

"Aaric,"Arabella replied to the greeting that Aaric gave in the same way. "How long will you wander around in that disgusting human body?" Her voice was full of mockery when she asked this and it was emphasized by the way she looked at Aaric.

"Well, you know that he captured my real body and only in this way can I survive," Aaric said indifferently and shrugged his shoulders, then his calm attitude changed again. He looked deadly serious right now. "What are you doing here? On whose orders are you here? "

Arabella smiled sourly when she heard the question. "Why? Are you worried that I came here on the orders of the vampire king? "

Aaric stepped closer to the glass wall. The intercom was still on so they could communicate without much problems and Steve was still silent, unable to move, as if he was in an incredibly shocked state.

"He gave you the order to look for me?" Aaric asked.