"I am Aaric, Mila munchkin," Aaric said as he stared intently at Mila and watched the surprise flash through her beautiful eyes, which were the color of the mist. The eyebrows of the woman before him knitted in confusion, but Aaric didn't let go of her hand at all, while Mila didn't have the strength to resist.

For a moment, when Mila heard how Dr. Steve called out to her, she felt very familiar with the figure in front of her, but at the same time she felt foreign.

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The first figure of Aaric that Mila met when he was a staff was the one that made the most impression on her mind, because after that, he possessed the body of Dr. Drake and Mila only saw him for a few moments before she lost control and the people knocked her unconscious for a time that Mila herself didn't know how long.

And now, she must see the face of Dr. Steve, what she remembered as a person who wanted herself to be exterminated, because he believed her to be a dangerous existence.

But, now that Aaric had entered the doctor's body and was being so gentle with her, Mila felt very confused, it was way too difficult for her to adapt to Aaric's constantly changing identity.

She didn't know what happened until Aaric actually got the figure of Dr. Steve. Had anything big happened? Or a month had passed? As Aaric had said before, the longest it took him to swap bodies was one month.

"What happened to your previous body?" Mila finally asked after overcoming her confusion and discomfort.

Hearing that, Aaric couldn't help but take a deep breath before smiling bitterly at Mila, "It is a long and quite complicated story, I will tell you after we get out of this place."

Mila narrowed her eyes when she heard Aaric's last sentence. "You are going to take me out of this research site now?" Mila wasn't sure if she had enough energy to escape right now.

"Yeah, we have to go now before it is too late," Aaric said, this time his voice was softer.

"Late?" Mila looked around. She was still in the padding room, the room she was used to and there was no one else but the two of them, so what could make Aaric late. "Too late for what?"

Aaric looked uneasy when he had to explain this, but then he explained the situation curtly. "Like I said before that you came from a vampire noble family and now they know you are here."

Mila tilted her head. "Then? Isn't that a good thing? We need help for getting out of this cursed place, right?"

Aaric grimaced when Mila said that. "The problem is; they will capture you back to the palace, to marry the king of the vampires. Don't you remember why we were on the run?"

Mila didn't really like the part where she was treated as a substitute for her sister or go through a marriage just to deliver an offspring, but Mila wouldn't really refuse if the vampires came to free her from this place.

But, seeing the expression on Aaric's face now, or you could say the worry that was clearly evident on Dr. Steve's countenance, now didn't seem like the right time to argue about that.

"So, you are planning to run away now, even though I have just regained consciousness and still can't stand up properly?" Mila asked sarcastically. "Don't you have a better plan than this? At least wait until I can tear someone's body apart first, so I can be of some use in case a fight breaks out."

Aaric laughed when he heard Mila's dark humor, of course he understood very clearly what Mila's condition was now, because after all, this woman had been under his care for a long time.

"I wish we could wait until you get your powers back, but unfortunately we can't." Aaric then stood up and extended his hand. "We have to go now."

Mila didn't take the hand right away, she looked at Aaric with a look that seemed to say; are you crazy?

"Someone has managed to find out about this place and it will only be a matter of time until those vampires burst into this research center and make a fuss just to get you back," Aaric said a little tensely. A lot of time had passed when he waited until Mila came to her senses, as it would be difficult to carry an unconscious person. Aaric needed Mila to be able to run and hide herself well.

"That sounds like a lot of trouble," Mila grumbled, holding her aching head while trying to stand up. Damn. Her current state was really weak and made her feel uncomfortable. "Do you have a plan on how we can get out of this place?"

Mila refused the small help that Aaric offered to her and preferred to stand on her own. Seeing this, Aaric could only take a deep breath, understanding Mila's attitude which was almost always like that.