With his stomach ripped open and blood gushing from his open wound, Aaric felt his vision beginning to blur, especially when the five vampires didn't stop coming at him until he couldn't even stand properly.

Just because he wasn't dead and his heart was still beating didn't mean Aaric didn't feel any pain. Of course, the pain he had to feel was almost unbearable.

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And when one of the vampires grabbed his neck and was about to rip his heart out with his sharp claws, that was when Aaric saw Ellen.

The woman was trying to open the car that Mila was in. She was now about to slam a rock against its window to force the door open.

At first, Aaric didn't understand why Ellen was doing this. Shouldn't she have escaped along with other doctors or researchers because of the vampire attack? But, what was she still doing here? And how did she manage to find them?

But, all those questions were answered when Aaric possessed Ellen's body just a second before the vampire shattered his heart and killed Steve's soulless body.

All the memories that belonged to Ellen flowed into Aaric's mind as he entered the woman's body.

Apparently, Ellen found their whereabouts after looking for them through the CCTV cameras that were installed throughout the building. She went to the monitor room while everyone was busy running for their lives.

And her intention, of course, was to avenge the death of her lover, Dr. Drake. Until now Ellen still thought that Drake's death was Mila's fault, and since the attack the other day, Ellen held a personal grudge against the object of their research.

However, Ellen's intentions would never come true, because the second Aaric entered her soul, she was as good as dead.

Meanwhile, it seemed that the five vampires, who were swarming around Steve's body, still didn't seem to realize that Aaric was no longer there.

They only realized it when the car's engine roared in the parking lot and the sound of annoying squealing tires reached their ears. Only then did they realize that Aaric had taken away their future queen. Again.

"It never occurred to me that you could possess a woman's body," Mila commented. The look in her eyes told him that she was amazed by what she was seeing right now.

Aaric was in Ellen's body, and it was beyond absurd. Bizarre even.

"My abilities are not limited by age or gender," Aaric said lightly, but his eyes were focused on the road in front of them, occasionally glancing at the rearview mirror to make sure no one was following them.

"Can you possess animals too?" Mila asked curiously, even at a critical moment like this, Mila's attitude didn't show any indication that she was tensed at all. She looked relaxed, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with her.

"Why would I want to possess an animal?" Aaric frowned.

"Just curious." Mila shrugged nonchalantly. "If your abilities are not limited by age or gender, it is possible that you can possess other beings. Can you do that?" Mila's face was full of curiosity and Aaric couldn't help but answer her.

"I don't know," he replied as he turned left and onto the busy highway. Aaric cursed under his breath as their journey slowed down. "Never tried."

"You should try it sometime," Mila said, this time she turned her attention away from Aaric and stared at the road in front of her as their car breezed through the busy afternoon streets. "Try on a rabbit."

"I will not," Aaric loudly answered. "Why should I possess an animal? And, if I had to possess an animal, of course, I would possess something like a tiger, a lion or a wolf. Why were rabbits even a choice here?"

"Because rabbits don't have well developed vocal cords, so you don't have to say anything," Mila said, she glanced at Aaric and saw the man pursing his lips, displeased with her answer. "Where are we going now?" she asked.

Now that they were able to get out of the research center which was under the attack of the vampires and no one was following them, it was evident after two hours of driving and not a single car around was suspicious, now Mila was curious where they were going, because she felt the research center was the only worldly thing she had known since she came to her senses.

"We are going to my friend's place," Aaric answered in a doubtful tone. Every now and then he had to toss Ellen's long, annoying hair. This was one of the things he disliked about possessing a woman with long hair.

"You have friends?" Mila raised her eyebrows, amazed. "What kind of creatures are they? Vampires? Soul possessors? Or is there another being that I don't know about in this world?"

Mila felt as if she were a newborn and seeing the world for the first time. There was so much she had to learn and so much she didn't understand.

Not to mention the added problem of her identity as a potential queen of the vampires. And, that fact alone was already complicated enough.

"No, not my friend, but Ellen's friend."