"How did you know this place?" Mila asked, staring at a fairly large house they were now entering into.

Right now, Aaric was driving past its sturdy but very aesthetic looking gates.

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"Here." Aaric pointed his head. "All the memories and information that this mind chanced upon were in my possession now."

"Yes, I remember you saying that," Mila replied nonchalantly.

Yes, actually Aaric had said this before, but seeing it firsthand and witnessing it with her own eyes, still amazed Mila.

All the way to this place, Mila couldn't take her eyes off the outside world. The number of vehicles passing by, the height of the buildings they passed, the color of the sky that changed when the sun went down and other small things.

All of that seemed new to Mila who saw it for the first time after successfully running away from that damned research center.

While she was enjoying it all, she was a little relieved that Aaric had kept his word by being the one to take her away and not leaving her to the vampires.

If what Aaric said was true, then maybe now Mila would be on her way to the vampire kingdom instead of enjoying her journey to freedom.

Wait, Mila couldn't say that she was free so soon… well, at least Aaric wouldn't really stop her from doing this and that, right?

"So, who is this person?" Mila asked as Aaric turned off the car engine and was about to get out.

"Ellen's childhood friend, they are quite close, but she doesn't know the exact details of Ellen's work line." Aaric then opened the door beside him, walked around the car and opened the door for Mila. "Let's go out, we will stay here for a few days."

Mila then got out of the car, but then, she realized that her legs were so weak in the next second and almost fell because her vision became blurry all of a sudden.

Maybe she got up too fast?

"You are okay?" Aaric asked, who swiftly grabbed Mila's arm and helped her to stand more steadily. "How do you feel?" he asked worriedly.

"A little dizzy," Mila replied in a hoarse voice. She then shook her head to regain her bearings.

"This is bad… I forgot about this…" Aaric muttered in a slightly panicked tone.

"Forgot what?" Mila raised her head and again she saw Aaric slipping deeper in his thoughts, as if he had forgotten something. Damn, was there a plan this guy has worked out? What else had he forgotten now? Mila thought desperately.

"I forgot that you need to eat…" Aaric replied.

After hearing that, Mila rolled her eyes in disbelief. So the dizziness she felt earlier was because she was hungry? Okay, that makes sense. "Aren't we at your friend's house? There is no way she will not give us food, right?"

She knew humans ate food to replenish the energy they spent, and she saw the researchers eat some after she woke up as well. She would be fine as long as she ate something edible.

However, Aaric shook his head violently. "No Mila, you are a vampire, of course what you eat will be different from humans."

"Oh." Mila was not aware of this.

However, before Aaric could discuss this any further, someone had opened the door of the house and exclaimed happily, while running toward Aaric, or Ellen for that matter.

"Ellen!" cried a woman who had long, curly, and bright hair. She ran to Ellen and immediately hugged her tightly. "You surprised me."

"Sorry, I didn't have time to tell you ahead of time," Aaric said uncomfortably from being hugged like that by this woman.

"If you had told me ahead of time, I could have prepared your favorite dish tonight, but now you have to settle for whatever I cook later," The woman said, half sulking at Ellen and then letting go of her embrace.

"No problem, I will eat anything," Aaric mumbled.

"It has been almost a year since you have last visited me. And, you were very difficult to contact as well. So, what brings you here and remember that I am still alive now?" she asked enthusiastically. "And who is this?" this time, the woman's attention was distracted when she saw Mila.

Mila only wore hospital clothes and a jacket, plus her white hair was very eye-catching, so of course, no one would be able to ignore her presence there.

"Oh, it is Mila," Aaric introduced them, 'she' grabbed Mila's wrist for her to stand closer to 'her'. "And this is Claire."

"Hi, Mila," Claire greeted in a friendly manner. "Wow! I have never seen someone with hair in this color," she said in amazement at Mila's appearance. "Are you albino?"

Mila didn't know how to respond to this, but her head felt dizzy from having to stand there for so long. There was a feeling that bothered her and made her restless.

Was she hungry?

Aaric's words rang in her ears again and this made her feel uncomfortable, because this was the first time Mila had felt this way.

It was understandable though, because in the research center, all of her body's needs could be taken care of without her realizing it, but this time it was different.

"Can we go inside for a chat?" Aaric asked, distracting Claire from Mila.