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CHAPTER 26: HISTORIES, THE SOUR SIDE OF VAMPS

The breeze was cool as we flew away from the dark forest through the dirty road covered with dried twigs and leaves. The Lamborghini was leading the way moving in an electric speed. I missed all this the fun of being in an outside world the air and the natural things around. I spread out my hands feeling wonderful.
“This is awesome cute boy, I missed this” I said happily
“Cute boy?” he asked in fascination.
“You are the first black vampire I have met it is cool you know. You are cute, and by the way are you like the others in the sun?” I asked curiously.
“Am a little tolerant, I can bear an hour, they can bear five minutes so they dare not” he answered proudly.
“Cool that sounds a little better you can bear the UV for a while to watch the sun set or sunrise. UV is not that strong at those times right?” I asked childishly.
“Just say what you want little squirrel” he got me there.
“Well, we could watch the sunset together some time, can’t we?” I couldn’t be sure if he could accept.
“Sure” he nodded.
I threw my hands around his waist leaning on his back “Thank you so much, I love you, I love you” I chanted excitedly.
“You are misusing that word little squirrel”
“Poof! Don’t think I was confessing to you cute boy. I was just excited you fool” I slapped his back as we turned left taking a private road into the city.
“Let’s get there before them, hold tight baby girl” I did as he said. In seconds we were airborne the scooter was around two meters or so above the ground. It was moving in a heart wrecking speed leaving blazing blue lights that looked like lightning behind.
“Wow, this is pretty cool, which store are they found. If I knew I could have purchased one” I said.
“Too bad, they only do this at night. When the sun is up they crumble leaving only ashes behind.”
“But this is so damn cool” I stated dreamily
“We are landing” the scooter touched the concrete floor softly coming to a halt instantly. The Lamborghini we had overtaken halted beside us a few minutes later.
The vampires emerged from the vehicle looking like gods and goddesses. So damn beautiful, it seems all vampires were made out of beautiful people only. If not that we were behind the club, I couldn’t have imagined the look on the faces of everyone as this beautifully mysterious creatures alighted the vehicle.
“Oh, welcome come in please, we are so happy to have you after so long” a middle aged man dressed in a black designer suit emerged from the club all smiles.
“The kids follow the madam and enjoy your night, the rest” he raised a brow knowingly “have some fun”
“Thank you” Ethan said “We are happy to meet again after sometime”
“The pleasure is mine, Howells” He answered smiling.
Abi emerged carrying two briefcases “$2.5 million dollars, damages that might be caused are compensated by the point five.” Abi said handing the man beside the designer suited one the briefcases.
“Good, make yourselves comfortable.” He bowed slightly and went back inside. I didn’t realize my jaw was dropped the whole time till Ethan placed a piece of candy in my mouth.
“Are you trying to catch some flies?” he pocked, I slapped his shoulders embarrassed. We began going in following the dimly lit narrow corridor that was dimly lit. The vampires in our company were chatting so happily, the twins tickling each other while the mouse potato Roy was playing a game on his phone as usual. Arianna and Abi were chatting excitedly, the badass Aimee was laughing carelessly at Lisa’s joke. Harvey and Xavier were busy discussing the women they would catch up with. Megan was busy on the phone, texting with someone maybe Adelyn. I hoped she wasn’t coming.
“So, who was that guy?” I asked curiously.
“He is our man, he owns this place and many other money making buildings. He knows everything about us, he supplies our goods and all we need in the coven” Ethan answered casually hands pocketed.
“You guys trust a human?” I asked wide eyed.
“Who told you he is human? He is a hybrid, half witch half vampire”
“Wow, so such creatures exist?”
“He is the third son of the great witch who was the first to create a vampire. You can imagine that witch created a vampire and mated him. Their children came in variations, some pure breeds others hybrids. The hybrids, six of them became immortal because of the intense power they had like the witches are” he said as we entered the loud club filled with people who were swaying to the music and drinking. Xavier had already spotted a group of young men and he had joined them for a heated chat. The twins had gone directly to the gambling spot, Harvey had dragged Roy into a group of women.
Megan was still on the phone, Ari and Abi were at the counter beers in hand. Aimee was straddling a young man on the couch not far from us. Lisa was at the dance floor swaying like her life depended on it. Ethan and I sat there I wanted to know more and besides it was my first time in a club since dad was a monster of a father. I had no idea of what I should do.
“So the children, I mean the pure vampires bred and led to existence of other vampires?” I asked.
“Not all, most vampires can’t breed or bear children, only the royals. So most of them bit humans and turned them into vampires expanding the territory.”
“So where are the other immortal ‘Halflings’?” I asked
“They got tired of living, some just found good spots in the mountains and are sleeping there for years, others turned into mist, while others decided to live normal human life. Hybrids are not affected by the sun so they can as well conceal their power and live normally” he said leaning back with a bottle of wine in hand
“So damn boring life” I breathed “But their wives die and they just remain there”
“For me, it sounds like a very interesting life. You meet a woman, marry bear kids when she dies you feign your death too. You change your name and appearance go into another country and do the same thing it is fun. You will experience all types of life” Ethan said sipping his drink.
“But they age right?” I asked again.
“They don’t, that guy we met out there is two thousand years old. He knows Shakespeare and all the colonial times events. He can be a perfect history teacher of all times. He is tired of living, he hopes someday he would find a way to die so all he sees as years pass is written down and well stored” Ethan gulped his drink again “He decided to be our supplier when life became too boring, luckily he got something interesting to do and that doesn’t require much of his personality. He only needs his brain and by the way the Savannah collection is his. He donated it to people, he has too much money, that he doesn’t know what to do with it anymore” I looked at Ethan wide eyed.
That damn Savannah thing is almost in every country in the world. It got links from cars, clothes, food, mining and education. A perfect definition of a jerk of all trades.
“So what is that guy’s name”
“He has a lot of names, he changes names like clothes. He decided to be called Mr. Money Maker. You can imagine someone is tired of living while there are others who want to live forever” Ethan shook his head.
“Why doesn’t he ask someone to kill him shoot him or burn him. He might die if he wants to” I suggested, Ethan smiled.
“He did all that, set bombs in a house and blew it up, he emerged with a small scratch on the cheek covered in smoke. He used a missile, he got hurt but in an hour he was healed. He separated his head and body, it regenerated. He locked himself in a furnace for a whole year, he emerged only bathed in sweat. He stayed under water for a century, he emerged only panting like someone who had gone out for a morning run. He starved himself, but he can go without food forever, he only eats for fun. For him, death is not part of his life. Triple M is just on earth to stay”
I was fascinated by the whole thing, speechless. So living long was not fun either? How sad.
“So if vampires are not immortal how long can they live?” I asked.
“As long as you are not killed or infected by a virus, of course not a human virus. A vampire can live for a thousand years.” I gapped while he only smirked sipping his drink.
“How old are you human-wise?” I asked still in shock.
“Am twenty eight”
“Vamp-wise?”
“Two hundred and eighty years” I grabbed my coke gulping it down my throat completely. Ethan laughed so heartily throwing his head back amusingly
“Grey?” I asked popping another open.
“Twenty two, vamp-wise…
“Two -hundred – and twenty years –old” I almost spelt the words. My eyes widened in shock “I fuckin kissed someone older than even my grandmother (whom I didn’t see let alone having)” I wanted to cry while Ethan was just laughing his ass out.
“Don’t worry, it is just that we age, slowly” he said
“But that is so damn too slow” I complained “wait, wait, so if Sandy is eight years old human-wise, vamp-wise she is…” my eyes widened
“Eighty years old” we exclaimed simultaneously. I lifted my hand in surrender grabbing a bottle of wine. I took a sip frowning.
“You drink this things as if they got honey. Damn they are so sour” I complained.
“You have never taken wine or alcohol?” he asked
“So I could end up in the basement for a day or two? Oh, please spare me for once” I said trying another sip.
“Why? You are a big girl!”
“In my dreams, even mom was a suckling baby in my father’s eyes. Story for another day. I will tell you all of it. For now, let us get drunk” I filled a glass and lifted it to Ethan “cheers to a one year old human equalling a ten year old vampire baby” Ethan grinned as we clicked the glasses.
“No wonder you guys have no ability to make babies. You may think it is not growing” I complained once I set the glass down.
“That witch, I mean the vampire creator was smart. Still we can speed their growth. I mean who wants to babysit forever? Nothing is impossible with magic” I nodded to that
“But what about the immortal hybrids?” I asked again.
“They grow like normal humans, but once they are twenty you will meet him twenty years later and he looks exactly as you left him”
“That is way better, and what about the witches?” I questioned again.
“They age normally as humans but they have the ability to regenerate their flesh, beauty and strength. They are the tricky ones, you may slap a five year old boy and later you find out you slapped a one million year old witch.” We burst into laughter again.
We sat there and drunk for some time, exchanging only a few words. I had started getting tipsy, I paused as four figures emerged from the back entrance we had come through. Grey, Jayden, Adelyn and another man I didn’t know. I smirked grabbing another bottle as they approached.
“Hey, where are the others?” Grey asked

“All over the place” Ethan answered “You know we don’t have the same interest at all”
I looked around, Aimee was dragging a man into a lodging room. The twins were making out with their respective women at the dark corners. Harvey had women all over him kissing him all over, while he was seated in a relaxed manner sipping his drink as if nothing was happening. Xavier and other young men were competing to take shots which he was enjoying so much. Lisa was dancing for a young man who was staring at her lustfully. Abi and Ari were sitting quietly at the counter drinking silently. Now Megan and Adelyn were chatting happily.
“So you guys decided to sit here and do nothing?” Grey asked ignoring my gaze entirely.
“We love our cool drinking silently” Ethan answered glancing at me, oh I ignored all of them emptying my bottle. So this man…whatever vampire, I told him everything about me so he could at least be a little human towards me. He is ignoring me intentionally not bothered to answer my question? Now am here seated drinking quietly instead of stepping up at that dance floor to free my mind. I smirked grabbing Ethan’s bottle that was on the table. I drunk it all while they struggled to stop me. I placed the empty bottle back on the table groaning loudly.
“Becky, what have you done” Ethan scolded.
“I was helping you with your drink, since you were busy chatting with this guy” I pointed at Grey my mind hazy.
“But that was only meant for vampires, it will make you drunk so much” he whispered
“That is exactly what we came to do here” I hiccupped “to get drunk” I stood up staggering, Grey held me up. I brushed his hands off trying to keep my balance “Keep off” I croaked staggering towards the dance floor trying to keep balance. I got to the spot beside Lisa as a new song began. The young man who had accompanied Grey had taken the spot in place of the DJ. I began dancing wildly I didn’t even know what I was dancing messy or perfect I didn’t have time to care. I have been a caged bird all my life now that I got the freedom I was going to dance and get wasted like hell. The heat was getting unbearable as I squeezed through the crowd I took off my jacket throwing it away. I sat on the floor and pulled off my boots too. I scrambled through till I got on stage where the young boy was bouncing and mixing the songs. I stared at him smiling, I got where he was and punched the pioneer it broke into two. There was an annoying silence as everyone stared at me some with fear, disgust, worry and accusation.
I burst into laughter staggering I took the microphone trying to keep an upright posture.
“You fools, why you are all staring at me?” the alcohol had a 100% effect on my speech now. “This little thing was making a lot of noise…so…so I scolded it for you” I laughed loudly leaning against the piano stand. I suddenly stopped laughing looking at the amazed faces.
I pulled my hair lose holding the microphone in a crooked manner “this place is too hot” I ruffled my hair hiccupping loudly “You know…I have never had any chance to have fun like a crazy teen. My father was such an asshole, he caged me all the time in that damn basement.” I pouted “So when that idiot over there” I pointed at Grey, I couldn’t see his face at all everything was suddenly dim “Handsome right? He is just a crazy vampire prince…” everyone gasped “What? It is the truth, you think vampires don’t exist?” I laughed again hiccupping “he dared to kidnap, me and I was such…such an idiot. I madly fell in love with him” I staggered leaning against the pioneer stand tears clouding my eyes. “Am such a fool, he doesn’t even care about me. He…he hates me” I sobbed “He fucking hates me…what an unlucky bitch I became. Humans hate me and now…VA…”
“Enough of your nonsense Becky, come on you should get home” Jayden who had gotten on stage tried to get me away but I pushed him off, I didn’t know it would send him flying and crushing into the crowd beyond.
“Where were we before that vampire began interrupting…?” I staggered again, a commotion rose from the other side, Xavier was fighting with some boys and it was really bad, he was one against some many figures. Lisa went over to help together with Abi. Another crew of boy approached the twins pulling them off the women they were glued on.
“What the hell, this is my girlfriend you are making out with” the spiky haired human boy bluttered.
“She didn’t say that, it seems you are not at all the man for her” the boy punched Curl and ended up howling instead.
“Try again and I will turn you into a bundle of mad” Harrison threatened. The boy did it again, the twins were now fighting the crew of boys. The mad Adelyn and Megan joined the nearest fight. Aimee was nowhere to be seen, probably torturing the man she had dragged. Jayden was struggling to get up, while Ethan and Grey looked on. This was bad!