Taming the Vampire

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

M I L L E R

Natigilan si Axel bago lumingon sa amin. Nakataas ang isang kilay niya. "Who's an alpha?" aniya. He might look uninterested but I can still see that he is curious.

Saglit na tumingin sa akin si Mateo sabay sabi ng, "Miller is."

"No...No. No, that's... Oh, goodness!" Para bang nag-loading ang isipan ni Axel bago ito tuluyang napagtanto. He reacted so surprised that he even immediately walks back to us with big steps.

He gasped as he once again asked, "Miller, you're an alpha? How? Ho-How sure are you?"

I can see na medyo nakaangat ang dalawang dulo ng kanyang bibig. Pinipigilan niyang ngumiti at hindi muna maging sobrang saya at umasa.

"Uhm, it just happened, I guess? I really don't know at first, pero si Mateo ang nagsabi sa akin. And then I just realized the flavor when he mentioned the fruit's name."

"A pomegranate. He described it to me and confirmed that he is an alpha."

"Really? But how? Uh—are you feeling well? But shouldn't you be in your last phase now?"

"Last phase?"

Anong last phase? May last phase pa? I don't know about the last phase. Bakit hindi nila ito sinabi sa akin noon?

"There's a last phase?" tanong ni Mateo.

Now I am more confused. Mukhang pati si Mateo ay wala ring ideya kung ano ang last phase.

"It's what it is called. The last phase is the last part of the vampirization process," Axel began. "During my experiments, I noticed the humans are having the greatest difficulty of fighting their lust against blood before they grow their fangs and develop red eyes."

Oh. Now that Axel has mentioned it, I don't think that I have the lust over blood. I find it sweet but I am not drawn by it. Not attracted at all. Pero baka kasi malayo pa talaga ako sa pagiging bampira?

"What do you mean?" tanong ko. "Kasi kung ako ang tatanungin ay wala naman akong nararamdaman na mali. Of course, except to those significant changes with my senses but other than that ay wala namang iba," pahayag ko.

"Hm. I also thought the same. Don't worry, every information we have about vampirization is still subjected to changes. I also just recalled that there was a vampirized human who did not really lust for blood but..." natigilan si Axel na para bang inaalala kung ano ang susunod na nangyari. "But that man went missing after a few days."

"Oh, you were talking about the human your stepfather bit by accident as he claimed it to be?"

Tumango si Axel. "It was my first time to see a vampirized human. There was no reason for it at that time and we were just guiding him with the raw knowledge we had."

"Now that you mentioned it, the Supreme also suspected that it was around that time when Ronaldo was starting to show opposition to him."

"Is he saying that it was then when Ronaldo discovered that he can create his own army of vampires through humans? And that person was later vampirized as an alpha?"

They both are now in-depth with their conversation. Hindi ko sila maintindihan. Malay ko ba kung kailan nangyari ang mga tinutukoy nila. Seeing that they are bunch of immortals, who know if that human became a vampire eon ago.

"Okay. If it's it. I have no choice but to check your blood Miller. Allow me to get a blood sample to test later, hm?" Saad niya sa akin.

Tumango lang din naman ako. Alam naman ata ni Axel ang ginagawa niya.