living off the Demons blood

chapter 4

Finally, It was the day of the cremation ceremony. Mariana was dressed In the usual attire they wore for the cremation. she was wearing a white plain dress, her hair was let down, as it fell over her shoulders in a wave of curls. She accompanied her dress with a white flat sandals, she was dressed ordinarily and plainly, she had no make up on, or any form of Jewelry.

For the cremation ceremony, everyone was expected to be dressed in white for uniformity.
The day had finally come, where the recruits she had trained became official soldiers. They were going to drink out of Ramanito's blood and become immortal and stronger.

Ramanito hadn't really been around the Academy recently. Probably had some business outside to be taken care of. Mariana hated seeing him, he made her full of rage and reminded her of her hatred for him. Every damn time she had come in contact with him, his aura had reminded her off how much she had lost because of him. He had killed her parents, forced her into another life, turned her to a ruthless killer. He was the reason she became who she was, the reason why she was broken and shattered.

The hall way leading to the Temple was dimly lit with red lamps, creating a dim illuminance. Everyone strolled into the Temple, they were uniformly dressed including the men,  who wore white khaki pants and white tee shirt.
The Temple was already packed full. Mariana found her way through the midst of people till she got to the front row, where she stood.

Ramanito was already sitted on his silver gigantic chair. He had a see through glass cup in hand, his features dark with pure evil. Mariana's muscles tensed. She just felt like killing him now as soon as possible, she had put up with him for good ten years, she didn't know how much longer she could put up with him.

Her eyes shifted from Ramanito to the guy standing right beside him. Her heart skipped a couple of beats when she laid eyes on his face. god damn this guy was was dangerously handsome, Fuck how could a man be as handsome as this, he should be arrested for such crime, Mariana couldn't help but run her eyes all over his whole body, studying the slightest bit about him. He was tall and muscular with a sharp jawline, and God those eyes, he had the most pretty and  gorgeous grey eyes she had ever seen.

Mariana wonderd who that guy was, she had never seen him in the academy before. He was obviously a new face and for him to be standing right beside Ramanito on the throne, that proved he was a relative to him,  And also an enemy to her.

She had resentment for not just Ramanito alone,  she had also transferd the hate and resentment towards his family and blood line. And very soon she was going to wipe his entire blood line, and that included pretty boy standing right beside him. Mariana was sure Ramanito's son was dead, so the boy beside Ramanito couldn't be his son. He must be a relative of some sort. Ramanito's son had be killed by another rival family of beasts, this has caused a protruding war against both Familes. Other than these two Familes they were still other Families of beasts around, Their race was everywhere.

The handsome god standing right beside Ramanito, caught her gaze on him and then he did the most embarrassing thing towards her path, he smirked at her. Obviously he had caught her starring red handed. Mariana immediately took her eyes away from him, slightly embarrassed her face flushed a light shade of pink. This stranger was no doubt stirring emotions out of her.

Mariana heard giggles from other girls behind, as they practically gawked at him and they started to blush when he looked their way. Obviously she wasn't the only one who found him divinely handsome. Mariana straightened her shoulders and regained her confidence, as she put up her stone cold facial expression and averted the urge to stare at the guy again.

Ramanito's deep voice brought everyone to concentration.
"Today we are gatherd here as one Family, one blood, to welcome our new brothers and sisters into our midst. Today marks a new beginning for them, they shall become immortal, stronger and most of all they shall become one of us. My son's and daughter's arise!! and make a legacy for yourselves. You have chosen the right part, come forward ". Ramanito signalled for the recruits to come forward. The handsome guy beside Ramanito handed him a dagger, and Ramanito slashed the dagger through his left palm, as he drained his blood into the cup. Drum sounds came alive as it was tradition during every cremation ceremony, the local drums were beatten to a customary beat. Immediately Ramanito filled the cup up with his blood, the palm he had just slashed began to heal up immediately.

Each recruit came forward and was given the cup of blood to drink from, as they drank from it Ramanito placed his mark on each of them as he brought out his blood sucking canines and bit down their napes. They had become his and only his, they had joined and there was no form of backing out and if they tried he was going to feed off them till they died.

Mariana found the whole process sickening. She touched her nape as she traced her own mark Ramanito had placed on her just when she was a kid, the pain had been so excruciating for her to handle at that tender age that she had passed out instantly at that spot that day.

"Let the feast commence by 8 this night, rejoice for it's time to celebrate". Ramanito gave a roar of laughter and the whole crowd cheered out loud. After every cremation it was tradition for a feast to be held that night.

------------------------------------------------------Finally, I updated 😪😫 am  so sorry guys I was supposed to upload this chapter yesterday but damn I was just too lazy to type so I had to stay up all night typing 😫😫😪. Am sleep deprived right now and my neck aches 😫.well with that been said I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter there might be some slight errors so I'll edit them later today, pls guys don't be silent readers pls tell me how you feel about the story 😜 your comments mean so much ..and pls don't forget to push that star right below your screen 😍😍 your vote means a lot .