Give Me Blood

Chapter 3: Something Important

Something important.

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Nate looked up from his paperwork to the door where I was standing. I had just taken a hot shower to wash off the sweat from the jog Hunter and I had this morning. The shower ended up taking longer than expected because I was deep in thought. The knowledge of someone spying on us back at the track made me feel uneasy.

"Have you been getting enough sleep lately? you look pale..." he said with a concerned look on his face. I sat down on one of his chairs at the front of his desk. There was no way I was going to tell him that the dreams returned. He's more protective of me than Hunter. On second thought, maybe a little less than Hunter. Still, I didn't want to worry him.

"Just tired. What was it you wanted to tell me? I have a feeling it's not about a normal mission" I quickly changed the subject. I focused on the chair I was sitting on. I know for a fact that some bloodsuckers get to sit in this chair and talk about "peace" treaties with Nate, the thought made me clench my fists.

"You already know that Blackbourne and his band of type X are killing off innocent shelters in this region." he says turning his head around to look at me.

I knew, of course. His initials are engraved on the ancient ring that my mother gave to me on her deathbed. I had been hunting after him for over 5 years now, but I never caught him in the act. His tracks started appearing a year ago, at the Ricker shelter. One day, out of nowhere the clan was slaughtered and drained of blood with half of the shelters occupants found missing. With further investigation we were able to trace the evidence to a lone survivor and discovered the family name of the vampire who murdered my parents... an infamous human killer; Blackbourne.

It was a case unlike any other because no bloodsuckers, even newborns, drank from other vampires, except for one known group; type X.

Type X vampires are basically the worst of the worst in the vampire world. They are monster's who no longer retain sanity, reason or humanity and are driven only by their desperate and inescapable hunger for blood. They are unpredictable and dangerous creatures. Not only do they crave human blood, but any other living vessels that carry it.

Controlling and exterminating X-type is the responsibility of both registered Vampires and Hunters. But cooperation is rarely seen between our group and theirs. Not like we need any of their help anyway, I would never in my life want to work with those disgusting monsters.

I have killed many X-types while hunting. But this group was definitely unlike any I've ever seen. They were smart, covering up their tracks after they finish slaughtering the entire shelters for blood. After the first attack in the Ricker shelter, they kept going, killing off random vampire shelters in America. We stationed several different hunters at all of the different shelter borders.

But there was no telling which shelter they would go after next. It was a constant gamble of where I should be stationed. Shelters began falling like they were not even there to begin with, taking our fellow hunters with them. I kept switching stations in hopes that Blackbourne would strike while I was present. But it never seemed to go in my favor. I let out a silent scream in my mind each time I heard that Blackbourne had successfully killed off another shelter without me there to prevent it. There were 2 shelters left out of the 12 that were standing previously. The attacks lasted for 5 years straight with no set pattern of movement.

I was stationed in the Constantine clan 1 year ago. The time between Blackbourne's attacks were increasing and people were beginning to think that he had stopped his rampage. Other hunters were returning to the academy, while I knew better. It was in the middle of the night when they attacked.