It was past midnight, and most of Barton City had fallen asleep. Zach drove Benjamin's truck through the streets illuminated by dim lights.
Zach knew that the hunters had not left Barton City yet, and the reason was very simple. There would be a full moon tomorrow night. While dealing with the shapeshifter David, Benjamin released new rumors that there was an Alpha in Barton City. Those aliens who left or lurked because of shock will spread this rumor. A hunter who doesn't want to hunt an alpha is not a good hunter.
Of course, it is very foolish to provoke the werewolf pack on a full moon night, but the forced transformation of the full moon will expose where the werewolves are hiding. If a hunter wants to discover the werewolf's identity, tomorrow night is the best time.
When interrogating the hunter at the Grand House, Zach had already asked about the trap the hunter had laid in Barton. According to werewolf habits, the transformation will be in a large forest to avoid contact with people. The woods south of Grand House and run through by Highway 7, the woods connecting the west side of Barton and Newton City, the woods west of Pais Ying District... these places have been set up by hunters to track werewolves.
A kind of herb called monkshood can remain in the body of a werewolf, leaving traces on the body even if the transformation is lifted. The wolf pack is a tribal society, and most of the group activities are hunting. Once a wolf eats an animal that has been fed with aconite herbs, his human identity will be exposed, and the hunter can use this as a clue to discover the entire group.
But they obviously made a mistake. Benjamin's group only had one of them. Wrong, one.
Zach did not check these woods. As he had said before, it was foolish to come into contact with werewolves during the full moon, and it would also be foolish to stay in those woods within the first three days of the full moon. Because a responsible Alpha will check the safety of the transformation place for the safety of the group.
This provided convenience to Zach. The places he searched had been reduced a lot. He had eliminated three hunter bases obtained from the torture. If possible, the vampire would now burp to express his satisfaction at this time. Now he is heading to the last place because his main target has not yet appeared.
The truck entered the South District of Barton from Highway 7 and turned to the branch road extending to the east. After leaving the North District, street lights became a luxury item. It was often half a kilometer before you could see a crooked light pole on the roadside. , holding a broken lampshade.
I don’t know how much time passed, but the road became narrower and narrower, and the sound of waves reached Zach’s ears. The vampire stopped the car and started walking in the dark. Five minutes later, a rusty sign was erected on the roadside - 'Private Property, No Trespassing'. The vampire stretched out a finger, and the red sparks stood out in the darkness. Now we know why Zach ended up here.
Barton is a young city, so failed investments are not uncommon. For example, right in front of you, a hundred meters away, is a villa abandoned by its owner standing on the beach.
The vampire turned around in the darkness, without looking away from the villa in front, and began to circle to the left.
A man's voice reached his ears.
"What happened! They didn't respond to my calls!"
The vampire recognized this voice. It was the guy he had tortured, the hunter who chose the latter between 'turn into a vampire and die' and 'get out of everything'. Of course, he won't remember betraying his teammates.
"Maybe they moved."
This is the hunter who uses fire to make vampires shed a layer of their skin.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow we will go into the city and have a look."
When the voice spoke, there were obvious pauses and inhalations, accompanied by the sound of bandages being torn. It must be Ravenchi Hayate who has not yet recovered from his gunshot wound.
"Where is that woman?"
The vampire had already walked around to the left side of the villa. He stopped and looked at the rocks in the darkness ahead.
"I don't know if it's outside."
"Hey! Louise! Do you want to catch a cold? Come in!"
The vampire watched the woman standing on the rock turn her head as she shouted, and the night wind on the beach blew her loose curls. Louise gathered the blanket around her body and ignored the shouts in the villa. She continued to turn her head and looked at the dark sea, not knowing what she was thinking.
Our vampire Zach frowned, why is Louise here
"Louise." Zach's figure was hidden in the cracks between the rocks, but he did not go up. It was not that he was worried that he would be exposed by the light, but that if he took another step forward, he would be wiped out.
Louise seemed to shiver and tilted her head warily. There was no one else on the rock except her. Louise smiled helplessly, and rolled her blown head behind her ears with her slender fingers.
"Louise."
Louise was startled again. She looked around, moved her steps, and even stretched her neck to look in front of the rock and below where it was hit by the night waves. There was still no one there. Louise sighed melancholy, but in the roar of the waves, no one except the vampire could hear her sigh.
"Left, down." The vampire helplessly reminded this beautiful woman who didn't know what she was thinking.
Louise's big eyes were stunned. This time, she confirmed that she was not hallucinating for some reason!
"you… "
Louise lowered her head and looked down at Zach standing in the gap from the rock. Her surprise call was stopped by the vampire.
"Go over there." Zach looked up at Louise, whose eyes were shining, and made a gesture.
Louise blinked, and the person in the gap had disappeared.
Louise jumped off the rock, and someone in the villa shouted: "Hey! Don't leave the confines of this house!"
Another voice with a normal volume: "Let her be. In a pack with Alpha, there will be no vampires."
Well, common sense can lead to disappointment in unexpected places.
Away from the villa on the rocks, Zach leaned against the cold black rocks and watched Louise walking towards her holding a blanket, "Why are you here?"
Louise's joy when she first saw Zach was blown away by just one sentence.
"Why are you here!" Louise stared into the vampire's eyes.
Zach frowned, not prepared to answer Louise's question, and asked persistently: "Why are you here."
Louise, whose lips were somewhat white because of the cold night wind at the seaside, bit her lower lip and looked at the vampire quietly: "Why do you ask? It's not faster with your red eyes."
"Do you want me to twist your will?" Zach looked at this woman, redness spreading in his eyes.
Louise said nothing. Between her slender eyebrows, her brows slowly moved closer to each other. Her bitten lower lip was trembling slightly, but she did not move away from looking at Zach's eyes. She was disappointed in this beautiful woman. The woman's eyebrows are formed.
Red occupied Louise's vision, and the vampire's voice was cold and calm: "Tell me why you are with the hunter."
After all, Louise's disappointment did not show up in front of Zach. Louise's face became calm, looking at the pair of red eyes.
"I'm scared." Louise began to answer the questions asked by the vampire under the command of Charming Eyes without a tone of voice.
"Every day, every night. I'm scared."
"In the crowd, I don't know if the people around me have turned into monsters. On the road without people, I worry that something will suddenly appear behind me to devour me."
"I became paranoid. Whenever I came home, I had to check to see if anything had been moved. Whenever I had a conversation with someone, I couldn't look them in the eye. Whenever I accidentally talked to someone else, When touching, I have to carefully recall whether the other person is cold..."
Zach's brow furrowed.
"I'm scared, I'm scared of everything, people, things, day, night, streets, buildings, I don't know what to do."
Maybe this is the time when a normal man would say 'You can go back to the Grand House'. Vampire Zach opened his mouth.
"And you."
Zach shut up.
"You: 'If you feel unsafe, you should trust your instincts and get out of here.'" (II Chapter 5)
Louise's calm expression became excited!
"What kind of man would say that to a woman!"
Zach's frown deepened, but Louise didn't stop.
"Of course I feel insecure because you won't have anything to do with me! What on earth does 'your offspring' mean?! Am I still myself? What am I to you?! You are nothing! "
"So I left! I left the only place where I wouldn't wake up in my dreams, where I wouldn't worry about touching people, or where I wouldn't worry about being hurt by monsters! Then, I lived in fear again! I Don’t know what to do!”
Louise hugged her shoulders and squatted on the damp and cold ground. Her scattered head covered most of her face, and her voice was filled with sadness and grievance.
"So I went to find James. Although he is too idealistic and not very practical, at least he is honest and responsible enough. I just want to borrow a little sense of security."
Zach's brows spread, and he looked helplessly at the woman squatting in front of him.
"I think no one is safe." Louise raised her head and looked at Zach with tear-stained eyes: "I was just happy that I at least helped him. Then I realized that I You shouldn’t place your security on others at all.”
Crystal tears streaked across Louise's face, but the grievances and sadness on her face had disappeared and turned into a somewhat cold determination.
"So, I found the lucky hunter who didn't die again, Ravenci in James's mouth. At least, I have to learn to protect myself!"
Louise fluttered her eyelashes with water mist. She had already explained why she was here. From the beginning, she did not intend to show her vulnerability in front of Zach again. After answering this question, she had realized that the vampire was really right. She used the Eye of Charm.
Louise stood up slowly, holding on to the blanket on her body. She avoided Zach's gaze, not wanting her disappointment to fall in the eyes of the man in front of her.
"I answered your question, it's time for you to answer yours." Louise's voice returned to calmness.
The sound of fine waves floats in the air, like a rhythmic heartbeat, rising and falling together. Under the damp and cold night, our vampire Zach looked at Louise, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and the stars reflected in his light green eyes: "I'm here to find you."
Louise's eyes could no longer avoid the vampire, and there were stars under her long eyelashes.
"Now that I've found you, it's time to go home."