Luo Ming
As soon as the girl's words reached to Ming's and Theo's ears, they looked at each other. The only expression on their faces was 'surprise'. They clearly knew that Kris was Lan's mate, they could not understand why a girl that they had never seen with Lan, declared herself as Lan's mate. Ming did not get the chance to word his thoughts as the girl spoke again,
"Ming, why do you look so surprised? Don't you remember how Lan saw me for the first time at the airport when he came to pick you up?"
Ming's jaw dropped, of course, he remembered how his best friend had met his mate for the first time while picking him up from the airport, but that mate was Kris, not some snake girl. Daqing could tell from one look that the girl in front of him and Theo was a snake with the shape-shifting ability.
"And I think that as you have found your mate, you should move out of my house now."
Ming's finally lost it, was this girl joking with him. When was he living in her house, he was living in Kris's house for the god's sake. Theo also looked like he had just heard the biggest joke in his life, this girl was spouting lies as if they were the truth, if someone who didn't know about the relationship between Lan and Kris heard her words, they would probably believe her words about her relationship with Lan as she was saying those words with so much confidence. Ming was about to open his mouth when they heard the 'click-clack' of an expensive pair of high heels. As soon as Ming heard this sound, he recognized it. It was 'the witch'. Ming turned around with a grim expression on his face.
"Well, it looks like the trash has arrived."
Yan said, giving Theo and Ming a disgusted look. Ming sighed heavily and said,
"What is the meaning of this? Who is she?"
"My, my Ming, don't tell me you don't recognize her, she is Lan's mate, Li Mian."
"As I know, the only mate Lan has ever had is Kris."
Ming shouted, rage visible in his tone. Yan just scoffed and said,
"Well, that bond is now broken. Isn't it? Now listen to me closely, Li Mian was the mate that Lan met while picking you up. They met again when she came to your company to make a property agreement between your company and their company, in that meeting they got to know each other and made a blood pact. Then after they were attacked by the rouges, they decided to live in her house. Lan took you in until you find your mate. Do you understood?"
Now it was Ming's turn to scoff. He just laughed, he thought that this woman had finally gone insane.
"What the hell do you mean by that?"
Ming questioned back. Yan grabbed Ming's collar and pulled him toward her. She looked straight into his eyes before she spoke again.
"Well, that is what you will tell Lan when he wakes up if you want your sister to live."
"Are you threatening me?"
Ming asked, but this time fear was evident in his voice.
"Isn't it obvious? I am going to erase that son of a bitch from Lan's life, so you are going to replace Li Mian with him in Lan's life. I am monitoring all of you, so don't even think of acting smart."
Yan replied and let go of Ming's collar before pushing him to Theo. Theo caught Ming and gave him an assuring hug. They had no idea how to save Lan from these two witches. After seeing the helpless looks on Ming's and Theo's faces, they let out an evil smile that caused the goosebumps on the boys' body to rise.
A complete week had passed by since that day, and still, there was no sign of Lan waking up. Lan was sleeping peacefully on the hospital bed, while Kris also slept on a bed across the city, but not so peacefully.
Mike Mackwood
A week had gone by since Mike arrived in China, originally they had planned to return back to Canada after four days, but now he and Leo had decided to stay back in China to help Kris out. But none of them had any idea how to do that. Kris's condition was still the same as a week ago, he was still lying on the bed in a deep slumber. But there was a clear difference in his appearance. Kris had lost weight to a certain point, that now he looked like a skeleton covered with human skin. He had turned paler like a piece of chalk. His wounds had stopped bleeding after three days, but they were still not completely healed. The only thing that looked alive on Kris was his big round belly. As Kris had started to shrink into a skeleton, his belly had become more noticeable. Mike and Leo were both doctors, so they did not need to take more than one look at Kris to confirm that he was pregnant.
Everybody knew the complications in vampire pregnancy, the mother could never bear the children without the father. This made everyone dear to Kris to worry, they knew that without Lan, Kris's chance of survival after the childbirth was pretty slim. And as Kris was pregnant with twins, it was double-trouble. Kris could not possibly provide the nutrition and power that his babies needed by himself, he needed Lan. This was the reason that even though Kris's wounds healed, he was not able to wake up, the babies were feeding on all the strength he gathers. Mike wiped Kris's body and changed the bandages daily, making his brother comfortable. Other than that the only thing he could do was to connect an IV drip to Kris to keep him hydrated. They could not possibly feed him anything as he was still unconscious, but even though he was conscious, the only thing Kris would be able to consume was Lan's blood, which was now impossible to have access to.
Tyler had tried to reach Ming many times, but it was all in vain. Yan had successfully broken every thread of communication they had with each other. The only way the two parties could communicate was through Theo, Ming's mate. Theo was Tyler's digital assistant in solving cases, so they still met at work. Theo had informed them about Yan's plan of replacing Li Mian with Kris in Lan's life. Yan had planned to hold their engagement party as soon as Lan woke up. Even though everyone wanted to do something to Yan and save Lan's and Kris's relationship, all of their hands were tied. Ming was threatened with his sister's life, Theo was threatened with his family's lives, Tyler was threatened with Wei's life, Wei was threatened with his uncle's life, Leo with Tyler's life and Mike with Leo's life. Each of them was privately threatened by a mail sent by an unknown sender, but they did not need to think deeper to understand that Yan was the one who sent it.
As Yan had bought Kris's house, Mike and Leo moved Kris into Tyler's house, leaving the house which held all of Kris's unforgettable memories, in a witch's hand. Tyler, Wei, Mike, and Leo lived in Tyler's house with Kris, while Ming lived with Theo. Lan was still in the hospital with Li Mian, but all of them were prohibited from seeing Lan. Yan had successfully wiped all the remains of the only two weeks that Lan had lived with genuine happiness. She had successfully replaced her son's life with the one she wanted him to spend.
Mike looked after Kris while Leo worked in a local hospital. Tyler went to work as usual and Wei worked in a bookstore. Everything was normal except for the couple of sleeping beauties that continued to stay in the deep slumber. Actually, Mike didn't know what to do after Kris woke up. He did not know what kind of a reaction his twin will give to the situation, he was afraid that he will go berserk, and if that happened, there was only one person that could control him, but now, he had also left him. Mike felt the pain in Kris's heart, but gradually what he felt changed from pain to hope. Mike was angry with himself for not coming with his brother and protecting him, he regretted staying back with Leo. He had been selfish for his own love and his brother had to pay the price for his selfishness.
"Krissy, please wake up."
Mike whispered to Kris, while he stroked his brother's sunken cheeks. He did this every day after he cleaned Kris and dressed him in new clothes, but always there was no reaction. So, he was not expecting any reaction as usual, so when Kris's eyelids finally fluttered, Mike's breath was caught in his throat.