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Chapter 41 - Chapter 41: Hindered Plan

"Is the place really small for you that you can't sleep?" Jane knew that her room was probably smaller than his bathroom back at his mansion.

"That's not what I mean. I can't sleep."

"Oh. Insomnia?"

"You can say it's like that however, worse than that."

"What? Then how do you still have the energy during the day." Then her eyes suddenly widened in speculation.

"Wait, don't tell me...Are you a vampire?"

However, her question suddenly made Edric to laugh so hard.

So hard that it hurts his belly.

"Hahahhaha!"

It was such a very rare scene to see. Indeed.

And for some reason, Jane was fascinated seeing Edric laughing.

It's been a while since she saw this face with genuine happy expression.

"Sorry about that." Edric apologized making Jane to snap out of it.

"Do you believe in those supernatural creatures?" He asked her.

"I don't know. But weird things do happen in this world so I thought it might be possible."

"What do you mean by weird?" Edric probed.

"Um."

"Don't lie. You know I know what's on your mind."

"This is what I mean by weird. Us communicating through telepathy."

"Right." Edric didn't tell her that no matter how she tried hiding the thing about what Edward had done, he had still seen that.

"We're weird. So what do you think Jane? Don't you think it's just right?"

Jane knew what he was implying and this made her to be anxious.

"Ahm. It's fine. I'll wait for your answer tomorrow." He was dead serious about this.

He was at least giving her time to enjoy her freedom until tomorrow.

Because he knew that he would get a favorable answer from the young lady.

Sounds like it.

"Anyways. You should go and prepare to sleep." Edric then held her shoulder out of the room since it was very late.

"Oh, right. I'm just on the door opposite to this one. You can knock if you needed some help?"

"That's very kind but I'll be fine."

"Ahm...should I say yes to you, can you go back to your usual self, too?" Jane suddenly said when she was on the hallway.

"What do you mean? I'm just being myself. And besides, don't you like me being good to you?"

"Em. This side of you really gives me chills to be honest."

'I don't want to grow any attachments to you as much as possible.' She continued inside her mind not minding that Edric could hear her still.

She's so shy to say it to him in the open. She just can't.

"Okay. If that's how you wish the marriage to be should you agree, then, we will do that."

"Good."

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

With that, Jane entered her parent's room.

Edric was left to himself. Then he summoned Edward.

"Report."

"Ahm...The Young Miss encountered some trouble earlier and I had no choice but to interfere."

Edward was nervous while facing Edric, his Master.

"Is that so?"

"Yes, Master. They tried to abduct her this afternoon while tonight, a group of men wanted to r*pe her."

When he heard that, Edric's gaze turned cold.

"Where are they? Don't tell me you just let them off or I'll strip you off of your power." He threatened.

"I killed the first group but Young Miss didn't want me to hurt the second group for the sake of their families. After all they were drunk when they approached her."

"Really?"

"That's true, Master. I dared not lie. I also didn't tell Young Miss about you and what I am. But I believe Young Miss knew about magic, Master."

What he said last caught Edric's attention however, he dared not let it show to his familiar.

"Who are the people behind her attempted abduction?" He asked trying to change the topic.

"I believe they're that Mr. Sandoval's men."

"Good. They're really tired of living. Do you have any updates with my mother-in-law in prison?"

"Well since you asked me to check on her, I've heard the warden talking to one of Mr. Sandoval's men."

"What for?"

"They're going to ****."

"Oh! If that's the case, you know what to do."

"Okay Master."

After he said that, lightening struck in the dark night sky and the roar of thunder came after breaking the silence of the night.

Edric then flashed a handsome yet devilish smile which would surely give chills to anyone.

***

Meanwhile, in the middle of already quiet highway, a single black van was speeding on the road. It was transporting a very important woman to the Sandoval Mansion.

They had to hurry before the rain started pouring.

Inside the van, Mrs. Sanchez's eyes were covered with black cloth and her mouth was covered with a docktape. Both her hands and legs were tied just in case she would try to run away.

They ignored the fact that she had a dried blood on her forehead caused by what the police had done earlier, when they hit her with the pistol.

These people were really heartless just like their boss.

Meanwhile in the mansion owned by Mr. Sandoval, his guards were on high alert after news of what happened to their comrades reached them.

"Any result from the investigation about what happened to them earlier?"

"Not yet Señor. Our men are still investigating over the matter."

"That's impossible! How can no one had seen it when it happened in a public place?"

"That's what made it more mysterious Señor because the witnesses said that they have appeared in that state all of a sudden."

"What? Are you trying to tell me that this was done by some mystical creatures?"

"Isn't it Señor. They believed that this town was once ruled by other worldly creatures called 'Enkanto' like Dwende (Dwarf) and Fairies." His subordinate said.

"What nonsense are you talking about?! There's no such thing as those entities in this world. Stop reading fantasy comics will you?! It's already the second century. So stop believing from myths and folktales that the townspeople believed in."

His subordinate bowed down his head after receiving his anger.

"Try to find out if our enemy hired an assassin. That's the only explanation why this happened. And try to find out if those people were bribed to tell lies."

"Also, go some background check with Ann's daughter. If I'm not mistaken, she might be the culprit behind this."

"But Señor, that Jane looked frail. It's impossible for her to break the bones of our people."

"Are you not thinking straight?!" Mr. Sandoval hit his poor subordinate with the tip of his cane together with the loud roar of the thunder outside.

The subordinate winced in pain as it hit his leg at the same time, goosebumps covered his entire body as it seems like it's a premonition for a bad night.

"She is so confident that she could pay the debt within a month. Now that I think about it, maybe, she has some connections who could help her."

It was then that he realized to never underestimate Jane.

"And besides, she was their target. They're dead while she and her siblings are still in their house when others would try to leave their houses and go somewhere else safe. How can you explain that?" He added.

But where else could they possibly hide when there's no other place they could go other than their home.

Mr. Sandoval was starting to get paranoid due to the unexplainable death of his people.

There was no CCTV camera installed in the are since it was only a small town. So they could not find any evidence of what happened except from interrogating the witnesses.

Mr. Sandoval had a lot of enemies within their circle who were capable to have him be assassinated.

That's why he was creating a nest on this town and made sure that everything was under his control here just in case someone would be after his life.

Poor old man, he didn't know that he had created another formidable enemy by trying to make things difficult for Jane and her family.

"I want you to send men to spy on her. I want to know what she is up to."

"Okay Señor."

"How about Ann? How's my future wife?"

"As instructed, she's already on her way here to the mansion." He answered.

"Good. When she comes, assign three maids to cater her needs. I want her to be very beautiful for tonight."

"Will do that Señor. Anything else?"

"Let the servants prepare our love nest. She's going to be mine, tonight."

"As you wish Señor."

Mr. Sandoval's people were quick to prepare everything as per their Master's request.

However, little did he knew that a big surprise would be waiting for him before this date changed.

While the van was getting closer to Mr. Sandoval's mansion, the driver suddenly stomped on the foot break when he saw someone lying in the middle of the road.

"What the hell, dude?!" His companion inside the van angrily roared at him.

"I'm sorry guys. I saw someone lying in the middle of the road."

"Dude, are you still high? There's clearly no one in there." The man sitting on the passenger seat of the van said.

"What?" The driver looked back in the front to check it again but actually, there was none.

Then the rain started pouring.

"Hurry up! I don't want to be still outside when it rains. I want to be already under the covers when it poured hard."

"Okay fine."

With that, the driver started to ignite the engine of the van.

However, the engine didn't come back to life.

"Try again!"

"I'm already into it but it won't start." The driver said.

"What the hell?"

Before they could start blaming each other for what happened, they were all stunned to see the door of the van suddenly slid open by force.

What happened next was that aside from the driver, they saw themselves flying in the air soaked by the pouring rain.

They were suddenly thrown out to the bushes beside the road.

All of them groaned when they landed on the soil.

Before they could even comprehend on what happened, the door shut and the van sped off leaving them all behind.

They thought that was the end of their agony.

They didn't know that for the entire night, they would be running around in circles and there's no way they could go back to their rooms tonight.

They wanted to play with the innocent people, but now, they're being played around.

Inside the van, Mrs. Sanchez started to panic.

Though she could not see a thing, she had heard their screams.

The driver was sweating hard especially when he saw a blonde haired man sitting on the passenger seat.

"Are you a ghost?" The driver asked.

"Just drive." He was not in the mood to talk to him.

There's nothing the poor driver could do. He was glued to his seat.

Even if he wanted to run away, he couldn't. His body was not in his control now.

"Don't worry Madam. You are safe now. I'll bring you home." Edward talked to her.

Though he could not hear what Ann was trying to say, he could tell that she had calm down after hearing him.

"I'm a friend. Young Miss is already waiting for you." He said while reaching out to remove the tape on Mrs. Sanchez's mouth.