As the night fell all the creatures began to feel at home. The sun was a sign of exposure, the burning rays the mark of death for many. The cold moon though, it felt like home. The calming darkness, the cold breeze and the wariness in the humans' footsteps all were traces stories had left behind thousands of years ago. Their life lingered in the darkness of the shadows, their fangs and claws thriving under the moonlight. That's why every city had an area, a place people always felt like they shouldn't approach, something like a hunch telling them to walk away. Areas like the one Lun was taking them were made only for the immortals, the deformed and the killers. The ones infused with magic. Bars and clubs, restaurants for the ones always in hiding.
Kai had removed himself from the welcoming embrace of the night. He had forgotten the sensation of being amongst others who knew what he was. The thrill of being able to go all out. The vampire prince had been denying his nature, becoming one with the human crowd but now, Lun was here, the man who loved to bathe in luxury and enjoy the perks of immortality and Kai owed him for leaving him behind. That and the fact he was too depressed by the fact that the peaceful life he had tried so hard to maintain was shattered in a day.
"What if the wolf pack is here? The one that kills vampires that you've told me about?" John asked worriedly. They were taking their final turn, removing themselves from human territory. It was a very wide alley, high, hidden by brick walls with moss. Kai found immediately two bars and a club, people running outside drunk.
"This is a grey zone." Lun said.
"If they want to preserve that." Kai mumbled. They had come to an agreement with Mika from what he had heard. They would come tomorrow during the full moon and show John how to handle him. This would happen a few more times and in between they would train him and teach him the things he needed to know. They had let the fact that John didn't want to join them pass, since from what Kai understood the new Alpha was too strict and something like that would only cause chaos.
"Come on loosen up a little bit. Show me a glimpse of my old friend" Lun said and cocked his eyebrow, staring at Kai with a suggestive look. Kai rolled his blue eyes, ignoring him. "I mean, your little wolf will be going on a date. Who knows? He might be here. He lives his life juuust right but you, you're stuck and pitiful. What do you think John?"
"I...Well he didn't seem to be that interested anyways." John said as they entered a club Lun had chosen. He had mentioned they would go to a bar but Kai didn't comment on it, he was once more being tricked by his friend.
"What is this?" Kai asked the moment they started walking down a staircase.
"It's underground, obviously." Lun told him.
"You've been here a few days but know the town better than me."
"That's because I embrace my nature. I don't try to hide from it." Lun scolded him and Kai scoffed. He used to think like that too. He liked being a vampire. The beauty, the worship, the power. Everything was simply perfect. His life too. Until he lost it. The control, the power and his heart. At that moment he realized that he was ashamed of who he was. Hated himself for not being able to change it. "All you know how to do is pity yourself."
"Do you have any other comments?" Kai asked before they entered the club and Lun smiled.
"Many." he said. Kai pushed him to the side and walked in, slightly angry. This was not cheering him up, not at all.
He looked around him. Light, blinding dancing into the room in many different forms. Green, blue and red everywhere. In sports, in ray of lights, moving with the intense beat of the music. Kai could feel the metal floor vibrate underneath his feet while he found himself in front of an enormous dance floor. There was a Dj, a man who had blood on his lips while a girl with two bite marks on her neck was dancing next to him. Lun grabbed his arm and moved him to the back, kind of resembling the previous time they had met, making him sit at a comfortable velvet couch together with John.
THis time though, something was very different. The beings around him were not humans and they were not the least afraid to hide it. Wolves with their ears in bare sight, vampires with human half conscious in their arms and witches dancing, their vibrant eyes separating them from the rest. He thought he saw a few elves too but usually they stayed in their land so he wasn't sure. It had been so long since he had seen so many supernaturals in one place. He hated to admit it but this...freedom felt good.
"Wow." John exclaimed, hungrily looking everywhere around with his big eyes. "All these people are like us?"
"Yes and this place is dangerous for someone like you. You are barely changed and…"
"Oh my god he bit him!" John shouted in shock and pointed at a woman who had just bit a young man.
"Two bottles of vodka please." Lun told the waiter as he passed by them. "Get used to it, you will be seeing it often."
"You don't have to though. Especially if you chose a peaceful life like mine. Right?" Kai asked him and the young wolf looked in between the two friends.
"Honestly Boss. I think I am good." He said and took a glass of vodka. He took a sip and smiled. "I mean if you asked me if I wanted to be...this. I would say of course not. But now that it happened I need to learn to live with it and not hate myself for it." he said and lun patted him on the back.
"Wow, an eighteen year old who just turned has better thinking than you. A two hundred and twenty year old vampire. I am amazed John"
"We are not all the same." Kai said and grabbed another glass, gulping his content. This time though Lun took it from his hand making him frown.
"There is no way I am carrying you." Lun said with a smirk and for a few seconds all of them remained quiet listening to the loud music. Kai observed the crowd, a tinge of jealousy spreading on his chest. All of them were fine with who they were, they liked themselves and had fun but he was stuck feeling guilty. Guilty not because of his own actions but because of his kind's too. A secret he would always have to carry so he wouldn't have to pay the full price.
"Is that…" John mumbled as he squeezed his eyes, wanting to see better through the crowd. "Boss' wolf." he said and pointed at a tall man that was dancing in the middle of the dance floor.
He was dressed in black from head to toe, his hair damp with sweat and in his arms he had a woman. A werewolf girl who kissed his neck.
It took a while for Kai to notice and a bit more to connect the pieces.
"You knew he would be here." Kai mumbled, still staring straight.
"I wanted you to see. Realize that you have to move on." Lun told him. His words though only gifted him with a deadly glare from his friend who instantly stood up. "Kai, wait. Why don't you get it?" he shouted and grabbed him from his wrist. "It is over. Whatever happened in the past is done. You need to move on."
He had told him that so many times by now and every time Kai heard it was getting more annoyed. Moving on might be easy for him. Yes, a simple break up. Just some sorrow and then you're back on your feet. For the prince though it wasn't like that, it never had been. Philip and him were not just a break up, they were destiny and the fact that he was the only one to remember from the two was simply torture.
"Why don't you get it Lun. It's not so easy. I wish it was!" He screamed, hands in the air, his handsome face filled with rage. "But it is not. You know why? Because this guy is supposed to have a soulmate and that soulmate is me. I am the fucking fool who sits and suffers knowing everything not being able to do shit about it."
"Then tell him! Go after him. If you are meant to be, what's stopping you?"
"I killed him! That's what's stopping me."
"Why did you do it Kai?
"I can't tell you. I can't tell anyone. I swore." Kai said and his friend looked at him with wide eyes.
"You took an oath?" he asked him, his voice getting lower. "Are you...are you fucking insane? If you break it you will die Kai! What is this? Did you really choose to torture yourself for eternity?"
"I had to! You don't understand it was the only way!" Kai said, his eyes teary as he messed up his blond hair. He wanted to scream. "I am leaving." he said and turned around, running away. He was ready to get up the stairs, looking at the first step when someone pushed him from behind with force as if he wanted to throw him to the side to pass, making him almost fall to the ground.
"Watch where you're going you little vampire shit" someone told him. His words showed that he was completely drunk. Kai turned around, locking eyes with a stranger and he tilted his head to the side. His eyes shone a bloody red, vibrant into the darkness of the club.
"What did you just say?" he asked the man.
"Watch where the fuck you're going." He repeated getting closer and closer.
Kai had had about enough, his mind hazy and he grabbed him by his throat. Ready to rip him to shreds.
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