It was a shitty situation. The kind of shitty you believe could happen but depend on the fact that you're not that unlucky. Well at the end of the day it does happen and you start judging all your life decisions. That was what was happening to Lun as he ran through the dark alleyways of the unknown city. There were four people behind him, hunting him as if he was their pray. He was pulling Kai, hearing him giggle as they ran and all he could mouth were swears at how unlucky he was.
Kai was a noble, a true pureblood vampire and that meant that he was actually very strong. To the point he could easily take on a small pack of wolves on his own. At the moment though Kai had the intelligence of a five year old and the fighting skill of an infant and that simply meant that they had to run. Lun could fight, he was practically trained for it since he was raised together with him but he hated it. He hated blood, which was kind of ironic for a vampire and he hated more than anything in the world getting beaten. So that's why he had decided their best option was to simply escape like cowards.
«Where are we going?» he heard Kai ask through a muffled laughter and Lun looked back, his dark eyes spotting the four young men that were after them. They looked to be in their twenties, excited looks in their eyes as they ran after them. Vampires were still faster than wolves but in a fight who would win based on their strength could be debatable.
«To hell, that's where we're going» Lun said between gritted teeth. He had no idea where he was going or if he would eventually find somewhere to hide and he was staring to think that he and his best friend would end up being dog pray. «This is not how I am supposed to die» Lun cried and took a sharp turn to his left. He was out of the labyrinth of alleys and into a bright lit street. The words motel, shone brightly in front of him with huge red letters and a relieved sigh escaped his lips. The wolves would not follow them in there. Showing their powers or fighting in front of humans was strictly prohibited, it was a universal rule that helped keep the balance for thousands of years.
He pushed Kai inside, the vampire landing face first into the ground, his face burried into a very smelly dark purple carpet. Lun walked in second, closing the door behind him and waving at the wolves from the inside with a cocky grin. His eyes noticed a familiar figure, someone he had seen before. The wolf too seemed to recognize him since his eyes remained glued on his face. It was a tall young man, he had red short hair and sharp black eyes. His arms were tattoed and his ears had many piercings on them. He was very different in comparison to their own elegant appereance and his sharp and hostile face was obviously one Lun wouldn't forget so easily but he still couldn't really tell who he was.
The wolves soon left, leaving the vampire to look outside, thinking hard where he had seen him before. A cough was heard from behind him and startled he turned around, meeting the eyes of an old lady. She was sitting behind the counter staring in between him and Kai.
«Your friend is sleeping on my carpet.» she said and Lun looked down to see that Kai was fast asleep. He sighed and raised him , getting him over his shoulder as he walked towards the reception. The woman was surprised at how easily he handled such a tall man but she didn't say anything. She simply asked for her payment and gave Lun a key for his room.
The vampire called the elevator and found himself on the sencond floor of the cheap motel. He would have to spend the night there, he wouldn't want to risk the wolves waiting for them outside. The room was plain. A wooden floor with and a bed with white sheets. A small bathroom with a shower and a mini fridge that had only water bottles in it. The view was the building opposite to them and everything suddenly seemed so miserable. Bloodbound was different. No high skyscrapers, no dirty motels. Lun couldn't get used to the reality of humanity so easily, the diversity of their world. Rich and poor, the one who were used and the one who were using. He could see some similarities but to him there was something dreadful here, something he couldn't explain.
He had dropped Kai on the bed. The vampire was sleeping while his best friend spent the time of the night looking outside of the window thinking of his next step. Moonshine had to be obliterated. It would be hard though. They had grown in numbers and Kai, he had history with them. Lun doubted he would be willing to help if he knew of his plan. He had to though, for the good of their kind.
He kept some time thinking, scheming and hoping he would have the young prince on his side, a valuable asset, when he heard a groan. He turned around and watched Kai sit up, his right hand on his forehead as he frowned.
«What the heck happened?» he asked and Lun smiled.
«You got dead drunk and we barely managed to escape from a few Moonshine members. What an eventful night. We almost died» he exclaimed.
«Shit.» Kai mumbled.
«I love how your true self is slowly showing. Did you hide it for two hundred years? Must have been painful to act all elegant and cold.» his best friend told him and skillfully caught the pillow Kai threw at him.
«Shut up. My head, fuck.» he swore and rubbed his temples.
«As you see none of us is safe. Moonshine is after all of us. We were extremely lucky today. They seemed like they were still young and inexperienced but if…»
«I won't be helping you Lun. I want nothing to do with that pack or Bloodbound.» Kai interrupted him, making him frown.
«Kai, you're not safe either…»
«I will move.»
«For how long? For how long will you keep denying your nature? For how long will you allow the past to torture you? You need to move on!» Lun scolded him.
«Lun I don't want to approach any wolves ever again.» Kai said and heard his friend sigh.
«There was someone out there with them. I think I've seen him before, you might know him. He has…»
«I don't want to know.»
«He had red hair and black eyes. Tall, tattoed and with piercings.»
«I don't know him» Kai said but the way he was gripping the sheets was showing he did. He just didn't want to tell Lun, he didn't want to get further involved into this but maybe it was already too late.
«You know him.» Lun stated. «Who is he? Kai every little clue would help. You know so much about that pack. You can help u»
«You said they were not the same anymore!» Kai told him agitated. «Please don't make me go through this again»
«Just tell me his name. Tell me something. A lead and I will leave you alone. Anything that could help me and my men get them.»
«You promise?»
«I do.»
«His name…he is Mika. He is in the higher ranks of the pack. If he is here that probably means the Alpha is too. You need to be careful. Their Alpha likes luxury. I would check all the expensive hotels in the city.» he advised him.
«Thank you.»
« Now you will leave me alone?» he asked and Lun nodded
Two hundred years had passed since the last time they had met. Kai hadn't know that his best friend had turned into a very skilled liar.