The Vampire was running as fast as he can. He was in no shape to fight his pursuers. So the only thing that he could do was run. Due to his superior senses and hearing skills, he had already discerned that some people are chasing him. And that was the most confusing part.
He knew that the people trying to kill him are from the church. But as far as he knew, the knights or holy warriors of the church are very gullible people. And he could say for sure that any sensible holy knight or holy warrior would have saved the people back there, rather than chasing after him. But these people didn't do so.
This could mean that these people are not typical church goons. Based on their strength, these people are as powerful as the knights of the church. But they are on a mission. And that mission was to assassinate him. And that was concerning. Somebody wanted him dead very badly. But the thing was that the vampire had no idea who wanted him dead so badly.
He had not killed any humans since he came here. He had fooled around with normal humans but that was not something that could make someone this mad. But as the vampire was running he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. He stopped because he started feeling a presence.
The presence that he was feeling could swallow him whole. As he felt that presence the vampire understood that his time has come. He looked up and there he saw that an old man with a big beard was flying in the air above him. He was wearing the white color robes of a priest and looking at the vampire with the murderous gaze…
"Die." The old man said and that was the last thing that the vampire heard.
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A day after the attack, finally someone opened the door of the suite. And it was then they found Fabian lying on the ground fainted. His clothes were covered in blood, while there was no visible sign of injury on him. They checked and saw that his heart was indeed beating, but the heartbeat was faint.
There was no doctor in the inn at the moment. So there was nothing that these people could do to check on Fabian. So people what they could have done at that moment. They gave Fabian a bed and a blanket. And then they just tucked him in and waited.
People in the village didn't have any sympathy for Fabian. He was good for nothing. He was literally useless. And at this time when more the half of the village was destroyed along with storehouses full of food, there was a huge scarcity of food. So the villagers only saw Fabian as an extra mouth to feed. So rather than saving him some people wanted to throw him out. But ultimately due to Jared, everyone agreed that he was a life worth saving.
But still, no one wanted to take care of a vegetable. So everyone left him alone in the room. If God wanted then he would wake up soon. And if not then he would just die. It was a good thing that nobody came to see him for the next couple of days. Or they would have witnessed something impossible.
And 72 hours later Fabian regain back his consciousness…
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It was nighttime and everyone in the inn was asleep. It was then Fabian regain his consciousness. When he woke he was confused for a moment about where the hell he was. But then the memory of what happened that day started rushing back to him. He even remembered the part where the vampire had him hypnotized. At first, he thought that everything that he just saw might have been a bad nightmare.
But it was then he noticed that rather than his small house in the outskirts of the village, he was lying in one of the rooms of an inn. Then he saw from the window of his room that it was nighttime and snow was falling outside.
As Fabian was seeing the falling outside of his window, his attention shifted to his right as he started hearing the noise of someone walking on the upper floor. That person who was walking on the upper floors was not walking that loudly. But somehow Fabian was able to hear the sound of his steps clearly. It was then Fabian suddenly look forward as he sensed movement in front of him. He then look forward and saw that a spider was crawling on the wall in front of him.
It took some time but Fabian realized that somehow he had gained the ability of enhanced vision and enhanced hearing. Or he was just going crazy…
Fabian then started looking for his clutches. But he couldn't find them anywhere. So he thought that maybe he had to hop his way out of here. So removed his sheets and started getting off his bed. But it was then he noticed something peculiar. He saw that both of his legs looked like they were of the same size. His legs were now skinny as fuck but that didn't change the fact that his left which was supposed to be smaller than his other leg now has somehow grown to become a perfectly normal leg.
Fabian was surprised to see this. He pinched himself to see whether he was still dreaming or not. But he was surprised to sense the burning sensation from the pinch. He was not dreaming. He then recalled that his vision and hearing were also enhanced. So with great anticipation, Fabian looked towards his left hand. He tried moving it.
And as he did, he saw that although he was not able to move it normally like his right hand, he was able to move the fingers of his left hand. He then used his right hand to pinch his left hand. And surprisingly he was able to feel the pinch. Before he would have not felt his left hand if somebody would have stabbed him. But now things were different…
Fabian started crying seeing the changes in his body. He was very happy. His whole life he had resented his disabilities. He had resented himself for being such a weak man. But now things were different.
Fabian tried getting up with his new legs. His body was still very weak at the moment. He tried taking some steps. It was hard at first but soon he was able to walk properly. Fabian then came in front of a mirror. And it was then he saw that he was looked very malnourished. His cheeks have sunken in and he looked like a man that had been starved for months.
Fabian then decided that it was time for him to eat something. He then walked out of the room…
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8 kids survived the black night. And none of these kids were older than 8 years. So all these kids were very naive and didn't know what had happened that night.
Most of the time these loved to play around the inn. After all, this place was pretty damn huge. So they loved to play hide n seek or tag in the inn. But after an accident of breaking some vases, Jared forbid them from playing these games. So these kids found an alternative. They would play at night when everyone would asleep.
It was more fun that way. And as there was no adult to supervise them they would be able to play whatever they liked. Still, they were very careful not to break anything nor to make any noises. And their plan became successful. No one knew about their adventures of night…
Today was also such a night. There were six kids playing hide n seek in the darkness of the inn. All the hallways of the inn were pitch black and the only source of light was the moonlight. The darkness made it very hard for the seeker to find the other players at night.
Jory, one of the small boys was playing hide n seek in the night. He was hiding while sitting beside one of the cupboards in the hallway. He was sitting out in the open. But he was confident that no one would be able to find him as there was light in this hallway. And because of that even he just sits over here, no one would be able to see him.
Jory was sitting there with a big smile on his face. According to him, he was the one who would win today's game. So he was very happy. He then heard some sort of noise coming from his left. To peek towards his left he grabbed the cupboard from behind and then peeked. But as he did that, his finger got pierced from a small piece of nail coming out of the cupboard.
As the nail-pierced the finger, blood started pouring out of it. It was a small wound does Jory didn't mind it. He just ignored it and sat down again…
But little did he know, a predator that had smelled his blood….
#Blood Borne