Even on her way home, Eleanore was still thinking about what would happen to her later while accompanying Ivander in search of prey. Should she forbid him from now on?
"Aishh, I'm so confused now." Eleanore bit her fingernails in nervousness.
So lost in her thoughts, Eleanore didn't notice that someone was waiting in front of her apartment building.
"Hey, human! Are you going to keep daydreaming like that?" said Ivander who was leaning on the front steps of the apartment.
"Oh god! Can you not startle me for a moment?" Eleanore was shocked and clutched her chest.
Ivander laughed out loud when he saw Eleanore's surprised expression was very comforting to him, "You are so funny when you are surprised like that," replied Ivander still laughing at Eleanore.
Don't know why Eleanore felt embarrassed when she heard Ivander's words to her. "What are you doing there?" asked Eleanore choosing to change the subject.
"Of course I was waiting for you, I don't know where the forest you were talking about this afternoon." Ivander came down from the stairs and walked closer to Eleanore.
Actually that guy was just making it up, Ivander knows the area of Ziory city very well, he just wants to see the reaction Eleanore will show when he hunts.
"You just need to get to the border." Eleanore became afraid of herself when it was time to accompany Ivander on a hunt.
"Still, you must come with me. What if I go somewhere else and get tempted to eat humans?" said Ivander while glancing out of the corner of his eye to see Eleanore's reaction.
"Stop right there, okay I will come with you!" replied Eleanore could not bear to hear Ivander's words, it was better for her to give up and do what the man wanted.
Silently, Ivander smirked at having gotten what he wanted. "Give me your hand." Ivander held out his hand as he waited for Elanore to do as he was asked.
Eleanore who was still afraid of Ivander immediately pulled her hand away, "What do you want?" asked Eleanor warily.
Ivander rolled his eyes when he saw Eleanore's reaction "I won't bite you, don't worry, now come with me!" Impatient to wait for Eleanore, Ivander immediately grabbed the girl's arm and pulled her closer.
Eleanore's eyes widened as she felt herself being pulled closer to Ivander. Eleanore could feel that her heart rate was starting to increase and her cheeks suddenly became hot.
Feeling no rejection from the girl in front of him, Ivander continued to carry Eleanore in bridal style.
Of course Eleanore was very surprised by Ivander's sudden behavior "What the hell, put me down!" Eleanore struggled to be released from the hug that Ivander gave her.
"Instead of you struggling like that, it would be better if you held on tight to me, don't blame me because I already told you." With his grin widening, Ivander immediately used his strength to run as fast as lightning to their destination forest.
Reflexively Eleanore immediately hugged Ivander's neck when she felt the wind starting to hit her face. Too scared to look around her, Eleanore closed her eyes and continued to hide her face in Ivander's chest.
Delighted to see a frightened Eleanore, Ivander increased his running speed. He couldn't wait to get back to hunting.
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The distance of five kilometers, Ivander traveled only five minutes, you can imagine how fast Ivander moved, even Eleanore was immediately nauseous when she was released by Ivander.
Eleanore went straight to the bushes on the outskirts of the forest, then vomited all of her guts. Ivander just looked at the girl with a happy expression from afar.
Eleanore took a handkerchief from her jacket pocket to wipe her wet lips. "You damn Vampire! You lied when you promised not to kill me!" said Eleanore while pointing angrily at Ivander, but her body couldn't keep up because it was limp after draining her entire stomach.
"I told you to hold on tight. You think I'd take a leisurely stroll to get here? What's the point of my power if it's not used," replied Ivander while mocking Eleanore.
"At least tell me first what you're going to do." Eleanore was still annoyed with what Ivander had done to her.
"It's up to you. I'm already hungry, it's better for you to follow than you to be eaten by wild animals here." Without waiting for Eleanore, Ivander immediately entered the dense forest.
Without any light, Eleanore followed Ivander's footsteps who had already entered the forest. However, soon Eleanore lost track of Ivander.
The atmosphere in the forest was very dark and frightening, Eleanore couldn't see anything, only darkness and tree trunks she could see. She didn't even dare to use her cellphone's flashlight for fear of attracting the attention of wild animals.
Even if she wanted to go back, Eleanore had gone too deep into the forest. "Geez! Where is that damn Vampire." Eleanore cursed in annoyance when she didn't find Ivander's figure.
In the end, Eleanore decided to walk slowly, keeping an eye on her surroundings as best she could, albeit in vain.
A feeling of fear began to creep in Eleanore, especially after hearing the noise around her. Eleanore didn't know whether the voice was Ivander's doing or not, the girl could only pray it was Ivander.
Hoping that by following the source of the voice she heard, Eleanore slowly began to follow the voice.
Before Eleanore got to the source of the sound, suddenly on her right side, she heard the sound of something hitting a tree with a bang, Eleanore immediately knelt down in fear when she heard the sound.
"Oh my god, please save me, I don't want to die here." Eleanore muttered while praying she was so scared.
The frightening voices didn't stop there, even now she heard clearly the howling of a wolf which for some reason Eleanore heard like a groan. As time went on, the sound got smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely.
Just as Eleanore was at the peak of her fear, she felt that someone tapped her shoulder lightly. The girl did not dare to turn or lift her head to see who it was.
Eleanore kept muttering praying to god to save her life, until she heard a voice whispering beside her ear.
"It's me, you don't have to be afraid." Ivander felt responsible for scaring his guardian like now, he had no intention of intimidating the girl to this extent, let alone suddenly leaving behind her like that.
Slowly Eleanore lifted her face and met Ivander's bright blue eyes which were very soothing. "Thank goodness it was you," said Eleanore, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and a tear fell from her eye.
Ivander was confused what to do when he felt that his guardian was really scared.
"Why are you bleeding like this?" asked Eleanore when she saw quite a bit of blood on the man's face and the corners of his lips were still dripping with fresh blood.
Still holdinh back her tears, Eleanore took her handkerchief back with trembling hands and began to clean the bloodstains on Ivander's face.
Of course Ivander was stunned when he received such warm treatment from Eleanore because he had never once received such attention from those closest to him.
For some reason, Ivander couldn't look away from Eleanore at this time, without realizing that his hand was starting to hold Eleanore's hand which was still busy cleaning the blood from her face.
Ivander's focus was immediately interrupted when the man sensed another presence in the forest. His body immediately became alert and looked around him warily, "We have to go!"