"He's my boyfriend my grandfather should have notified you that I'll be coming with an extra"
Hope said while pressing my arm even more against her large chest as If to emphasize the point.
"Look at It this way If I wanted to all of you would already be corpses"
I said causing the man to frown because he knew that I wasn't lying.
"Wait a moment"
The man said as he once again pressed his earpiece.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience you're clear to proceed Mr..."
"Dracula Von Death"
I said as we walked through the security checkpoint Into the super large penthouse.
"Dracula Von Death..."
Mark repeated the name intending to burn It into his brain while vigilantly watching Dracula's figure from behind.
...
It seemed like the dress code for the wedding was the same as we wore so we didn't stand out for our clothes but we did stand out for our appearances.
Hope for obvious reasons as for myself well I could feel the vigilant stares of the security personnel watching my every move like hawks.
A DJ performed live at the front of the penthouse.
The loud techno music resonated within the windowless and seamless structure.
While the bigshots from all kinds of walks of life mingled and bonded in search of their inner circle.
"The security said you were big but I didn't think you were that big"
An old and hard voice with a hint of rustiness that only someone who spent years in the army could have called out from the crowd.
As It did I quickly spotted the purebred A*ian man In beach boxers with a pair of dog tags proudly resting between his burly and lightly hairy chest.
Flanked by someone who I Immediately categorized as a young master, I didn't like the guy already.
Because there was that air of I'm the king of the world so lick my feet air around him.
"You're pretty big yourself for someone from C*I*a."
I rebuked.
"That's my grandpa you're talking with"
I heard Hope whisper on the side only to Ignore her because I already understood It.
"And you must be my, precious sunbeams, boyfriend Mr..."
"Dracula Von Death"
I finished the man's words as I cupped my fist and bowed slightly, as I did I could see the look of surprise on the man's face.
"Eclipse Apex, at least that's how my name translates to English"
The man said as he returned the greeting and after that extended his hand for a handshake.
The moment we shook hands I felt the man start exerting pressure until his veins were clearly visible under his skin.
Seeing this I grinned as I exerted a bit of my strength causing the man to wince for a second despite his best efforts to hide It.
"Mr. Apex Is still quite strong"
"You flatter me, young man"
The shocked man because of my displayed strength said as he secretly clenched and unclenched his hand but sadly the gesture didn't escape my eyes.
"BOYFRIEND?!"
Finally, the dumbfounded young master shouted once his brain processed the situation.
Up until the point that Hope's grandpa Identified Dracula as Hope's boyfriend the man kept Imagining the feeling of Hope's b*easts pressing against his chest.
As they hugged while greeting each other the way all the women he came to know do after seeing each other for the first time.
The man was so detached from real life that he actually thought that that's how genuinely women act.
Well at least the ones that only had money In their minds or were too weak to stand up for themselves.
And that's hardly surprising considering all his life everyone kept bootlicking him from the moment he could remember.
"WHATS THE MEANING OF THIS?!"
The man continued to roar drawing the other guest's attention to himself.
"Shut the f*ck up you're making me lose face you little s*it!"
Hopes grandpa barked with a thunderous tone that made the man shrink his neck like a scarred rabbit.
Because It was the first time anyone had raised his voice at him.
"B...b...b...but!"
The man still tried saying something.
"Hey punk Hopes mine so forget about all of those wet fantasies of yours"
I said In my usual emotionless voice which was colder than usual and tinged with a hint of murderousness.
As I grabbed Hope's waist and pulled her closer to me.
Seeing this the young man's face became bloodred, and I could practically see steam coming out from his ears.
But as our eyes met, the man almost pissed himself out of fear.
He swore he could see howling ghosts and wraiths In Dracula's eyes that couldn't wait to tear him to pieces.
"I won't forget this!"
The man said through gnashed teeth as he turned around and left as he did the guests lost their Interest.
"Phew! F*cking little s*it if he didn't have his daddy backing him, I'd beat him to a pulp myself"
Hopes granpa cursed after spewing out an Imaginable gulp of saliva.
"I concur"
I said while grinning.
"Tell me honestly lad, how Is It that someone as young as you has so many scars?"
Eclipse asked while scanning my body.
"I was a child soldier"
I lied through my teeth but the man seemed to buy It as realization dawned on his face, after all, It was perfectly believable.
Although not many foreigners, especially caucasian ones if any were known as child soldiers to the world.
It was still a possibility after all I could have been kidnapped when I was a child.
"And those rings of yours embedded In youre skin?..."
"They're of sentimental meaning It's part of the warlords that I used to serve way of Initiation"
I once again lied through my teeth.
"I see..."
"So, tell me what do you do now?"
Eclipse asked with a change of tone In his voice as he narrowed his eyes.
"I'm a merc"
For a moment silence ensued between us as Hope's grandfather studied my facial expression only to sigh In defeat because he couldn't read me at all.
"Hope do you truly like him or are both of you just pretending?"
Eclipse asked.
"I like him gramps"
Hope answered so quickly that even I couldn't help but look at her with a raised white eyebrow of mine.
"Tch! Fine let's go, I want you to meet my good friend Abdul"
Eclipse said as he turned around and started navigating through the crowd of people.
Heh his not bad not only he is a man forged in steel and blood.
One whiff of the stench of blood and corpses coming off from Dracula was enough for Eclipse to know that.
But what Eclipse didn't know was that Dracula was actually suppressing his aura as best as he could.
But he had killed so many and been around corpses so much so no matter how he suppressed It he couldn't hide his true colors from people like Eclipse, who had also seen combat, after all, there's a saying.
One murderer knows another one best.
But he also seems to be quite rich, hehehehe I really like him.
The more Eclipse who came to that conclusion since there was no way his granddaughter could afford even the cheapest suit In the resort thought the more he approved of the man and It was evident from his widening smile.
Good girl, you did good for once In you're life grampa is proud, but he's a f*reigner I still don't trust him.
Eclipse couldn't help but feel distrusted because of Dracula's ethnicity because of past bad experiences.
After all his own daughter enveloped with a f*reigner and fled the country while leaving Hope behind.