CHAPTER 1

Vladimir’s POV

“They're getting bigger again,” My brother Van said anxiously as we drove down the dark alley. "He is really building an army," he added.

I did not answer what he said because I was irritated by the variety of smells I was inhaling. I wouldn't have gone with him and just let him do what he wanted to do but I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep when something bad happened to him.

"You should have told me that we are going here," I said. "You should have told me to bring a mask."

"I'm sorry, I thought you're not coming and Dad told me to keep this a secret from anyone until it's over."

I was about to speak when suddenly the surroundings became quiet. Out of the darkness, a man came out, smelled like a corpse. He slowly walked towards us, smiling as he tilted his head. It looks like a zombie in the movie people are watching now. Van and I once pulled out the silver knife and prepared for his approach.

I was suddenly startled when blood dripped from his lips. Annoying! I couldn't wait for him to get closer. I rushed and stabbed him in the neck and just like thunder and lightning an army of corpses came running towards us.

“That was uncalled for,” I said. "You probably have a plan, don't you?" I asked my brother. We are already surrounded by low-key, lowkie for short.

"No, actually," he laughed before he scratched his neck and started. I don't have to ask any more questions because I'm just annoyed with him. When did he plan? He just loved to rush things.

"Tsk," I hid my knife. We wouldn’t be able to finish if we continue to fight them with a knife because with every lowkie we kill they increase. "Let's finish it fast." I told my brother. We removed our gloves and released our power.

My name is Vladimir Fear. I am a vampire. If you are still wondering, yes, vampires still exist in the modern world. Though, we are just like myths and legends for people. They thought we only exist in movies. That’s what they thought, and what we want.

We still want to live in darkness. That's why we are preventing these lowkie vampires from harming the people, though actually we are somehow exposed. Sad to say, it’s also because of our own blood that we’re getting exposed.

We vampires came from different houses, class, and rank. First house is the House of Nobles, they are our ancestors. They are actually rare nowadays, they don’t mingle with people because they are really the vampires who don’t come out during the day. They formed the highest council of our race, and mostly they are sleeping in coffins in their respective places. And, will go out if there is a war.

Second, the House of Pureblood with House Fear as the highest class, and there are two more, the House Ruin and House Fall respectively. I can't remember the other Houses but I believe there are more than ten houses of purebloods. I haven’t met those because they live on different continents that’s why I can’t name them. We, purebloods are given unique powers and abilities different from the half-bloods or commoners.

Half-bloods were formed when a vampire mate with a human. It is not actually accepted in our clan that’s why for the last hundred years they have been waging war to be named as one of the houses. They are also the reason why there are lowkie vampires. Lowkie vampires are humans turning into vampires but when they don't drink enough blood they will die.

The half-bloods used humans to build an army. They turned humans into vampires by the use of their blood. It turned out, for the last few years, the number of missing persons has been recorded. Some of them were successfully turned into vampires, others were dead because they weren’t able to feed blood. We, the houses, actually joined forces to stop them. That’s what we and Van are actually doing. Killing the lowkie vampires sounds evil because they have families looking for them but it would be more evil if they spread over the place.

"Woah, damn!" I heard Van say. "It's over, so what are we going to do with all of this corpse?"

"Turn them into dust," I ordered. My brother can turn everything he touches into dust. That’s his gift.

"Yes, sure." He touched a corpse resulting in a domino effect as they all turned into dust.

I blew away the dust in front of me. I was about to go home to the Van when I noticed the woman looking at us.

Wait, I didn't even feel her. Has she been there before? Did she see us?

I automatically approached her but she ran. I was right in my suspicion that she saw everything but why didn’t I even feel her presence. I couldn't even smell her blood.

We were at the end of the alley entrance, just one step away and I could reach her when she suddenly disappeared from my sight. I just stopped. I turned around but I could no longer see her shadow.

“Brother, why did you run? Who are you after? ”

"The woman, she saw us."

“Woman? Who, I didn’t see anyone.”

I looked at him and went back to the street. “Yeah, maybe it's just my imagination. Let's go home."