CHAPTER 3

Vladimir’s POV

“Are you really sure? I told you I have not seen the girl. I saw no one, ”Van said with conviction. I told her about the girl, the new student.

“Who is she? What’s the name? ” Via asked. "There was also a new student in my class earlier, maybe they are the same."

"Cassandra." I plainly said. That’s what I remember when she introduced me after she sat down. The professor told her to sit next to me since it’s the only vacant seat.

“Oh, the girl with the strong blood. Cassy. ”

"Cassy, are you close?" Van asked, wondering.

“Yeah, I was next to her earlier. I even invited her to have lunch with us - oh there she goes. ” Via waved and then shouted Cassy's name.

I didn’t dare to look. I was busy stopping my stomach from circling. I don’t know, I don’t get why I’m suddenly nervous. Is that because I knew she knew about us then my sister is innocently trying to be friends with her.

She loves being friends with strong blooded humans, not that she has the intention to drink their blood. She feels that those kinds of people need protecting because their blood is stronger. Prone to half-bloods because when half-bloods drink their blood, they get stronger.

As for us, we can suppress our desire because we are used to drinking animal blood. But we still need to drink human blood because it makes us strong so sometimes, when we feel like we are weak we buy blood on the red bank and drink it. At least, it wasn’t illegal.

“Hi Cassy, sit beside my brother. Vlad, are you classmates right? ” She smiled as a response to my brother. "And this is Van, my brother too."

Van just waved at him and was silent for a moment.

She really got that blood, the rarest of them all.

She was already busy talking with my sister when I stood up. They both stopped and I just said that I finished eating even though I haven't touched my food yet. I know, the food is just a disguise because we don’t really eat. When I look at her, it seems like she is sad because I am leaving or I was just hallucinating again so I ignored her.

I went outside. I'm irritated. It's easy for me to get bored and irritated. And I get irritated whenever I see that woman. I'm annoyed for reasons I don't know. My stomach kept on circling over and over again and almost vomited. I never felt this feeling before. Am I nervous? I don’t know. I don’t know and I don’t get it, that's why I’m annoyed!

I went to my usual place, the garden which is far away from the cafeteria and our building, though I like spending my time here because it’s quiet. Not many people come here because the garden is too old and in a secluded area of the school. It’s also not very well so a lot of grass grows. There was a rumor that there was a ghost here which for almost a year of my stay here I still haven't seen. Not that I care, I just like sleeping in here because there is no nuisance.

It was after a minute when I smelled her blood. Strange. I don't have to open my eyes just to find out who. I felt her standing in front of me.

"Hi," she greeted me as I kept my eyes closed. "Don't you remember me?"

I do, I thought to myself. I remember very well that you suddenly disappeared in front of me last night. I don’t even know how you did that. She'd seen us and she knows what are we. But somehow, I am glad she isn't telling everyone yet about us.

"I saw you last night," she started. I restrained myself from moving and staring. I can’t kill her. We don’t kill people. I would just ask Via to change her memories, after all they’re friends. Good thing, it would be easy for Via. "With your brother, and with a unique creation of God."

I felt that she moved a step forward. I estimated she was only two steps away from where I was lying.

“But that wasn’t it. You see me before that too. ”

I couldn’t hide my frown when she said that. I kept my eyes closed as I tried to remember where else I had seen her but I couldn’t get it out of my memory until she said three familiar words to me.

"One, four, three."

I opened my eyes as soon as she said that.

I still haven’t figured out the magic she used every time she disappeared in front of me.