Chapter 43
Gessy almost fainted when she saw that William was no longer intact. This was the first time he met face-to-face with Matthias, who was covered in blood. She moved backward while holding her dagger tremblingly. Meanwhile, Aaron immediately lunged at Matthias, who Blake blocked. Aaron's body bounced against the wall. Then, he got up and chased Blake out, changing his form into a wolf with jet-black fur.
“What do you want, Matthias!” Gessy growled, not afraid. Matthias laughed throughout the small room and then threw two heads at her. Gessy screamed in fear, which increased the pleasure within the vampire.
“How can you fight me, little weasel? Or you need me to teach you a little, huh?”
"Gessy," called Liam. "Let me go."
Gessy shook her head unwillingly and was shocked when Zoe almost scratched her. She jumped up and then threw the vervain bottle at the sadistic vampire's face. She screamed in pain as her face blistered with heat.
But that only lasted a few moments; Zoe's face returned to normal. Liam, who couldn't do anything, could only resign himself to watching the fight. Meanwhile, Matthias, his uncle, obsessed with controlling all the clans, strolled closer with a wide grin on his lips.
"I didn't think you could be in this place," said Matthias.
"Thanks for helping me get up, Liam."
"No!" Liam exclaimed. "I never helped you!"
Matthias laughed, stopped, and glared at Liam while clutching his nephew's face. "You should be proud; tonight, we will party at the peak night of the vampire clan, Liam." He forcibly removed the IV tube containing the vervain.
Liam's body thrashed on the floor despite the more excruciating vervain. The dark side of him screamed for blood to restore his strength. Liam struggles with his thoughts until Matthias gives him a bag of blood.
“Take it as my thanks, Liam,” Matthias ordered. "I know you haven't drunk human blood in a long time."
Liam grabbed the bag, tore it open and drank it quickly like crazy. He tried to get up, propping himself up on his knees looking at Matthias.
“You will be killed with your own strength, Matthias!”
Matthias was silent for a moment then strangled Gessy's neck who was fighting with Zoe with quick movements. Gessy struggled, making Liam struggle to get free. In the next second, Matthias sucked the blood from Gessy's neck without mercy. Liam screamed as he saw one by one the people he considered family die before his own eyes.
Gessy's body turned gray as the blood in her body drained away. Matthias' irises lit up even more as he licked his lips looking at Liam with a sharp grin.
"Are you going to be here watching your friends die one by one or joining me, Liam? You know where I am, right?" he said before leaving with Zoe leaving Liam alone.
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Whakarewarewa Forest seems to have turned into a new graveyard for the clans. It doesn't matter whether it's day or night during the blood moon, the vampires will act as they please, the merrymaking succeeds in taking down the clans one by one. As night falls, the blood moon's light grows brighter, adding to the peak of the vampires' power. The wind blew hard as the clans fought each other to defend their lives and territory.
Screams, blood staining the ground, and bodies surrendering to the vampire's attacks continued to increase. They killed all the clans mercilessly while heading to Blue Lake which is in the Nelson Lakes National Park conservation area even though it is far away. Aaron and several other wolves continued to block the greedy vampires even though their numbers were not comparable. Moreover, Aaron had many wounds all over his body due to his fight with Blake.
The wound was still open, Blake deliberately slashed Aaron's back leg with a knife filled with wolfsbane liquid. So the wound gets wider and rots quickly. During the journey to reach the Blue Lake area, Matthias skillfully tore the enemy apart with one bite. His elongated fingernails are used to pull out the hearts of enemies who try to kill him.
It didn't stop there, Matthias didn't hesitate to devour the victim's heart without disgust. The more Matthias sucks blood, the more his strength increases. Then, Matthias sped quickly towards the dwarf humans' headquarters. He already felt that his half blood was ready to be made into dessert before the blood moon ended.
Meanwhile Blake continues to attack Aaron. There was no word for tired in his dictionary of life but he knew that an old wolf like Aaron would feel tired. Besides, Aaron's leg was completely rotten. The imitation wolf couldn't even run fast. “Come on Aaron! Kill me!" Blake sounded defiant.
“Kill me like I killed your family!” Aaron, who was almost out of strength, lunged at Blake with his claws.