Chapter 3
After arriving at the border train platform, I was about to go to the duty room to put my things there when Sean suddenly grabbed me.
He said, “Wait for me to come back. I’ll take you back after I’m done.”
Come back? Would he come back tonight?
I didn’t ask because I noticed Chelsea staring at his hand covering mine.
In the next second, my beeper sounded; my colleague was looking for me. So, I nodded hurriedly.
Soon, Sean and Chelsea boarded the night train heading toward the human world and disappeared from my sight.
Nothing happened during the routine inspections. As the hour hand on the platform clock ticked, the number of vampires coming and going waxed and waned.
Sean was still nowhere to be seen until the last train arrived.
I came back to the duty room and lay prone on the desk, feeling exhausted. Before I realized it, I fell asleep.
I wouldn’t wait for those who’d never show up or bother with empty promises.
As I opened my eyes again, I saw a familiar ceiling.
There Sean was, sitting by the bed.
A sweet aroma wafted over me, and I turned my head to see a slice of
cake on the nightstand.
“It’s for you.” Sean said.
In the dim light, I met his gaze.
Then I quickly looked away and said “Thanks” in a flat tone.
Clearly, my reaction wasn’t what he was expecting. He pursed his lips and explained a bit irritably. “Something urgent came up last night. I didn’t mean to leave you there waiting for me. Chelsea…”
“It’s fine.” I interrupted him, not interested in his excuse.
He had left me behind waiting for him so many times didn’t make me feel a thing.
I once more
When had I last eaten? Feeling a bit dizzy, I reached out for the cake.
Being cut off, Sean seemed a bit displeased. He said, “Chelsea is right- women do dig sweet things like this. What else do humans eat?”
My hand froze slightly in mid–air.
I realized something.
He bought a cake for Chelsea, and this slice was nothing but an afterthought.
Withdrawing my hand, I lay back in bed while enduring the discomfort, looking listless. “Why don’t you ask Ms. Vasquez?”
“You…” He choked on my words and frowned at me.
Then his phone rang.
His expression changed as he saw the message; then he stood up and left
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hurriedly without saying a word.
I drew another circle on the calendar.
Then I gave the butler the slice of cake to thank him for dressing my wounds.
After taking a few bites and changing my bandages, I went to the border train platform.
A colleague of mine was also a blood slave. She was surprised to see me arrive so early and then told me she had seen Sean earlier.
“A pretty human woman came here alone. Can you believe it? There were vampires everywhere on the platform. She almost caused a commotion.
“If Mr. Wright hadn’t shown up in time, she would have been in danger.
“They hugged. Who’s her to him?”
Overwhelmed by bitterness, I lowered and shook my head, saying I didn’t
know.
Then I gave her the cookies I had baked and asked her about the
conditions for breaking a Blood Oath, which was why I had come here early today.
She had successfully broken hers once and was now a blood slave to her second master.
She was surprised when I brought this up and wanted to ask for more, however, at the sight of the wounds on my arms, she swallowed back her words. In the end, she asked nothing and just patted my shoulder while telling me what she knew.
After saying bye to her, I quit my job at the train station and went back to the castle through the thick night.
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As soon as I pushed the door open, I felt something off.
The clothes were scattered on the floor, and muffled groans filled the air.
Following a few strands of lights, I walked forward to a wide–open door. In the next second, I saw Sean. His pupils had darkened to a deep crimson, and he was drinking Chelsea’s blood with his fangs buried in her neck. Beneath him, Chelsea didn’t struggle at all. She placed her hands on his waist, meekly letting him take whatever he desired.
The bag in my hand fell to the floor. Hearing the sound, Sean
immediately looked up at me, his gaze sharp. In the next second, he raised his hand and hurled a glass vase at me without hesitation. It struck my shoulder heavily before shattering on the floor, causing a deafening
sound.
“Get out!”
I snapped back to reality and realized what they were doing.
The Embrace–a vampire would drain a human’s blood to mark the human as their own and then feed the human their own blood. In such a way, the human would turn into a vampire.
I remained motionless for a few seconds after Sean’s furious roar. Then I picked up the Oath Necklace he had casually tossed on the floor and left the room.
