True Name

It was around noon when I finally woke up. I rolled around in my bed for a few more minutes. My mind drifting back to my dreams full of silver hair, fluttering lashes with deep darkness and knowing eyes that pulls you in...alluring smile that makes your heart skip a beat. I realized once again that I was thinking of that woman.

I can feel my cheeks warming. I shoved my face into my pillow. I should stop thinking of her, she is our enemy.

But is she really?

She had mentioned that she was under a royal order to investigate about the vampire attacks, but the timing was too weird.

I ruffled my shoulder length hair, this was too much thinking from me this early in the morning. I tied my hair up and got myself ready for the day, when I walked out of my room , down the stairs I went.

"Good morning." I greeted Cyrus who was sitting at the table, his attention was at the screen before him.

I prepared myself a glass of milk, "Are you on watch duty today?"

"Yeah since no one trust you to get the job done, so you're on errand run today. The list is over here."

"Any update about the woman?"

"Leah is at Simon's lab right now discussing the audio record we got yesterday about your conversation. She said to continue to observe the vampire for now."

"She knows we're after her tracks anyways. She even purposely showed you where she was staying last night. Is she trying to gain our trust?" I pondered as I gulped down my milk.

Cyrus shrugged, "I don't know, but she's definitely showing us that she's not harmless."

"Well anyways, contact me if something came up. I'm gonna finish this errand so I can roll around all day."

Cyrus bid me goodbye and I was already out the door in an instant. I walked towards the opposite way from the mall yesterday. Luis and Sam might be over there and the target right now. Better to not get in their way.

The young woman hummed to herself as she walked around with a skip to her step. She has been enjoying her stay here in the human world for a while now. She grinned to herself, glad that she had caused so much ruckus back at the vampire world that the crown prince had no choice but to give her this case as punishment.

Little did they know her punishment was total paradise for her. She had learned and saw many things here in this world that it had erased her boredom - the cause of her mischievousness. It was such a shame that other vampires was trying to destroy this world.

She didn't even try drinking human blood no matter how curious she was of its taste. The smell they give off reminded her of the wisteria from back home. Wisteria was a special plant in the demon world that sustains vampire thirst. With it they didn't even need to drink blood.

Blood drinking had already become a different custom for the vampires. To them, you can only drink the blood of your intended as it strengthen your bond and affinity.

The vampire world had been peaceful ever since the King made that pact with the Goddess Alina. There was no need for a power struggle so why was these vampires over here causing havoc when they shouldn't have been able to cross the border unless they where with a noble house.

The woman decided that she will tell the crown prince about a possible traitor in thier midst once she comes back.

She tilted her head to the side, knowing that a person had been following her all this time. She glanced briefly at the woman with long brown locks with glasses as she pretends to read a book.

She could smell blood coming off of her.

However' she shrugged. It wasn't any of her business. She was quite disappointed that the person tailing her today wasn't the young man from yesterday. She had been looking forward playing with him today.

"Oh well, no use parading myself here when you aren't around. Guess I'll just look for you."

The vampire disappeared in a flash of smoke, she wanted to see that person's facial expressions again. He was too open, unlike the people from court.

Sam stood up immediately when the woman was no longer in sight. They had lost their target once again. The vampire that they are dealing with was quite slippery unlike the other ones.

I said thanks to the waitress as she placed my food on the table. I had already finished buying the errands for the house and merely taking my break now since I had nothing to do.

Scooping a spoonful of chocolate ice cream in my mouth, I thought of what to do these upcoming days. I still had my cetas problem so I have to come up with a new solution to my problem. Being a hunter required using the cetas. You can't kill a vampire with ordinary weapons, so that was a no for me. Cetas was the only weapons developed right now that can destroy vampires, so how can I continue being a hunter if I couldn't even use a cetas?

"What's with the frown?" Silver hair fell in front of me, I raised my head, my eyes meeting with smiling midnight eyes.

"Hughk!" I chocked on my ice cream. Am I dreaming right now? What was this person doing here? Why was she here?

She chuckled at my response and sat herself down in front of me. "Is this good?" She pointed at my bowl of ice cream."I guess it is, if you're eating it."

While frozen in shock she grabbed my spoon from my hands and helped herself with a spoonful. Her eyes sparkled, "Woah, what is this? Its so cold and sweet at the same time!" She said in awe, the woman pulled my bowl of ice cream towards her while getting another bite.

"You..! Doing this so suddenly!"

I can feel my face bursting red with embarrassment. How could this person be so shameful?! I just used that spoon! And... And she..!

"Hmm? You're all red, are you sick?" She asked shamelessly while still using my spoon.

I couldn't hold the embarrassment any longer and changed the topic. If she was acting like it was no big deal then I'll do that too!

"What are you doing here!"

"The person tailing me wasn't you today so I ditched them and looked for you."

I crossed my arms, "Why are you looking for me?"

She scoffed, "Do I need a reason to look for you? I'm here because you're Cain."

I glared at her, "Do I even know you? Besides, you only know my name and we are enemies."

She raised her brow at me, "And who decided that?" She sighed, "Look here, I have nothing to do with the attacks that's been happening on this world. For starters, vampires shouldn't be able to cross the border and yet some of them are over here." She frowned, as if she was dealing with misbehaved kids.

I eyed her suspiciously, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Hmm? Its because you're not wearing that strange device today." She pointed at my earlobe.

My hand shot up, I didn't wear the earrings that Luis made today since I didn't think I would need it while doing errands. Wait a minute, does that mean she knew our conversation was being recorded yesterday?

"Why are you doing this?"

She leaned back on her chair, "The same reason you're tailing me. You need information right? And I need to get to drag the vampires back in our world and permanently seal off the border."

"What's the border?"

"The wall between this world and that world. Only vampires from nobility can access the gate, so either one of the nobles are behind this act or that a portion of the border has been broken. Other than that there's no vampire who can come and go as they please."

"Is that why the vampires only started causing havoc until five years ago?"

"Five years huh? So that's how long they've been doing these." She crossed her arms, "I seriously had no idea about what has been happening here, and for that I deeply apologize for the chaos my brethren has caused."

"How can I trust your words?"

"Your hostility against me is quite troublesome." She sighed, "What about a contract between you and me?"

"What kind of contract?"

"Have you ever heard of the words, 'real name'? Unlike here, a vampire's true name are their weakness. A person who knows the real name of a vampire will have complete control over them, no matter what they do nor actions they take, it all comes down to the person who has them bind."

"Didn't you know? Humans used to capture vampires as slaves, their true names are their shackles since they can't oppose the people who have their name. The vampires hated slavery of course, but before they could aim for violence the Goddess Alina appeared."

I unconsciously leaned forward, eager to know more about the vampires history.

She grinned knowingly, "Are you interested?"

I cleared my throat and moved back, embarrassed that I forgot who this person was for a second.

"What I said are true, by the way. The story wasn't made up either, it is the official history of the vampire world. I can even bring back a book from the other side here if you like."

"So what's the contract you were talking about?"

Her gaze turned serious. "I'll give you my true name, in exchange you will help me join the organization you belong to."

I stood up, bewildered. "Are you crazy?!"

She ignored my shout and finished my dessert on the table. "Calm down."

I briefly looked around and realized the customers were all staring at me. I immediately bowed my head and apologized for the disturbance.

"You can't join our organization."

"Why not?"

Midnight eyes connected with mine. "It's a vampire hunter organization. We kill vampires for a living."

She hummed, "So that's how far the vampires have affected the people here, huh?"

"And besides, I can't trust you."

"Even if I give you my name?"

"No, I don't want to know."

She tilted her head, silver hair fell over her shoulders. "Don't you want to know wether my words are true or not?"

"True or false, I don't want to take over someone's freedom by binding them with their name. Besides, a person's name is something that is given to you, it is special and something that is yours alone. I don't think that its fair that someone can decide over your existence by giving them something important."

Dark midnight eyes widened for a second. Her luscious lips then curled up into a smile. "Hmm, I think I like you more than I thought." She murmured as if confirming something for herself.

"Alright, then I'll find a way for you to trust me. Personally, I think everything would be much easier for the both of us if you agreed right away, but it seems you're more cautious than you look."

Of course it would be easier for both parties, however I couldn't trust her that easily. Our goal was to capture this vampire and get her on our side to gain more information about their world. But the timing was too suspicious, this woman was still a vampire, and she was willingly cooperating with us. I don't want to risk my teammates safety by bringing her in without considering the pros and cons.

"Meet me at the bench from yesterday tonight. I'll give you the book about vampires. You can decide what to do from there. I'll give you a month to consider my offer, if you still haven't agreed by then, I will take matters into my own hands." She stood up, preparing to leave as she told me her conditions.

Her upper body moved forward, leaning towards me with the table separating us. Silver hair tickled my cheeks as she whispered something in my ear.

"A little warning though, I am quite the troublemaker back in my world. You wouldn't want me causing problems, do you?"

Before I could register what happened she was already out of sight. Leaving a fresh smell of wisteria in her path.

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